Crime & Safety

Crime Brief: Summit Grand Jury Indicts Fairlawn Man for Driving off with Repo Man on Car Hood

Former minister of Akron church charged.

The Beacon Journal is reporting that a Fairlawn resident has been indicted on charges of felonious assault, misdemeanor assault and abduction for driving off with a repo man on his hood.

Bishop Marc Neal, 48, was involved in the incident in January.  

Neal is accused of trying to assault an employee of a Cleveland repossession company prior to a church service in Akron in January. The man was reportedly trying to take back Neal's Lexus.

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