Rally 4 Change brings attention to injustice in Lima
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
Taylor Pennington, right, hugs Joeann Brown at the Rally 4 Change in the town square on Saturday afternoon.
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Jose Maldonado speaks at the Rally 4 Change in the town square on Saturday afternoon.
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Joeann Brown speaks at the Rally 4 Change in the town square on Saturday afternoon.
Amanda Wilson -The Lima News
LIMA Dozens of people gathered in Lima’s Town Square on Saturday afternoon to raise awareness of a perceived pattern of injustice in Lima.
The Rally 4 Change was organized by the group calling themselves Operation Change Lima.
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Newland recommended to lead Children Services
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LIMA The next executive director of Allen County Children Services is likely to come from within.
A hiring committee for the board of directors for the agency announced Tuesday night that they are recommending Sarah Newland for the position.
She’s been serving as interim director since the dismissal of Cynthia Scanland in June 2020.
Scanland was indicted by an Allen County Grand Jury on three counts of tampering with records, all felonies of the third degree; a fifth-degree felony charge of obstructing official business and a misdemeanor count of dereliction of duty in connection with the criminal case against Jeremy Kindle and Scott Steffes, foster parents who adopted three boys through Children Services.
No charges will be filed in the November shooting death of 16-year-old Mekhi Williams.
In response to a story that we ran on Sunday, the Lima Police Department issued a media release saying the man who shot Williams will not be charged with his death. The case was presented to the Allen County Grand Jury on December 15th, and they decided it was self-defense when the man shot and killed Williams. According to police, video captured the incident. They say Williams approached the man from behind and wrestled a gun away from him. Williams then pointed the weapon at the man, who then took out a second gun and shot Williams.
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