MESSAGE FROM PROSECUTOR SHERRI BEVAN WALSH

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Cuyahoga Falls Man Sentenced on Domestic Violence and Assault Charges

(December 14, 2011… Akron) … Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced today that Judge Lynne Callahan sentenced Lewis Loftus, 24, of Broad Boulevard in Cuyahoga Falls, to three years of community control for fifth-degree felony Domestic Violence charge, fourth-degree felony Assault and first-degree misdemeanor Resisting Arrest.

On July 7, Loftus was driving with his female victim, who was pregnant. They started arguing, and Loftus told the woman to get out of his car. When she refused, he lifted her up and threw her from the car.

Less than one week later, Loftus was drinking at a bar in Cuyahoga Falls. Police were called when he became agitated and started screaming. When officers attempted to handcuff Loftus and put him in a cruiser, he kicked an officer in the chest and had to be tasered. As he was being arrested, he threatened to kill the officers.

As a condition of his sentence, Loftus must complete a program at a halfway house and was placed in the mental health division of probation. He will spend one year in prison if he fails to meet any of the conditions of community control.

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