September 30, 2025 • 4 mins
WORTH Center escapees indentified; Three Lima men arrested for shots fired; Three area men arrested in statewide crackdown on human trafficking; Lima City Council to decide if they get full-time City Benefits.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yesterday afternoon, the Worth Center released details about a Sunday
night escape. It happened about seven point thirty. Officials say
Schuylar Judy and Braden Baker climbed the recreation yard fence
at the Worth Center during scheduled programming and left the
facility without authorization. Immediately, the Worth Center activated its emergency
(00:20):
response procedures, working closely with the Allen County Sheriff's Office,
and both Judy and Baker were shortly located and apprehended
in the Lima area. Additionally, the Worth Center as initiated
an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the escape to
determine any potential procedural failures and to assure the continued
(00:42):
safety and security of all residents and staff. Meanwhile, the
Allen County Sheriff's Office releasing details of an early Sunday
morning shooting in American Township on Lima's north side. Deputies
were dispatched to the area of North McDonald Street and
Jacob's Avenue about five a m. Sunday and referenced two
gunshots heard in the area. Multiple witnesses said they heard
(01:03):
gunfire and observed vehicles leaving the area as the shots
were happening. One vehicle and three residences, one on North McDonnell,
one on Jacobs Avenue, and another on Sandpiper Street sustained
damage from suspected gunfire. Twenty four year old Mark west Townsend,
twenty three year old Byron Meeks Junior, and twenty two
year old Willie Banks Junior, all of Limou, were taken
(01:26):
into custody. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information should
contact Detective Mitchell Scott at the Allen County Sheriff's Office
by calling four one nine nine ninety three fourteen thirty one.
Three local men were among the one hundred and thirty
five arrested statewide in Operation next Door, a crackdown on
(01:47):
human trafficking across Ohio led by Attorney General de Viost's
Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission. The three local men arrested
were fifty two year old Ted Rosengarten of Columbus Grove,
forty nine years old Jason Worley of Ottawa, and forty
year old James Vogel of Saint Mary's. Attorney General Yost
explained why prosecuting people for just showing money and not
(02:10):
actually committing the act is important to him.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You cannot treat the purchase of sex the money that
fuels human trafficking as though it were a traffic ticket.
It's a serious offense and people need punishment.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Tonight, at linea city council will vote on whether to
make themselves eligible for the city's employee healthcare benefits. Council
had been debating the idea for months, and at last
week's regular council meeting it came out in the open
with heated debate. Mayor Sarita Smith stated her opposition to
the measure, citing the financial burden it could put on
the city. She also pointed out that putting part time
(02:47):
employees on the plan would be problematic. Additionally, the mayor
said the city is currently in a hiring freeze as
they anticipate funding cuts from state and federal sources. It
appears by this time tomorrow, oh the US government will
be in a partial shutdown mode. We get the latest
from Fox's Ryan Schmells.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Thousands of federal workers deemed non essential could be fur
load in the wake of a shutdown. Programs like Medicare, Medicaid,
social Security, and law enforcement will continue but the employees
working in those agencies could go without pay until the
shutdown ends. Republicans and Democrats still have significant disagreements on
avoiding a shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline that Democratic
(03:28):
Senator John Fetterman hopes can be resolved.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I hope we decide to find a way to keep
it open.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
The Senate is expected to vote today on a plan
to extend government funding until late November, but Democrats want
healthcare provisions included in order to get the sixty votes
needed to break the filibuster on Capitol Hill. Ryan Schmells,
Fox News.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
And some middle school students in Logan County, you got
a surprise yesterday. We get this story from iHeartRadio's Lee Mawen.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
A group of yaks escape the rants in Logan County
walking to a nearby middle school for grazing. It happened
at Indian Lake Middle School during lunchtime Monday, as a
couple of sixth grade teachers spotted the yacks in a
grassy field. It was a call to their office and
a call to a police that brought Logan County Sheriff's
deputies to close County Road ninety one to bring them
(04:16):
home the five yacts escape from the Hidden Nook Ranch
that's about a mile outside Lewistown.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I'mley Mawen for the latest news at the top end
bottom of every hour. Set a preset button on the
free iHeartRadio app to eleven fifty WYMA. That's the news
you need this morning. More available at our website thanks
to Citizens National Bank. Stay with us weather, traffick and
sports it ahead on this Tuesday edition of Lima's Morning
News one eleven fifty WYMA.
