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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
North Inn Plaza shut down by court order
Harrison Twp., Montgomery County — The North Inn Plaza, a hotel that sheriff’s deputies claim is occupied by drug dealers and prostitutes, has been closed temporarily by the order of a Montgomery County Common Pleas judge.
Judge Connie Price issued the temporary injunction and closing order Wednesday, Nov. 18. Price had hearings on the issue, as requested by sheriff’s detectives and prosecutors, on four days in late October and early November.
Price found that there was clear and convincing evidence that the hotel, 3636 N. Dixie Drive, has been the site of multiple prostitution and drug arrests in recent years. The sheriff’s office will change the locks and barricade the parking lots Thursday.
The hotel is owned by Empire Hospitality Group, whose owner, Sridar Kadaba, lives in New Jersey.
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Driver of truck that ejected boy is indicted on felony and misdemeanor counts
DAYTON — A man who was driving a pickup truck when his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son was ejected from the bed was indicted Wednesday, Nov. 18, on multiple felony charges.
Ryan S. Lucas, 21, was indicted on two counts of child endangering, one count of aggravated vehicular assault and one count of vehicular assault.
The grand jury also indicted Lucas on two misdemeanor counts of operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Both of those counts are first-degree misdemeanors, punishable by up to six months in the county jail.
The boy has been released from Children’s Medical Center.
Lucas was driving on Manning Road on Nov. 9 with the boy riding in the truck bed. The boy’s mother was trailing in a separate vehicle, police believe, because she and Lucas were in the process of moving property.
Lucas drove off the right side of the road, struck a mailbox and then a drainage culvert, causing the boy to be ejected.
Police found empty beer cans in the back of truck and Lucas’ blood alcohol tested over the legal limit, police said.
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Grand jury indicts man who left children in trash can
DAYTON — A man accused of putting two small children in a trash bin after a reported domestic dispute with their mother was indicted Wednesday, Nov. 18, on two counts of attempted murder.
The grand jury also indicted Tommie Johnson, Jr., 39, on four counts of kidnapping, three counts of domestic violence and one count of tampering with evidence. All of the charges are felonies. Attempted murder is a first-degree felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Johnson’s daughter, 23-month-old Ashonti Johnson, and her 8-month-old brother, Tommie Johnson III, were plucked out of the city-issued trash bin behind a building at 902 E. Second St. on July 27 by two electricians.
The children had been in the bin for about 13 hours, Dayton police said. They were treated at Children’s Medical Center. Johnson said he put the kids in the bin, but intended to retrieve them, according to police.
Montgomery County Juvenile Court Judge Nick Kuntz placed the children in the custody of Children Services.
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