Monday, December 3, 2012
Ronald Ewanek -- a man involved in a lengthy standoff with Mentor police -- pleaded guilty to obstruction of official business Monday
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Monday, December 3, 2012
A man involved in a lengthy standoff with Mentor Police earlier this year pleaded guilty to obstructing official business Monday in Mentor Municipal Court. As part of his plea, 54-year-old Ronald Ewanek also agreed to forfeit all of his guns and their ammunition. Mentor Police came to Ewanek's house on Eastmoor Lane in September after Ewanek used a Feg 7.62 assault rifle to shoot at a groundhog, Lake County Assistant Prosecutor Paul Kaplan said. Though other people were allowed to leave the house, Ewanek refused to come outside and talk to police -- even after the department's hostage negotiators came to the scene. For several hours, Ewanek refused to take phone calls or negotiate via the loud speaker, police said. After more than four …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Ronald Ewanek faces several weapons charges, as well as counts of inducing panic and obstructing official business
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The man who was arrested after a 4-hour standoff with Mentor Police Sunday night had a sizable arsenal of guns in his home, including a semiautomatic rifle and a 100-round drum magazine, Mentor Police Lt. Tom Powers said. Ronald Ewanek, 54, of Mentor, will be arraigned this morning in Mentor Municipal Court. He faces charges of inducing panic, obstructing official business, unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance, use of a weapon while intoxicated and discharging a firearm in the city. After police searched Ewanek's house they found a Feg 7.62 assault rifle, Feg 9-millimeter handgun, Ruger .22 long rifle, Ruger Mini-14 semiautomatic rifle and Foremost 3-06 rifle, Powers said. Ewanek also owned ammunition for all of these weapons, …
Monday, September 17, 2012
Police were called to a house on Eastmoor Road Sunday evening after three gunshots were heard from the house
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Monday, September 17, 2012
The Mentor Police SWAT Team arrested a man after a standoff on Eastmoor Road Sunday night into Monday morning. Police were called to a house at 8275 Eastmoor Road because three gunshots were heard inside, according to a statement from Mentor Police Sgt. Dustin Richards. Officers knew the home belonged to Ronald Ewanek -- a 54-year-old Mentor man who had been charged with but not convicted of domestic violence in 2011. Police also knew Ewanek had firearms, Richards said. Mentor Police went to the house at about 9 p.m. and tried to make contact with the people inside but were not successful. Early on in the standoff, three people -- two women and a man -- were allowed to leave the house. None of them were injured by the shots that were fired…
CCRady
1:15 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
He also faced charges of inducing panic, unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance, use of a weapon while intoxicated and discharging a firearm in the city. However, they were dismissed Monday. If i was one of his neighbors I would be furious that those charges were dropped. Those were the one's that could really endanger innocent people. shame on the prosecutor and shame on the judge for … more ›