Sean R. Rex tried to rob the business and struck a woman in the head with a gun

Sean R. Rex, 32, who has no permanent address, was arrested at 2:06 a.m. Wednesday at Margie's T-Bird Lounge at 1425 15th St. SW. Rex was in the Stark County Jail where he was held without bond Thursday.
Police reports show Rex tried to rob the business and struck a woman in the head with a gun, said Lt. James Cole. Rex was charged with aggravated robbery, illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor establishment, having weapons under disability, carrying concealed weapons, cocaine trafficking, cocaine possession, felony drug tampering and resisting arrest. Jail records said he was wanted on an unrelated warrant in Carroll County. Jail records said he tried to fight with police at the bar, pulling out a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun, then grabbing an officer's gun that had "fallen loose." He was shot with a Taser gun and arrested, jail records said. The officers said they found him with powder cocaine, Xanax pills, digital scales and bags of marijuana. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Web site shows Rex went to prison in 1997, 1999 and 2002 for felony weapons convictions, and for drug trafficking and weapons convictions in 2002.

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Todd Tornstrom

Todd Tornstrom, 35, was arrested Thursday night shortly after the pilot of the flight from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., decided to turn around and land at Port Columbus International Airport.
Tornstrom and a female passenger were disruptive and appeared to have been drinking, said airport spokeswoman Angie Tabor.
When asked by a flight attendant to stow a carry-on baggage, Tornstrom claimed he was a Transportation Security Administration agent and that he had a gun, the FBI said in a statement. The pilot decided to return to Columbus after Tornstrom couldn’t produce a TSA identification badge. The plane had 134 passengers.
The FBI also said Tornstrom was overheard by a flight attendant telling passengers that he was carrying “enough bullets for everyone on the plane.”
The plane was searched and no gun was found. All passengers were re-screened by security and the flight took off again just after midnight.
Tornstrom, of Chesterland, Ohio, was charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants. He appeared in federal court Friday and was released on the condition that he not abuse alcohol and not fly on commercial planes, said Fred Alverson, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. No plea was entered. A hearing was scheduled for Feb. 7.
If convicted, Tornstrom could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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Ann Goode

Ann Goode, 36, 2722 S. Muddy Creek North Road, is charged with a probation violation in Ottawa County Common Pleas Court. She is being held in the Ottawa County Detention Facility on a $10,000 bond.
Goode is scheduled for an arraignment at 11:45 a.m. Thursday. The court appointed Chris Marcinko of Port Clinton as her attorney during her initial appearance Monday.
She was serving three years of probation after she conspired with her juvenile son and a Graytown teen to rob a dead man's home during his funeral in 2004. She pleaded no contest to one felony count of burglary and was found guilty in 2006.
Goode's probation officer, Darla Clemons, found a rifle in a pickup truck at Goode's home and a muzzleloader, a weapon used for hunting, in her residence, according to an Ottawa County Sheriff's Office report. Anyone convicted of a felony cannot have a firearm, according to Ohio law.
Clemons said she checked on Goode's home after wildlife officials and other agencies received complaints that Goode had guns. Goode's attorney was not available for comment Tuesday.
Judge Paul Moon released Goode from prison in August and placed her on probation after she asked for early release to spend time with her four children. She had served 14 months of her two-year sentence in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville.
If convicted of the probation violation, Goode could serve the remaining 10 months of her sentence or be sentenced to time in local jail, Clemons said.

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