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DAYTON- The northbound lanes of State Route 4 near the Interstate 75 interchange have been reopened by Dayton police after a fuel spill forced crews to shut down the highway at about 3:45 p.m Wednesday, Dec. 3.
A fuel leak caused the highway to be shut down while sand was spread to soak up the mess, according to police.
It is unclear what caused the fuel leak.
Two reported thefts that allegedly occurred within hours of each other on Tuesday, Dec. 2, involved items one might not like to see during the holiday season — religious books and Christmas presents.
The first occurred at 7 a.m. in the 50 block of Grafton Avenue, according to a police report. The complainant said someone broke the passenger-side front window of her car and took two books titled “So You Want To Be Like Christ” and “My Utmost For His Highest.” The complainant also said a laptop computer was stolen, according to the report.
About three hours later, officers responded to a burglar alarm, this one in the 100 block of Notre Dame Avenue. Upon investigating, officers found the front door had been forced open and that the subject apparently went straight for a pile of wrapped Christmas presents in the corner of the dining room.
The subject removed just one gift, possibly because the alarm caused the subject to hurry out, the report said. The gift contained cookies that had been dipped in chocolate.
No arrests have been made in either incident.
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JEFFERSON TWP., Montgomery County - A man was rushed to Miami Valley Hospital with third-degree burns over 75 percent of his body after an explosion inside his home late Friday night, Nov. 28.
Fire crews responded to 40 Calumet Lane just after 9 p.m. on the report of a house fire, according to a Montgomery County Sheriff’s dispatcher.
They arrived to find the man inside and part of the house blown off, scattered all over the front yard and road, according to the Jefferson Twp. Fire Department.
The fire was extinguished and investigators found no one else inside, investigators said.
It is unclear at this time what caused the explosion, but investigators said electricity and natural gas had previously been disconnected from the structure.
The man, whose identity is unknown, is in critical condition as of 11 p.m.
HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County — A dispute over a girl Wednesday, Nov. 26, escalated to gunshots with the shooting victim showing up at Good Samaritan Hospital, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies are investigating what led to the shooting at the Northland Village Apartments, 1952 Republic Drive, at about 6:30 p.m.
The victim’s identity, along with the shooter’s, has not been released but he expected to survive a single gunshot wound to the upper body, Sheriff Phil Plummer said.
The female told deputies the victim tried to intervene in a physical fight she was having with a male acquaintance, according to a sheriff’s report. The man she was fighting with then pulled out a gun and fired, the report stated.
The wounded man then jumped into his car and drove to the hospital, Plummer said. He has since been treated and released from the hospital.
The shooter is still at large, Plummer said. Anyone with information is urge to call 911 immediately.
It’s been relatively quiet on the crime beat the last few days and we should all be thankful for that.
I hope it is a quiet holiday and everyone gets along. To get everyone in a good mood, here is one of my favorite turkey jokes:
A game warden was driving down the road when saw a boy carrying a wild turkey under his arm.
He stopped and asked the boy, “Where did you get that turkey?”
The boy replied, “What turkey?”
The game warden said, “That turkey you’re carrying under your arm.”
The boy looks down and said, “Well, lookee here, a turkey done roosted under my arm!”
The game warden said, “Now look, you know turkey season is closed, so whatever you do to that turkey, I’m going to do to you. If you break his leg, I’m gonna break your leg. If you break his wing, I’ll break your arm. Whatever you do to him, I’ll do to you. So, what are you gonna do with him?”
The little boy answered, “I guess I’ll just kiss his fanny and let him go!”
Mark NolanDAYTON - A Montgomery County grand jury has indicted Mark Anthony Nolan for the July murder of a Sinclair Community College employee.
Nolan, 30, is charged with two counts of aggravated murder for the death of Stephen Linderman.
Linderman, 59, was found beaten to death in the bedroom of his home in the 1600 block of Northdale Road on July 19. Detectives said he had numerous lacerations on his body and had severe blunt force trauma to his head.
Nolan is also charged with aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, theft, grand theft, failure to comply and petty theft.
He is in jail on $1 million bond.
Linderman was an Enterprise Applications administrator in information technology and had been employed at Sinclair since 1987, the school said.
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DAYTON- A woman told police she started a fire inside her house Monday, Nov. 24, while her children were still inside because she was tired of her children’s father and taking care of her family, according to police.
Officers and firefighters responding to the fire in the 400 block of Edgar Avenue at about 10 p.m. found the house full of smoke and two children, including an infant, left unattended upstairs, according to a police report.
Summer Gentry later told officers she lit a newspaper on fire on the kitchen stove because she was upset with her boyfriend, Renaldo Evans, according to the report. Evans also lives in the house, according to police.
Officers said they could smell alcohol on her breath and found empty bottles of alcohol inside the house, the report stated.
Once the house was clear of smoke, officers went back in and found it to be in deplorable condition, the report stated. There was food in the carpet and trash piled up throughout the house, including around the bathroom toilet and in the baby’s playpen, the report stated.
Officers said in the report they had trouble going through the house because there wasn’t a clear path due to all the trash, food and clothes.
There were bugs, including roaches and gnats, all over the house, and officers found just a package of bologna and a bottle of ketchup in the refrigerator, the report stated.
Children’s Services was called to investigate, and the children were removed from the home, the report stated. They were given to a relative with suitable living conditions.
Gentry, 29, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of child endangering, while Evans, 29, was summoned to appear.
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You missed when the article used to say the road was sh*t down…