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Municipal Court
CASES CALLED FRIDAY INCLUDED:Berry Raann Ranae, 19, of 759 Sherman Ave., theft, guilty, five days community service and costs or five days jail by July 26.Nathan Webster Blankenship, 30, of South Charleston, theft, guilty, 90 days jail stayed to July 17, suspend jail if $200 restitution and costs paid by ...
Public Records
COMMON PLEAS COURTNEW SUITS13-CV-0501 - WesBanco Bank Inc., v. Midwest Sales & Marketing, LLC, 2525 N. Limestone St., Suite 103, et al., complaint for $25,359.13-CV-0542 - United States of America, acting through the Rural Development United States Department of Agriculture v. Betty S. McDaniel, New Carlisle, et al., complaint in ...
Parks to install cameras to fight vandalism
The National Trail Parks and Recreation District will install surveillance cameras to increase security in its parks following a streak of vandalism this spring.“It’s something that we’re fighting every single day,” National Trail director Leann Castillo said during a recent meeting discussing security options to combat the vandalism.Graffiti was sprayed ...
15 indicted by grand jury
The Clark County Grand Jury met Monday and returned the following indictments:Mallory M. Shawver, 20, of 1567 Kenwood Ave., aggravated burglary.Naasirah K. Akram, 19, of 1934 Fred Jordan Dr., Apt. B, aggravated burglary.Suluki J. Evans, 32, of 807 Rice, OVI.Daniel L. Massie, 31, of 119 N. Western, felonious assault.Donald Kidd, ...
Public Records
COMMON PLEAS COURTNEW SUITS13-CV-0531 - Virginia Air Distributors v. Kenny Adams Heating & Air, 425 W. Possum Road, et al., complaint for $28,722.13-CV-0532 - The Bank of New York Mellon v. Todd Grimm, 3000-3002 Shrine Road, et al., complaint in foreclosure for $69,684.13-CV-0533 - James R. Compton Sr., 102 E. ...
Municipal Court
CASES CALLED MONDAY INCLUDED:Nathaniel Byrd, 31, of 702 W. State St., resisting arrest, dismissed.Melissa K. Sloan, 33, of Youngstown, obstructing official business, guilty, fined $150; tampering with evidence, dismissed.Myeisha Danay Wagner, 19, of 2748 Sunset Ave., theft, dismissed - prosecutor request.Naasirah K. Akram, 20, of 1934 Fred Jordan Dr., Apt. ...
Disabled mom, child held as slaves with snakes
Charges have been filed against four people in the case of a disabled Cleveland mother and her child who were held captive in Ashland for years. According to our news partner WOIO-TV and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the mother and child were forced to live in the basement of a ...
Rape near WSU campus investigated
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the rape of a female early Sunday morning near the Province Apartments on Cloveridge Court. Deputies say a 20-year-old New Carlisle woman was leaving a party when two men approached her. One said he had a knife and they took her into another ...
Supreme Court suspends Cincinnati lawyer
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday suspended onetime Cincinnati super lawyer Stanley Chesley from practicing law before the justices, a move that had been expected following Chesley’s decision in April to retire.Chesley, one of the most foremost tort lawyers in the country, was disbarred in March by the Kentucky Supreme Court, ...
Public Records
COMMON PLEAS COURTNEW SUITS13-CV-0523 - Bank of America, N. A., v. Brenda J. Evans, 918 Rice St., et al., complaint in foreclosure for $48,933.13-CV-0524 - Wells Fargo Bank, NA, v. Lesia G. Sedoris, 2466 Knobs End Ct., et al., complaint in foreclosure for $181,876.13-CV-0525 - Wells Fargo Bank, NA, v. ...
Municipal Court
CASES CALLED MONDAY INCLUDED:Jason Alan Boring, 38, of 955 James St., domestic violence, innocent, continued, public defender appointed, bond $2,500.Bruce E. Chambers, 48, of 1707 Lagonda Ave., three counts domestic violence, innocent, continued, public defender appointed, released on own recognizance bond.Cedric E. Davis, 49, of 346 Mt. Vernon Ave., Apt. ...
County spends more on lawyers
Champaign County is spending nearly twice as much to provide legal defense for its poor in the last decade, consuming more of the county’s budget.Local officials and attorneys attributed the increase to several factors, including increased heroin use that’s driving up the number of felony criminal cases, an increase in ...
Police headlines
2 men robbed at gunpointTwo men who were riding skateboards about 1 a.m. Friday in the area of West John Street and Woodward Avenue were reportedly robbed at gunpoint.The victims told Springfield police that two males approached, pulled ski masks down over their face and one reached in his waistband ...
Rash of car break-ins reported
Springfield police are investigating half a dozen break-ins involving vehicles at the Park Shopping Center on Bechtle Avenue.The thefts occurred within the past month, with the oldest reported on May 13. The latest break-in was reported Tuesday outside the Hibachi Grille at 1071 N. Bechtle Ave. In each case, someone ...
Jury convicts man shot in rape-kidnapping
A man accused of raping and kidnapping a woman, only to be shot by when that woman took his gun, was convicted by a jury late Friday afternoon.Duane Portman Sr., 44, was found guilty on single counts of aggravated robbery, abduction and six counts of rape.Clark County Common Pleas Judge ...
Municipal Court
CASES CALLED THURSDAY INCLUDED:Samantha Ann Ferrell, 21, of 1112 Pine St., possession of drug abuse instrument, dismissed.Reynaldo W. Gonzales, 23, of 510 E. Euclid Ave., assault, dismissed - prosecutor request.Zan Michael Mullett, 19, of New Carlisle, assault, dismissed.Donequia T. Rhodes, 20, of 527 S. Shaffer St., criminal damaging amended to ...
Judge: Suspect’s notebook indicates “bone-chilling” intent
A federal judge Friday ordered Joseph Clifford Reel to be kept in jail pending indictment on charges that he crashed his Jeep into security barriers near the White House last Sunday morning before jumping a fence in an attempt to spray paint a symbol on White House grounds. U.S. Magistrate ...
Public Records
COMMON PLEAS COURTNEW SUITS13-CV-0503 - Agri Business Finance Inc., 4141 Laybourne Road, v. Steven R. Dailey, Cedarville, complaint for $35,116.13-CV-0504 - PNC Bank, NA, v. MSCPEC, LLC, 1630 Yellow Springs St., et al., complaint for $178,962.13-CV-0506 - Discover Bank v. Scott Allen McCombs, South Vienna, complaint for $18,136.13-CV-0507 - Ocwen ...
Weapons found in Kettering home of suspect in White House incident
Federal prosecutors Thursday urged a court to keep Kettering resident Joseph Clifford Reel in a Washington, D.C., jail until he is tried on charges of crashing his Jeep into steel barriers near the White House Sunday morning and jumping a fence to get on the White House grounds. At a ...
Antique thefts might be connected
Three people are being sought by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly stealing more than $3,000 in jewelry from a local antiques mall and they might be connected to a similar theft in Columbus.Detectives referred to the theft May 31 as a “bait and switch,” at the Heart of ...
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