Sunday, November 25, 2012
Jerry Schorr helped Bath Police find and rescue Arthur Cole in July 2011.
On July 24, 2011, Arthur Cole, an Alzheimer's patient, was home from a treatment facility for the weekend. He disappeared from a Hametown Road home and police started a township-wide search. After searching for two-and-a-half days, Bath resident Jerry Schorr found Cole stuck is a swamp one block from the Hametown Road home, said Bath Police Chief Michael McNeely. "Schorr heard Cole's cries for help," McNeely said. "He found Cole and contacted us and he assisted with the rescue." The rescue effort took a couple hours because the area was thickly wooded and wet with vegetation 6 to 8 feet high. Cole was pulled out and hospitalized, but had no major injuries. "It was one of the most tremendous acts of heroism I've seen in my career," McNeely…
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Utah Waldrup came home on his own late yesterday.
A Copley Township Police dispatcher is reporting that a missing local man with memory problems drove home on his own. Utah Waldrup, 89, of Kendall Road, left his home early Wednesday and drove as far as southern Ohio. Police said the man has dementia. "Apparently he got down there and got confused about where he wanted to go, but he knew the way home," the dispatcher said. Police believe Waldrup wanted to visit his sister in Marshall, N.C. A statewide alert was issued for him and the car he was driving. Waldrup is the second elderly man to go missing in the Fairlawn-Bath Patch area this week. Bath Township man Arthur Cole disappeared Sunday morning. He was found Tuesday (July 26) in the woods near his home and was admitted to Akron …
Monday, July 25, 2011
News and features you may have missed in the past seven days.
It's been an eventful week. Here are some of the top stories to help you catch up. Missing Bath Man -- Bath Police and fire and officers from surrounding communities are still searching for 81-year-old Arthur Cole. The elderly man was last seen at his family home in Bath at 8 a.m. Sunday. He has alzheimer's and was visiting from a treatment facility. Read the full story here. Rain and More Rain -- Summit County declared an emergency after heavy rainfall Tuesday soaked Bath, Fairlawn and Copley townships. Experts said the storms brought a 1,000 year flood. Read about the severe weather here, watch racing floodwaters here, learn about the liklihood of more record-setting storms here and find out what to do with flood-damaged trash in your …
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Arthur Cole, 81, last seen Sunday on Hametown Road in Bath Township.
July 25: Bath Township has discontinued its multi-agency search of the area for a missing elderly man with memory problems. Bath Police said this morning they are waiting for other clues to focus the search for Arthur Cole, 81, of Bath Township. Officers from Copley, Bath, Fairlawn and Granger Township searched until about 7 p.m. last night with help from the Ohio Highway Patrol. Cole was last seen by a neighbor at about 8 a.m. Sunday in front of family home on Hametown Road. He had living at Arden Courts of Bath, a facility for patients with memory impairments, since January. According to police, Cole has alzheimer's and was home from a treatment facility for the weekend. Family members told police he was last seen reading in the back …
Megan Rozsa
4:07 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
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