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Law and Order
Hoover leads arrest of Karpis associate
J. Edgar Hoover himself came to Toledo to arrest Alvin Karpis confederate Harry Campbell.
The great Toledo cult dig
For a few days in June, 1985, Spencer Township was firmly in the national media spotlight as the Lucas County Sheriff’s Department conducted a large-scale dig for evidence of a Satanic cult.
Who’s up for a Harbor View Orgy?
Hey, who wouldn’t be? But when police did nothing, residents turned to a Lucas County Probate Court judge to help break up the orgies – or more accurately, drinking parties – in Harbor View.
Robbery and murder at Sylvania Golf Club
Insurance man John L. Parker was murdered at the Sylvania Golf Club’s 15th tee in 1933. The killer was eventually caught, but not after a bizarre turn of events.
How bootleggers helped build Sylvania
In the 1920s, the Sylvania village mayor’s court became a hub of enforcement of the Volstead Act.
Snake dancer Zorita arrested
Police found the exotic snake and spider gyrations of Zorita a little bit out-of-bounds in this 1941 case.
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