If you're thinking about selling a timeshare, be on the lookout for scam artists trying to convince you to sell through them. As 13abc’s Shaun Hegarty found, if you do business with them, you'll end up losing in the end.
Sports memorabilia is a multi-billion dollar industry in the US, and, where there is big money, there are scammers. 13abc's Investigative Reporter Shaun Hegarty explains you should always do your research before buying a piece of history.
Thursday, May 16 2013 6:10 PM EDT2013-05-16 22:10:32 GMT
Just about $24 million is how much the 13abc I-team has discovered is owed to the city of Toledo in utility bills dating back to the 1970s. So what's being done to collect that money with rising water
Just about $24 million is how much the 13abc I-team has discovered is owed to the city of Toledo in utility bills dating back to the 1970s. Some of that money is uncollectable because the residents have left and there's no way to track them down.
Thursday, May 9 2013 6:07 PM EDT2013-05-09 22:07:19 GMT
Since the Boston bombings, people have become more aware that trouble can happen any time anywhere. You may not have realized it, but our community may well have narrowly avoided a tragedy late last
Since the Boston bombings, people have become more aware that trouble can happen any time anywhere.
Foreign lottery scams and others like it are milking one billion dollars out of consumers annually, and, as I-Team investigator Shaun Hegarty found, the scammers are ruthless.
Thursday, May 2 2013 6:29 PM EDT2013-05-02 22:29:21 GMT
Imagine spending millions of dollars and not knowing where that money goes. It's actually happening right here in Ohio, and it's tax payer money. The money gives struggling families a little boost but
Imagine spending millions of dollars and not knowing where it's going. It's actually happening right here in Ohio, and it's taxpayer money. The money gives struggling families a boost, but as the I-team discovered, there's no tracking it.
TOLEDO, Ohio -
Almost 20 punches to the head -- that's what one corrections officer received Monday from an inmate at the Toledo Correctional Institution in North Toledo. That is according to the union that represents the officers.
The 13abc I-Team has discovered that it is just one of several assaults that have happened in the past few months.
According to Ohio State Highway Patrol, which investigates incidents at Toledo Correctional, there have been six ‘inmate on guard' assaults since March. Prison officials say three of those assaults have involved Level 4 offenders, which are considered maximum security. Level 5 is the highest.
The Level 4 offenders arrived at TOCI in February. One of them attacked a guard Tuesday. Union officials say the guard was hit 15 to 20 times in the face and had hair yanked from her head. Emergency crews took her to Mercy Saint Vincent's, where she was treated and released.
"They are doing the best that they can with what they have. They do have fears of assault and other things going in on a daily basis up there. More so than ever before," said Tim Shafer, an Operations Director with OCSEA. That's the union that represents the corrections officers.
He says staffing levels are the biggest concern. He understands budgets are tight but says safety of the guard and the other inmates should be of most paramount concern.
"The mind set is you go in knowing that you're in a dangerous situation, but you have ample backup and support, that's the problem. Those folks up there don't feel like they have the backup and the support that they need," said Shafer.
A prison spokesperson was not available for an interview Tuesday but did say all there are no new changes to policy since adding the Level 4 offenders, but everyone is urged to be cautious. She didn't want to comment on whether or not the guards are safer these days. So should the city at large be worried with assaults like this happening in our community?
"People of Toledo can feel safe because they have professionals in those jobs," said Shafer.
Union reps say a good indication that these guards are dedicated to this job, is that despite the staffing levels and the assaults, all the shifts came to work today to keep this place safe.
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
Spotlights bore down on massive piles of shredded cinder block, insulation and metal as crews worked through the night lifting bricks and parts of collapsed walls where a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City...
Monday, May 20 2013 11:11 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:11:56 GMT
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were reported killed.
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were reported killed.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:30 AM EDT2013-05-21 10:30:27 GMT
Coast guard crews are searching for a missing boater in Lake Erie. Authorities aren't releasing a name, but they say this person left Meinke Marina in Curtice, Ohio Monday afternoon. The person was due
Coast guard crews found a boater reported to be missing on Lake Erie Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 6:15 AM EDT2013-05-21 10:15:41 GMT
Investigators with the arson unit have a person of interest custody possibly linked to a fire at 727 Euclid.The fire started before 4:30 this morning on Euclid near Starr.Investigators say it was a vacant
Investigators with the arson unit have a person of interest custody possibly linked to a fire at 727 Euclid.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:32 AM EDT2013-05-21 09:32:35 GMT
Toledo firefighters are on the scene of a house fire on the city's East side. Firefighters were called to a home on Thurston Street between Woodville Road and Starr Avenue just after four this morning. There
Toledo firefighters battled flames at two homes on Toledo's East side Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:23 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:23:10 GMT
A twister ripped through the Lake Township area almost three years ago. The community is pretty much back to normal, but residents still remember the horror that hit their neighborhood in 2010.
A twister ripped through the Lake Township area almost three years ago. The community is pretty much back to normal, but residents still remember the horror that hit their neighborhood in 2010.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:18 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:18:47 GMT
For some people in Northwest Ohio, the image of a massive tornado is something they only see on TV. But Allan Detrich puts himself directly in their path."Seeing the storms out in the plains, they're
A local man remembers being in Oklahoma City in 1999, when a massive tornado ravaged the city. Allan Detrich of Fremont says the area was devastated and Monday's tornado reminds him of what happened some 14 years ago.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:15 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:15:43 GMT
Thousands of shipwrecks rest close to home and some local divers are on a mission to discover them. The weather on Lake Erie can be violent at times without much warning. Darkness, fog, wind and waves
Local divers are on a search to discover some of the thousands of shipwrecks on the bottom of Lake Erie.
Monday, May 20 2013 6:37 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:37:02 GMT
Portions of Moore, Oklahoma were ravaged by a mile-wide tornado this Monday afternoon. This follows a near-record quiet start to tornado season. Strong storms may reach northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan by Tuesday.
Portions of Moore, Oklahoma were ravaged by a mile-wide tornado this Monday afternoon. This follows a near-record quiet start to tornado season. Strong storms may reach northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan by Tuesday.
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