Yesterday afternoon, the Worth Center released details about a Sunday
night escape. It happened about seven point thirty. Officials say
Schuylar Judy and Braden Baker climbed the recreation yard fence
at the Worth Center during scheduled programming and left the
facility without authorization. Immediately, the Worth Center activated its emergency
(00:20):
response procedures, working closely with the Allen County Sheriff's Office,
and both Judy and Baker were shortly located and apprehended
in the Lima area. Additionally, the Worth Center as initiated
an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the escape to
determine any potential procedural failures and to assure the continued
(00:42):
safety and security of all residents and staff. Meanwhile, the
Allen County Sheriff's Office releasing details of an early Sunday
morning shooting in American Township on Lima's north side. Deputies
were dispatched to the area of North McDonald Street and
Jacob's Avenue about five a m. Sunday and referenced two
gunshots heard in the area. Multiple witnesses said they heard
(01:03):
gunfire and observed vehicles leaving the area as the shots
were happening. One vehicle and three residences, one on North McDonnell,
one on Jacobs Avenue, and another on Sandpiper Street sustained
damage from suspected gunfire. Twenty four year old Mark west Townsend,
twenty three year old Byron Meeks Junior, and twenty two
year old Willie Banks Junior, all of Limou, were taken
(01:26):
into custody. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information should
contact Detective Mitchell Scott at the Allen County Sheriff's Office
by calling four one nine nine ninety three fourteen thirty one.
Three local men were among the one hundred and thirty
five arrested statewide in Operation next Door, a crackdown on
(01:47):
human trafficking across Ohio led by Attorney General de Viost's
Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission. The three local men arrested
were fifty two year old Ted Rosengarten of Columbus Grove,
forty nine years old Jason Worley of Ottawa, and forty
year old James Vogel of Saint Mary's. Attorney General Yost
explained why prosecuting people for just showing money and not
(02:10):
actually committing the act is important to him.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
You cannot treat the purchase of sex the money that
fuels human trafficking as though it were a traffic ticket.
It's a serious offense and people need punishment.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Tonight, at linea city council will vote on whether to
make themselves eligible for the city's employee healthcare benefits. Council
had been debating the idea for months, and at last
week's regular council meeting it came out in the open
with heated debate. Mayor Sarita Smith stated her opposition to
the measure, citing the financial burden it could put on
the city. She also pointed out that putting part time
(02:47):
employees on the plan would be problematic. Additionally, the mayor
said the city is currently in a hiring freeze as
they anticipate funding cuts from state and federal sources. It
appears by this time tomorrow, oh the US government will
be in a partial shutdown mode. We get the latest
from Fox's Ryan Schmells.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Thousands of federal workers deemed non essential could be fur
load in the wake of a shutdown. Programs like Medicare, Medicaid,
social Security, and law enforcement will continue but the employees
working in those agencies could go without pay until the
shutdown ends. Republicans and Democrats still have significant disagreements on
avoiding a shutdown ahead of a midnight deadline that Democratic
(03:28):
Senator John Fetterman hopes can be resolved.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
I hope we decide to find a way to keep
it open.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
The Senate is expected to vote today on a plan
to extend government funding until late November, but Democrats want
healthcare provisions included in order to get the sixty votes
needed to break the filibuster on Capitol Hill. Ryan Schmells,
Fox News.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
And some middle school students in Logan County, you got
a surprise yesterday. We get this story from iHeartRadio's Lee Mawen.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
A group of yaks escape the rants in Logan County
walking to a nearby middle school for grazing. It happened
at Indian Lake Middle School during lunchtime Monday, as a
couple of sixth grade teachers spotted the yacks in a
grassy field. It was a call to their office and
a call to a police that brought Logan County Sheriff's
deputies to close County Road ninety one to bring them
(04:16):
home the five yacts escape from the Hidden Nook Ranch
that's about a mile outside Lewistown.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
I'mley Mawen for the latest news at the top end
bottom of every hour. Set a preset button on the
free iHeartRadio app to eleven fifty WYMA. That's the news
you need this morning. More available at our website thanks
to Citizens National Bank. Stay with us weather, traffick and
sports it ahead on this Tuesday edition of Lima's Morning
News one eleven fifty WYMA.
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