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Update: The Jackson Township Police Department posted an update to their Facebook page this morning saying that Thomas has been located and is home safe. 

No further details have been released. 

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The Jackson Township Police Department is asking for your help finding missing Thomas M. Barbee (pictured), who they say may have run away from home. 

Thomas, 14, was last seen in the area of Hills & Dales and Deer Trace Avenue Northwest. 

He is listed as about five feet, seven inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. 

Anyone with information is asked to please call the Jackson Township Police at 330.832.1553. 

Jackson Township Police are looking for a man who loaded up a motorized shopping cart full of beer and then, very slowly, rode right out the front door without paying for it.

Surveillance cameras caught images of the man leaving the Acme Fresh Market on Whipple Avenue around 9 a.m. Wednesday. 

Police are asking the public's help identifying the man. 

Jackson Township Police say they have arrested a man in connection to a homicide outside of a group home in North Canton. 

Sunday night, just about 10:15, police and EMS were called to 6807 Elaine Avenue Northwest for an assault in progress. 

When officers arrived they found the victim, later identified as 51-year-old Lisa Isom, stabbed to death. Word is that Isom was attacked while walking to her car that was parked on or near the property.

Initial reports indicated that police had a person of interest in custody. Monday afternoon it was confirmed that 23-year-old Jacob Andrew Beichler was arrested and cahrged with Aggravated Murder and Felonious Assault. 

The Jackson Police report states that Beichler's home address is the same as the group home, indicated he is a resident. 

Two Northwest High School students from Jackson Township are dead after what police believe was a weekend murder suicide, or possibly a double-suicide.

The two students, a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were found by the male victim's cousin in a wooded area in the Township Friday evening, around 8:30.

The Northwest Local School District Superintendent Dr. Mike Shreffler says counsellors are on hand on campuses today, adding that social media is not the place to go when looking for an accurate account of what happened.

The students' names haven't been released; the investigation is ongoing. 

The Stark County Prosecutor John D. Ferrero's office has announced guilty pleas in the bust of two local casinos after an investigation revealed they were distributing cash payouts on mmachines. 

According to the press release, Paul and Debra Kasapis, who owned the Lucky Fox in Jackson Township and the El Dorado City of Gold in Canton Township, were paying cash to winners of video slots and other gambling machines. They were supposed to, under Ohio law, only be paying out vouchers for prizes worth less than $10.00. 

Ohio state law prohibits cash payouts outside of the four commercial casinos in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, and Columbus, and also racinos within the state. 

The investigation resulted in the closure of both the Lucky Fox and the El Dorado City of Gold, and the seizure of over $700,000 in assets and cash, 400 gambling machines, cars and other vehicles, and personal property. 

Paul and Debra Pasapis have been charged and pleaded guilty to two fifth degree felony charges of Operation of Illegal Casino, two first degree misdemeanor counts of Gambling, and two first degree misdemeanor counts of Operation of a Gambling House.  

Jackson Township police are investigating the death of an 18-month-old boy, who was found unresponsive in the Motel 6 on Sunset Strip Avenue Northwest early Thursday morning.

The baby was transported to Mercy Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. 

The mother of the boy 26-year-old Stephanie M. Buchanan and Jasmin P. Nance, 25, were both arrested on separate Obstruction of Justice charges. Police say both Buchanan and Nance lied to them during their investigation, but it does not say that the charges are currently related to the child's death. 

An autopsy is scheduled with the Stark County Coroner's Office to determine the cause of death and the Stark County Prosecutor is handling the investigation. 

Jackson Township Police Chief, Mark Brink, that both Buchanan and Nance could face further charges, depending on autopsy results. 

The boy's three older sisters, ages 4, 6, and 9, and one brother, age 6, have all been placed with Stark County Protective Services.

A Stark County man was arrested after a joint investigation including the Internet Crimes Against Children task force.

72 year-old Richard Paul Snyder of Jackson Township was arrested on two felony charges, including importuning, and pandering obscenity involving a minor.

He's accused of chatting online with an undercover officer posing as a 14 year-old girl, talking about sex with the girl and sending the officer child pornography.

A search warrant was executed at Snyder's home Thursday morning, and he was booked into the Stark County Jail.

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(Jackson Township Police Department, news release) A joint investigation was conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces of Vermont, New Jersey, and Ohio, along with Canton Police Department, Canton FBI, US Secret Service and Jackson Township Police Department.

Richard Paul Snyder was arrested on the following charges:

1 count Importuning, F5
1 count Pandering Obscenity Involving a Minor, F2

On September 29, 2016, at 800 hours, a search warrant was executed at his residence at which time Richard Snyder was taken into custody and arrested on the above charges and booked into the Stark County Jail.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with any information please contact Detective Gary Frascone, Jackson Township Police Department, at 330-830-6264. 

Jackson Township Police say an investigation revealed that an abduction and assault that was reported at Stark State College in July never happened.

On July 14, police say a woman reported that she was taken from a parking lot and driven to the Akron area where she had been assaulted. Following an investigation, authorities determined that the incident never occurred.

The Stark County Prosecutor's Office is expected to review the case for possible criminal charges for filing a false police report.