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Kentite charged for claim of murder: Allegedly called courthouse, said he killed teen girl

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Dave O'Brien
November 6, 2009

 

By Dave O’Brien

Record-Courier staff writer

A Kent man was arraigned Thursday on a charge that he allegedly called the Portage County Courthouse in Ravenna and falsely reported that he killed a 14-year-old girl.

Portage County Sheriff David Doak said that Cedric E. Dukes, 35, of 730 Longcoy Ave., told a court clerk by phone July 29 that he had committed a murder. 

The sheriff’s office was able to trace the call back to Dukes and arrest him for telecommunications harassment, a fifth-degree felony, according to Doak. 

Dukes was arraigned Thursday in Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna, where Acting Portage County Municipal Court Judge Steve Smith set a bond of 10 percent of $25,000. 

If convicted in the most recent case, Dukes faces up to one year in prison and $2,500 in fines. A preliminary hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. Nov. 13.

Dukes already has one conviction for telecommunications harassment and an additional case pending in the Portage County court system, Doak said. 

In addition to the harassment charges, Dukes has a considerable criminal record in Portage County, according to online court records. 

 




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    Posted by Mr. Destiny November 6, 2009
Are we really sure that there is not a dead teenage girl out there somewhere??

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    Posted by Living The Nightmare November 6, 2009
I've had the displeasure of spending some time in the old stony lonesome with Mr Dukes...Thats right, the old graybar hotel.

And I can tell you with 100% confidence that he is certifiably crazier than a sh-thouse rat!!!

Hated being the trusty and bringing him his food or commissary..never knew which one of the people in his mind you would have to deal with.

5.
    Posted by Fair Tax 1 November 6, 2009
Man crack is a powerful thing, makes you do dumb things. Maybe he is looking for three hots and cot since it is getting cold outside.

4.
    Posted by pchillbilly November 6, 2009
Its O.K., the Rev's Sharpton and Jackson will come in with the ACLU and claim he was just exercising freedom of speech.

Just another example of The Man putting him down...

3.
    Posted by political outsider November 6, 2009
Wow... this guy probably needs some mental health treatment more than jail. (Or, maybe he wants to visit his relatives.)

2.
    Posted by starttyrant November 6, 2009
Are you talking about Dukes name? If so I would have to say that Mr Dukes "considerable criminal record" and his recent felony charges had a lot to do with the "mud on the family name". Claiming to have killed a 14 year old girl ain't your typical crank call...

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    Posted by ravenna-rootstown-kent November 6, 2009
wow, lets talk about a family name being drug through the mud,and this one isnt even one of the 2 murderers.

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