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Mercy! I hope and pray that by connecting with the NFB Ohio,Ayauna's
Dreams will be Transformed into Reality!
Thanks Suzanne!

On 10/17/17, Suzanne Turner via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> All,
>
>
>
> I am so excited to be a part of the NFB and let me tell you why.
>
>
>
> Last week, I read an article about a young woman who was shot by her
> boyfriend and left for dead.  As a result of this heinous act, she lost her
> vision.  Ayauna Bush  is her name and she found an unexpected  new world
> that she knew little about.  Well, I immediately reached out to find her.
> I
> wrote to the news and television reporters to extended an invitation to
> meet
> Ayauna.
>
>
>
> Today, the U.S Attorney Office contacted me and explained that Miss Bush
> and
> her grandmother, Lisa Edwards are enthusiastic about meeting.  I provided
> her lawyer the websites for Ohio and the Jernigan Institute to read about
> the NFB.  I spoke to Ayauna today and she is excited about the prospect of
> coming to the "Dream Convention".  How profound is that!
>
>
>
> It will be an honor to meet her and they will be my guest.
>
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> I have inserted the article below!
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>
> Suzanne
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> <http://media.cleveland.com/court-justice/photo/dezayelyjpg-6ad250a43d371c07
> .jpg> Dezay Ely
>
> YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- At 19 years old, Ayauna Bush is forced to learn how to
> live her life in a world that she can no longer see.
>
> The Akron woman was blinded when in 2016, the man she called her boyfriend
> shot her in the head -- twice in the face and once in the neck -- and left
> her in a secluded area in Cuyahoga Valley National Park to die.
>
> "I don't know how to handle when my son hands me a book and asks me to read
> it to him," Bush said.
>
> Bush's shooter, Dezay Ely,
> <http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/10/akron_man_sentence
> d_to_life_fo.html> was sentenced Thursday to life in federal prison. During
> his sentencing, she was able to face her aggressor with her statement to
> the
> judge in an attempt to relieve a burden.
>
> The 19-year-old wore sunglasses and used a walking cane as loved ones led
> her into the courtroom in Youngstown. Her family and pastor surrounded her
> in the front row of the viewing gallery.
>
> Bush views the shooting as part of her redemption, a violent incident at
> the
> hands of her lover that saved her from a life "on the streets" where she
> met
> him. It is not without its struggles. Her blindness required her to give up
> custody of her 3-year-old son to her grandmother as she learns to live
> without her sight.
>
> "I am not going to let what happened to me hurt me for the rest of my
> life,"
> Bush said.
>
> U.S. District Judge Benita Pearson told Ely, 28, that his history of
> violence led her to reason that removing him from society for the rest of
> his natural life was the only way to protect the public. She rejected an
> argument from Ely's federal public defender that a 21-year sentence was
> sufficient.
>
> Pearson called him a "public enemy" and said that "most people don't look
> into the face of their victim and then shoot the face of the victim."
>
> Bush told the FBI that she and Ely, also of Akron, stayed at Ely's
> brother's
> house the night prior to the shooting. They woke up early on July 3, 2016
> and Ely told her he wanted to test fire a gun he recently bought.
>
> The couple, along with a third man, drove to a small field off
> Akron-Peninsula Road in the national park. Ely asked Bush whether she would
> tell anyone about a robbery that he planned to commit, according to
> prosecutors.
>
> When they got to the field, Ely and Bush got out of the car. Ely said the
> pistol jammed, then he shot Bush twice in the face and once in the neck. He
> and the driver then left.
>
> "I prayed to the Lord until somebody came and helped me," Bush said.
>
> Joggers found
> <http://www.cleveland.com/brecksville/index.ssf/2016/07/investigators_seek_p
> ublics_hel.html> Bush, who carried no identification. Agents identified her
> using phone records after one of her family members called park rangers the
> day after the shooting and said Bush had been missing for several days.
>
> Bush was placed in a medically-induced coma,
> <http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2016/08/three_bullets_two_
> suspects_how.html> and the FBI was able to piece together a case as she
> recovered.
>
> When she awoke, she told agents the name of her shooter.
>
> "I trusted Mr. Ely as you would trust anyone you would call a mate or a
> friend," Bush said.
>
>
> <http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/05/akron_man_pleads_g
> uilty_to_cuy.html> Ely pleaded guilty in May to attempted murder,
> discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and being a felon in
> possession of ammunition.
>
>
> <http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/07/suspected_driver_a
> cquitted_in.html> A jury acquitted the driver, Raymond Terry Moore, of
> being
> an accomplice in July 2017, after he argued he did not know Ely planned to
> shoot Bush when they got to the park.
