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Thursday, April 1, 2010
Jury acquits man of felonious assault charges
DAYTON — A man charged with shooting another man who was walking with his girlfriend and her baby was acquitted of all charges Wednesday, March 31, in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
David Dewberry, Jr., 27, was on trial from Monday through Wednesday before Judge Mary Wiseman. The jury deliberated for a few hours Wednesday before returning the verdict.
Detectives said Dewberry jumped out of an SUV in the DeSoto Bass Courts housing complex Sept. 23 and shot an 18-year-old man after Dewberry made a derogatory comment about the victim’s girlfriend. Dewberry fired a dozen shots at the couple after the victim confronted him, witnesses and police said in the fall.
The girlfriend, pushing a child in a stroller, fled to safety. The victim ran to a residence on Bass Street.
U.S. Marshals arrested Deweberry Oct. 6 at 85 Benning Place. He was charged with two counts of felonious assault and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Jail sentence for man who crashed truck, ejecting child from the vehicle
DAYTON — A man who was driving a pickup truck when his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son was ejected from the bed was sentenced to six months in the Montgomery County Jail on Thursday, April 1.
Ryan S. Lucas, 22, pleaded guilty Feb. 12 to child endangering and vehicular assault. Both counts are felonies, and Lucas could have faced more than six years in prison.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Dennis J. Langer placed Lucas on probation, but made him serve the jail sentence as a condition of that probation.
As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors withdrew a second child endangering charge, a count of aggravated vehicular assault, and two misdemeanor counts of operating a motor vehicle under the influence.
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 said, because she and Lucas were in the process of moving property.
Lucas drove off the right side of the road, causing the boy to be ejected. The boy has since been from Children’s Medical Center
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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