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No fourth trial for bathtub killer
Ryan Widmer’s state court appeals have ended with the Ohio Supreme court denying jurisdiction.Widmer was convicted in 2011 for drowning his wife, Sarah, in the bathtub of their Warren County home.The high court announced its decision in Widmer’s second appeal on Wednesday, denying jurisdiction in a 5 to 2 vote. ...
Escaped inmate caught in residential neighborhood
An inmate who tried to walk away from his work duties just outside of the Lebanon Correctional Institution was captured Tuesday evening in Franklin.Authorities shut down Ohio 63 between Lebanon and Monroe in order to set up a perimeter in their search for 35-year-old Stephen Ramey.The Ohio Highway Patrol and ...
Prisoner missing from Lebanon Correctional
A man serving a year in prison for burglary has reportedly walked away from Lebanon Correctional Institution. According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, 35-year-old Stephen Ramey walked away from his garage work assignment as an auto mechanic at the facility on Ohio 63 just before noon today. ...
Customers pay for pizza with fake dough
Middletown Division of PoliceMay 13A 21-inch TV and a school-issued lap top computer were stolen from a residence in the 3000 block of Finley Street.May 14A Middletown man, Grayson Lawson, 32, of Arlington Avenue, was charged with burglary and inducing panic after he was found hiding in an attic in ...
Trigger man in Fairfield homicide sentenced
The trigger man in an alleged botched robbery that ended with the shooting death of a 19-year-old Fairfield man last year was sentenced Monday to 21 years to life in prison.Joseph Goodin, 26, of Middletown, told Butler County Common Pleas Judge Patricia Oney that he would give his life to ...
Workers suing employers at record high
U.S. workers are filing a record number of federal lawsuits against employers alleging violations of wage and hour laws, such as not being paid overtime and being misclassified as contractors, a recent study shows. During the 12-month period that ended in March, workers filed 7,764 lawsuits alleging violations of the ...
120 mph pursuit ends in crash, trooper injured
A Loveland woman who crashed a stolen car into an Ohio Highway Patrol cruiser and led police on a 23-mile high-speed chase that reached 120 mph - and injured two officers - Sunday morning faces multiple charges, authorities said. Benjie Pauline Brown, 43, remained in the Warren County Jail, troopers ...
Fight at mobile home park ends with attempted murder charge
A 52-year-old Liberty Twp. man has been charged with attempted murder and felonious assault after firing multiple shots at his neighbor during an altercation Sunday at the Countryside Village Mobile Home Park.According to Butler County Sheriff’s officials, Paul E. Maye, of 214 Jacobs Street, allegedly fired shots from a revolver ...
Police reports: While man in jail, someone steals from him
Middletown Division of PoliceMay 12A 42-inch TV and an air compressor were stolen from a residence in the 1100 block of Baltimore Street.May 13Alan Richard Mullins, 26, of Hamilton, was charged with drug abuse/heroin, possession of drug abuse/instruments, drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension after a traffic stop in the ...
Sheriff won’t support school levies unless districts look at armed personnel
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones declared this week that he “won’t support a school levy again that doesn’t address school safety with armed personnel.” Jones’ comments were fueled by his disappointment that not a single county school district has adopted his proposal to use retired police officers as armed ...
Middletown man charged with kidnapping
A Middletown man, who allegedly refused to let a woman he met on the Internet leave his apartment Thursday night, was charged with kidnapping, resisting arrest and obstructing official business, according to Middletown police.Tyrone Lowe, 26, of 3910 Roosevelt Blvd., Apt. 5, appeared Friday morning in Middletown Municipal Court. His ...
Police: Woman hired hit man to kill ex-husband
A Warren County woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill her ex-husband.Heather Boling, 28, of Pleasant Plain, allegedly tried to hire a hit man in Indianapolis using Facebook on Thursday, according to Lt. Eric Johnson. Indianapolis police contacted the Warren County Sheriff’s Office ...
Man arrested in Preble County shooting death
A 48-year-old Preble County man was shot and killed in his home Friday morning and police arrested a young man who identified himself as the son of the victim’s girlfriend. Preble County Sheriff Mike Simpson identified the deceased as Jerry D. Mason, 48, of 5877 E. Lexington Road near Eaton. ...
Domestic row leads to charge of kidnapping
Police making a “well-being check” on a woman at an apartment Thursday night ended up arresting a man at the same address on several charges, including kidnapping.Tyrone Lowe is expected to be in court Friday morning on charges of resisting arrest and obstructing official business as well as kidnapping stemming ...
Sheriff’s NASCAR debut rained out at Kentucky Speedway
Rain cancelled the racing competition among area law enforcement who were scheduled to test their NASCAR driving skills today at the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky.Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones and Lt. Mike Craft were scheduled to take the wheel of a stock car in the Richard Petty Driving Experience ...
Middletown residents indicted in heroin trafficking conspiracy
A federal grand jury has charged six people, including four Middletown residents, with conspiring to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin.The indictment charges Darnell Jack South III, aka “Jack” Black, 38; Eric Redding, aka “Eric Page”, 41; Cheltzy Redding, 28; and Adam Gardner, 27, all of Middletown and Starling ...
Women say they stole to get friend out of jail
Middletown Division of PoliceMay 11Bradley Richard Long, 51, at large, was charged with petty theft, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct to wit intoxication after he allegedly stole vodka and chicken salad from Kroger, 3464 Towne Blvd.Someone broke into an apartment in the 600 block of Lafayette Avenue and stole ...
Ten Hamilton business owners and employees indicted on drug charges
Ten people arrested during last month’s raids at several Hamilton businesses where drugs and synthetic drugs were found were indicted Wednesday by a Butler County grand jury.Hamilton police and the Ohio Investigative Unit conducted undercover buys at several businesses as part of the probe and served 19 search warrants on ...
Police: Man tried to make stabbing look like fight
A Middletown man, who tried to make a domestic violence disturbance appear to be a double stabbing, was charged with felonious assault after police found he had allegedly stabbed his live-in girlfriend Tuesday night in their home.Middletown Lt. Scott Reeve said Joseph Pate, 52, of 3100 Elman Court, was involved ...
Date moved in Fairfield homicide trial
Two of five people charged in connection with the botched robbery that resulted in the shooting death of a Fairfield teen last year will be tried together, but their trial date has been moved to the summer.Jerry Eacholes, 26, of Middletown, and Christia Frymire, 19, of Fairfield, were in Butler ...
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