Stories by Mark Gokavi
Jury finds Dayton man guilty in child rape case
A Montgomery County Common Pleas jury reached a guilty verdict on all charges Wednesday afternoon in the case of a Dayton man accused of two counts of rape involving a child under 13, seven counts of gross sexual imposition involving a victim under 13 and two counts of importuning. George ...
Michigan man gets two life sentences in pawn shop killing
A Michigan man on Wednesday was sentenced to consecutive life sentences for the murder of a Harrison Twp. pawn shop manager and the death of another man who was shot during the botched robbery attempt. Darren D. Taylor, 48, will spend at least 36 years in prison before he is ...
Murder sentence from 2000 clarified
The man Dayton basketball legend Dwight Anderson helped convict of murder had his sentence clarified on Wednesday, more than a dozen years after the original conviction. Judge Michael Tucker ruled that Damien Ford, 35, will be in prison until at least 2034.Ford was convicted in 2000 at trial of killing ...
Man pleads guilty in Miamisburg murder case; avoids death penalty
Jamie Shaffer told a three-judge panel on Monday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court that he was guilty in the grisly murder of Lisa Spinks on Sept. 24, 2011. Authorities say Shaffer, 23, and Joshua Sellers stabbed the 20-year-old Spinks to death in the neck and head before twice putting ...
Man sues Riverside in open carry handgun case
While openly carrying his Springfield XDM .40-caliber handgun, Tipp City resident Roy Call walked into a Riverside Speedway store at 4:30 a.m. Aug. 12, 2012 to buy a sports drink. That’s when — as claimed in a lawsuit against the city of Riverside, its mayor and two police officers — ...
Miamisburg man’s death penalty case to start Monday
One of two men accused of killing a 20-year-old woman and dumping her body on railroad tracks is scheduled to go on trial today in a rare, one-day, three-judge panel death penalty case in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Jamie Shaffer, 23, faces the possibility of the death penalty if ...
Child care discipline move gets 2 fired
A West Carrollton KinderCare worker who laid across a child on a cot at naptime and the administrator who took no action after learning about it have been fired, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. A complaint was lodged April 29 with ODJFS after an incident ...
Parents guilty of starving teen daughter
A Harrison Twp. mother was sentenced to probation and the father pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of endangering children after their 13-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy was found to weigh 57 pounds. Susanne Casavant, 48, was sentenced to community control sanctions for five years, court costs, a fine and ...
Police still investigating Germantown Pike shootings
Dayton police say they don’t have any evidence that there is a relation between the Monday night shooting death of a man playing craps at an apartment on Germantown Pike and a Tuesday incident of a 16-year-old boy getting grazed by a bullet at a vigil for that same man. ...
Alleged gang member sentenced for assault in holding cell
Richard Benton III, whom law enforcement officials say is a member of the Robert”Booby” Hill gang they say ran a local heroin distribution ring, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 90 days in prison on Wednesday for assaulting another individual. The incident happened March 7 in a holding cell at ...
Police: No connection between Whitney Young shootings
Dayton police say they don’t have any evidence that there is a relation between the Monday night shooting death of a man playing craps at an apartment on Germantown Pike and a Tuesday incident of a 16-year-old boy getting grazed by a bullet at a vigil for that same man.“It’s ...
Montgomery County is a leader in Ohio in pending capital cases
The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office is handling four pending death penalty cases, which court experts say take more time and resources — some studies say they are six times more expensive — for a gamble at a capital conviction. While the eight most populous counties in Ohio have an estimated ...
Man indicited for fraudulently getting $1.25 million in medical services
A Dayton man is alleged to have fraudulently received more than $1.25 million worth of medical services from Miami Valley Hospital, according to an indictment in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Court documents indicate Timothy P. Subick, 46, used the name Frankie Bello while defrauding the hospital for 4 1⁄2 ...
Miami Twp. didn’t record first day of DiPietro hearings
Former Miami Twp. Deputy Chief of Police John DiPietro said Wednesday that township officials did not submit a full transcript of his disciplinary hearings, as required by the administrative appeal in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Miami Twp. officials said the first day was not recorded due to “human error.” ...
Michigan man found guilty in pawn shop murder
A Michigan man was found guilty of murdering a Harrison Twp. pawn shop manager and legally liable for the death of another man who was shot during the botched robbery attempt. Darren D. Taylor, 48, was found guilty in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court by a jury of nine women ...
Jury has case in trial of man accused of killing pawn shop manager
A Montgomery County Common Pleas jury of nine women and three men got the case late Tuesday afternoon in the murder trial of a Detroit man accused of killing a Harrison Twp. pawn shop manager. Judge Dennis J. Adkins said the jury will begin deliberating Wednesday morning. Darren D. Taylor, ...
Feds’ illegal worker probes more than doubled in four years
Investigations into possible illegal immigrant workers and criminal arrests for business owners who have hired them have more than doubled in the past four years, according to United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Allegations in a federal court lawsuit about the seizure of about $2 million in bank accounts, a ...
Defense: Slaying at pawn shop centers on ID
The murder trial of a Detroit man accused of killing a Harrison Twp. pawn shop manager in 2011 began Thursday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Video of the incident was played in the courtroom. Darren D. Taylor, 48, faces four counts of murder, two counts apiece of aggravated robbery ...
Ex-Centerville teacher gets probation in sex case
An ex-Centerville High School teacher and former girls golf coach was sentenced to community control sanctions for five years after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual battery against a student of his during the 2005-06 school year. Michael Weaver, 43, permanently surrendered his teacher’s license and will register as ...
Feds seize home in illegal worker probe
The federal government is seizing bank accounts worth nearly $2 million and a half-million dollar home from the owner of a longtime Dayton roofing company accused by federal officials of using illegal workers, falsifying documents and money laundering. According to allegations in a federal civil lawsuit, Williams Brothers Roofing and ...
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