>
> Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly Galvin repeatedly used the word "miracle" on
> Thursday to explain why Bush was still alive. She said the joggers who
> found
> Bush were "angels ... wearing running shorts and tennis shoes."
>
> Ely, on the other hand, acted with cowardice, Galvin said.
>
> "This case is as cold and calculated and premeditated as it can possibly
> get," Galvin said.
>
> Ely has previous convictions in Summit County for involuntary manslaughter,
> aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon. He was on probation
> after his release from prison when he shot Bush and was held in jail as the
> FBI built its case.
>
> He told Bush during the sentencing that "I feel bad for what I did and
> that's how I know it was wrong."
>
> Pearson said she had been prepared to give Ely 30 years -- a decade for
> each
> bullet he fired -- but that his actions in court and in jail after his
> arrest helped her decide that a harsher punishment is warranted. The judge
> said Ely punched another inmate at a federal holding facility in Youngstown
> and that he fashioned a shiv and hid it in a book.
>
> He also told a jail guard earlier this month that he was going to "grab you
> be the collar and choke you when you make your rounds" after the guard told
> him he could not go to the jail's law library, Pearson said.
>
> The judge made it clear near the end of the hearing that she thought she
> made the right decision. As she read him the terms of his probation -- just
> in case he was ever released -- Ely told the judge she didn't need to
> continue talking since he already gave her a life sentence.
>
> An incredulous Pearson instructed the deputy marshals to control Ely, and
> they positioned themselves on either side of the podium where he stood in
> an
> orange jumpsuit with his arms and legs shackled.
>
> "Don't tell me when I can or can't stop talking just because you will be
> incarcerated for life, as deserved," Pearson snapped at Ely.
>
> But it was evident that Bush's statement made an impact on the judge before
> the sentencing.
>
> Bush said she learned to to walk and talk again as she recovered from the
> injuries that Ely gave her. She said she is optimistic that one day she'll
> become a psychiatrist and start an organization to help children.
>
> "At the end of the day, I just want justice and peace," Bush said.
>
> If you would like to comment on this story, please visit
> <http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/10/comment_here_on_clevelandc
> om_c_541.html> Thursday's crime and courts comments section.
>
> View Comments
>
> 1.	 <http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/> Court & Justice
>
>
> Texas man accused of possessing 9 pounds of heroin in Medina County traffic
> stop
>
>
> Updated on October 16, 2017 at 6:55 PMPosted on October 16, 2017 at 6:45 PM
>
>
>
> A Texas man is charged in Cleveland federal court with possessing nearly
> nine pounds of heroin during a Medina County traffic stop. (File photo)
>
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> By  <http://connect.cleveland.com/staff/emacdonald/posts.html> Evan
> MacDonald, cleveland.com
>
>  <mailto:emacdonald at cleveland.com> emacdonald at cleveland.com
>
> CLEVELAND, Ohio - A Texas man is facing charges in federal court that
> accuse
> him of possessing nearly nine pounds of heroin during a Medina County
> traffic stop.
>
> Adan Gilberto Munoz, 33, of El Paso, was indicted in the U.S. District
> Court
> for the Northern District of Ohio on one count of possession with intent to
> distribute and one count of using a telephone to facilitate commission of a
> felony, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release.
>
> "Law enforcement did a tremendous job of keeping thousands of doses of
> heroin off the streets," U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said in the news
> release.
>
> State Highway Patrol troopers found roughly 8.8 pounds of heroin in Munoz's
> car when they stopped it Aug. 8, federal prosecutors said.
>
> A Highway Patrol trooper stopped Munoz's Hyundai Veloster about 12:20 p.m.
> while it was traveling north on Interstate 71. Court records do not say why
> the trooper stopped the car.
>
> Munoz was shaking and trembling when he told a trooper he did not have his
> driver's license with him. A K-9 detected four bricks of heroin -- each
> weighing more than two pounds -- in the car, prosecutors said.
>
> "With unified efforts between federal, state and local law enforcement
> agencies, we will continue to combat drug trafficking and remove criminals
> from our communities making it safer for the citizens of Ohio," Highway
> Patrol superintendent Col. Paul A. Pride said in the news release.
>
> Munoz later told a Drug Enforcement Administration agent that someone in El
> Paso gave him a bag containing the heroin and asked him to take it to
> Cleveland. Munoz told the investigator that he thought the bag contained
> cocaine, court records say.
>
> "The seizure of four kilograms of heroin is significant," DEA Special Agent
> in Charge Timothy Plancon said in the news release. "In this era of daily
> heroin related overdoses, nothing is more important than bringing the
> people
> that are distributing this poison within our communities to justice."
