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5 charged in mall break-in ing stores in the mall, smashed furnishings and caused significant water damage when they broke A Cuyahoga County man and a sprinkler. Responding Elyria pofour Lorain County boys are lice officers chased the five teens facing multiple criminal charges out of the mall and arrested them, after reportedly breaking into the according to a police report. former JCPenney store at Midway Officers responded to the former Mall on April 26, according to JCPenney store at 10:40 p.m. Elyria police and court records. Friday for a report of someone The five allegedly stole or tried breaking into the property. The owner of the Cell Fix store saw to steal from the few remainDave O’Brien The Community Guide
someone try to break into the store on his security cameras and called police, according to the report. Once inside, two officers heard “glass and metal being destroyed.” Peeking inside, they found four juveniles breaking light bulbs and “destroying” the interior of the store, which still had some furnishings inside, according to the report.
All four teens ran when an officer announced himself, yelled at them to stop and put their hands up. One of those who ran had a hammer, and the officer chased him into the parking lot, where he dropped the hammer and was caught, according to the report. Police identified the hammerwielding suspect as William Toth, 19, of Rocky River. After being
read his rights, he told officers “he was just exploring with his friends,” three of whom he had picked up from North Ridgeville in his truck. Toth, the three teens and a fourth teen from Elyria broke in, stole two exit signs from JCPenney, tried to break into the locked Cell Fix store, took two bottles of water from the cooler at Yihi Ja-
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“We’re excited to debut the world’s tallest and fastest triple-launch roller coaster,” Cedar Point Director of Communications Tony Clark says. Top Thrill 2 is a 2-minute long ride — compared to the previous 17 seconds of the Top Thrill Dragster — that Clark says is unlike any of Cedar Point’s other 67 rides, including 17 coasters.
Ride reimagined as Top Thrill 2 John Benson The Community Guide
Three years after an incident forced Cedar Point to close Top Thrill Dragster, the amusement park has reinvented the ride with the brand-new Top Thrill 2. “This is a very, very big attraction for us here at Cedar Point,” Cedar Point Director of Communications Tony Clark said. “We’re excited to debut the world’s tallest and fastest triplelaunch roller coaster. “What makes it unique is that everybody is used to the iconic top hat tower that was part of our skyline ever since the ride debuted in 2003. “We’ve reimagined it now with
an extra 420-foot-tall tower.“It is a completely different experience.” The funny thing about Cedar Point’s Top Thrill Dragster ride was during its nearly two-decade existence coaster enthusiasts desperately sought failure. Called the rollback, that was the coveted fan-favorite moment when the train’s momentum wasn’t great enough to make it up and over the tower so it rolled back to the station to try again. That’s why Top Thrill 2 boasts such an Easter egg of sorts to those die-hard riders. “You launch forward first at 74 mph,” he said. “One of the key features of that first launch
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is that everybody who rides gets what we call a rollback, which is something that people wanted to get on a previous ride. “Then it goes into a reverse launch at 101 mph, which is the fastest reverse launch in the world. You go up that brand-new 420-foot tall vertical spike tower. That’s at a 90-degree angle so you’re looking straight down at the midway and Tower Power. “After that, you get some weightlessness and then you come back down to Earth where
you’re launched to 120 mph and then you go up and over the top hat down a 270-degree spiral twist and then into the finish line. It is an epic race.” The epic race is actually a 2-minute long ride — compared to the previous 17 seconds — that Clark said is unlike any of Cedar Point’s other 67 rides, including 17 coasters. Other updates at the park include new and enhanced VIP guest experiences. “We have what’s called the Millennium VIP Lounge for our prestige pass holders,” he said. “This is a lounge where they can go, sit and enjoy some snacks and beverages and just take a
break throughout the day. We’re building a more permanent structure near Millennium Force.” In addition, those with Fast Lane Passes will have updated wristbands that allow for easy access scanning. As far as programming, Cedar Point will unveil its new “Boardwalk Nights” in the summer. “That is a little bit of a combination of what was our ‘Cedar Point Nights’ experience where we had nighttime activities on the beach,” he said. “We’re going to activate ‘Boardwalk Nights’ as the sun goes down with circus-style performance acts, live music and specialty food items.”
INSIDE THIS WEEK Amherst
Father & Son lose license. A3
Oberlin
Remembering the Holocaust. A4
Wellington
School treasurer resigns. A5
SPORTS A6 • CROSSWORD A7 • SUDOKU A7 • KID SCOOP A8