🌱 TFRD Continues Recovery Efforts + TPD Arrest Teen At Miracle Lanes

Hello all. It's me, Brad King, your host of the Toledo Patch newsletter — here to impart everything that's fit to print about what's happening locally. Including news about:

• Recovery efforts finished Monday night after the Toledo Fire & Rescue Dept. used sonar alongside the Special Operations Bureau and will have to review the data collected.
• A 15-year-old was arrested by Toledo Police after reportedly brandishing a firearm at Miracle Lanes bowling alley on Jackman Road around 8:30 PM Saturday.
• The Monster Energy Company has sued a Toledo restaurant for copyright infringement on March 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

But first, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and chilly. High: 36 Low: 21.

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Here are the top five stories today in Toledo:

1. Recovery efforts finished Monday night after the Toledo Fire & Rescue Dept. used sonar technology alongside the Special Operations Bureau and will have to review the data collected. Crews initially responded to the Anthony Wayne Bridge on Thursday, March 9 after receiving a suicide call around 3:50 PM. (WTOL)
2. A 15-year-old was arrested by Toledo Police after reportedly brandishing a firearm at Miracle Lanes bowling alley on Jackman Road around 8:30 PM Saturday. Two officers were injured while apprehending the suspect, who allegedly resisted arrest after the bowling alley manager pointed them out. (WTOL)
3. The Monster Energy Company has sued a Toledo restaurant for copyright infringement on March 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. "The Monster Shawarma" on Central Avenue has been accused of using a sign "confusingly similar" to that of the energy drink brand that's existed since 2002. (WTVG)
4. Toledo Early College will host an open house on March 15 at its location on 2800 W. Bancroft. Toledo Early College is an opportunity through Toledo Public Schools for students to finish high school with college credits. (WTVG)
5. After a study from the Ohio Fire Chiefs' Association, departments in Lake Township, Northwood and Rossford are considering merging their services. The proposal would see each jurisdiction maintaining "their current equipment and locations while sharing employees, equipment and stations." (WNWO NBC 24)

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Today in Toledo:

• Bring Your Lunch and Learn at Lucas Co. Libraries - Point Place Library (1:00 PM)
• Portraiture in Soft Pastel at Art Supply Depo (1:00 PM)
• Maumee River Islands Restoration Projects Open House - Walbridge Park Shelter House (4:00 PM)
• A Taste of Ireland Cultural Cooking Series - Toledo Lucas County Main Library (6:00 PM)
• Winter Animal Tracking at Middlegrounds Metropark (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Perrysburger Sandra Beauchamp says contractors took advantage of her by selling items from her home before disappearing. Beauchamp's daughter reports the items sold by the bogus contractors would cost $15,000 to replace. (WTOL)

Thanks for following along and staying informed. I'll see you soon!

— Brad King

About me: I have been a lifelong Northwest Ohio native and University of Toledo grad (Go Rockets!). I'm old enough to remember when the Mud Hens were still playing in Maumee. The Glass City has seen some amazing revitalization and I am so excited to share every update with you!

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