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A story in the newspaper at that time did not identify Goggins by name, reporting only that police arrested a 31 year old East Cleveland woman who was screaming as she tried to get into a parked car.
- 1 2 "Mayor Defends Her 1982 Conviction". Houston Chronicle . September 26, 2004.
The disclosure came after The Plain Dealer obtained a copy of a coroner's report that said Goggins admitted stabbing Price during a fight in his home on Sept. 30, 1982.
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- ↑ Salvato, Albert (September 1, 2004). "Midwest: Ohio: Mayor Convicted Of Seeking Bribes". The New York Times .
- ↑ Caniglia, John; Ott, Thomas (September 1, 2004). "Onunwor, Still Jailed, To Quit As Mayor". The Plain Dealer .
- ↑ Wagner, Joseph L. (October 25, 2004). "Mayor, Judge Won't Talk About Past Sentence". The Plain Dealer .
- ↑ "Mayor says 1982 stabbing was in self-defense". Mansfield News Journal . September 26, 2004.