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The Summit County Sheriff's Office is investigating a vandalism of the former Northfield Center/Sagamore Hills Fire District Substation, located at 50 W. Aurora Road. 

They were alerted to the incident, that they say occured over the weekend, on Monday when staff entered the building and saw the damage. According to the press release, thousands of dollars in damage was done to equipment that is stored in the building and the building itself. Inspector Bill Holland with the Sheriff's Office says the vandal or vandals broke in, wrote profanity on pieces of equipment and other items in the building, and caused damage to the building. Furthermore, Holland says, the suspect(s) doused beds, carpeting, and 14 pieces of turnout gear in urine. 

The Sheriff's Office is asking that anyone with information ont he incident call the Detective Bureau at 330-643-2131. 

UPDATED Akron Fire is reporting one person dead after a house fire located at 1020 Victory St. Firefighters found the body of James Johnson, 69, who owned the house. His family told the Akron Beacon Journal he lived there for more than four decades, even purchasing nearby lots while neighbors abandoned their homes in the South Akron neighborhood. He turned those lots into a buffer zone of park-like settings.

A call notifying the Akron Fire Department of the fire came in at 4:06 a.m. The home was fully engulfed in flames by the time Akron firefighters arrived on the scene. Johnson was pronounced dead at about 5:15 a.m.