>
> If you'd like to comment on this story, visit Monday's crime and courts
> comments section.
> <http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/10/comment_here_on_clevelandc
> om_c_545.html#incart_river_index>
>
> View Comments
>
> 1.	 <http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/> Court & Justice
>
>
> Judge lifts gag order in KNR lawsuit, restores access to court records
>
>
> Updated on October 16, 2017 at 9:08 PMPosted on October 16, 2017 at 5:06 PM
>
>
>
> The attorney for a University of Akron student accused of killing his
> former
> roommate's cat is arguing for the diversion program for his client. (File
> photo)
>
> 22 shares
>
> By  <http://connect.cleveland.com/staff/emacdonald/posts.html> Evan
> MacDonald, cleveland.com
>
>  <mailto:emacdonald at cleveland.com> emacdonald at cleveland.com
>
> AKRON, Ohio - A Summit County judge on Monday issued a ruling that lifted a
> gag order and granted access to court records in a lawsuit that accuses the
> personal-injury firm Kisling, Nestico and Redick of defrauding clients.
>
> KNR lawyers asked for the gag order earlier this year when Subodh Chandra
> and Peter Pattakos, attorneys for three former KNR clients who are suing
> the
> law firm, attached copies of emails from a former KNR employee to court
> filings.
>
> The lawsuit claims the emails reveal how KNR engaged in an illegal kickback
> scheme involving chiropractic firms. Lawyers for KNR -- who have said those
> allegations are false -- argued that the emails improperly disclosed client
> information.
>
> Summit County Common Pleas Judge Alison Breaux granted the gag order March
> 29. Breaux directed the clerk of courts to remove records in the case from
> an online docket, and prohibited attorneys from speaking publicly about the
> case.
>
> Lawyers representing cleveland.com filed a petition
> <http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/05/lawyers_for_clevelandcom_a
> sk_a_1.html>  May 21 that asked an appellate court to lift the gag order.
> The complaint argued that the gag order violated the First Amendment and
> impaired the ability of Advance Ohio, cleveland.com's parent company, to
> report the news.
>
> Pattakos said Monday that he was pleased with the judge's decision.
>
> "We're glad the judge saw through the defendants' efforts to restrain our
> speech and our ability to investigate our clients' claims," he said.
>
> Breaux wrote in her decision to lift the gag order that the court issued a
> protective order Sept. 12 that made the gag order unnecessary. That
> protective order is a standard order that protects confidential information
> during the discovery process, Pattakos said.
>
> Rob A. Nestico, a managing partner at KNR, said he also supports the
> judge's
> decision to lift the gag order because he believes the protective order
> will
> keep client information secure as the discovery process moves forward.
>
> KNR has filed a counterclaim
> <http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/05/knr_suing_former_employee_
> over.html#incart_m-rpt-1>  that says a former employee stole the emails,
> which contain proprietary information, and provided them to the plaintiffs'
> attorneys.
>
> "We're obligated, as lawyers, to fight that way," Nestico said. "As long as
> client information isn't disclosed, that's our main concern."
>
> Pattakos, though, questioned why KNR lawyers opposed the plaintiffs'
> efforts
> to have the gag order removed, and why KNR did not withdraw its opposition
> once the judge granted the protective order.
>
> The Ohio Supreme Court recognizes strict First Amendment standards that
> prohibit courts from sealing records or imposing gag orders unless the
> person requesting them shows "by clear and convincing evidence" that their
> interest in shielding the information outweighs the public's rights to
> access records. Advance Ohio's petition said Breaux granted the order
> without holding KNR to that burden.
>
> Advance Ohio's petition was filed by Patrick Kabat and Andrew Geronimo,
> lawyers with the First Amendment and the Arts Project, a new clinical
> initiative of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the Arts at
> the
> Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
>
> The lawsuit against KNR says the law firm intentionally deceived and
> defrauded clients with kickback schemes
> <http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2017/03/class-action_suit_claims_p
> erso.html>  involving chiropractors and the now-defunct loan company
> Liberty
> Capital Funding. The law firm charged an "investigation fee" for work that
> was never performed, and for basic clerical services that are not legally
> chargeable to clients, the suit says.
>
> Nestico said Monday that KNR feels the lawsuit is baseless, and that the
> law
> firm's lawyers will soon file documents in the case that will dispel "false
> allegations" made in the lawsuit.
>
> "I'm relieved that the judge lifted the gag order, because the public needs
> to know the truth," he said.
>
> If you'd like to comment on this story, visit Monday's crime and courts
> comments section.
> <http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/10/comment_here_on_clevelandc
> om_c_545.html#incart_river_index>
>
>

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Cheryl E. Fields

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