02-12-2018 04:46 via 10tv.com

Ohio turnpike rape case dismissed after communications breakdown

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The case involving an alleged rape along the Ohio Turnpike has been dismissed because of a missed legal deadline.The Akron Beacon Journal reported Saturday that the dismissal stemmed from a communication breakdown between the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Summit County prosecutors. A lawyer for the prosecutor's office called it almost "the perfect storm of how it could go wrong."A woman claimed she was raped at gunpoint Aug. 10 by a truck driver on the Turnpike near Huds
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