Elder-Beerman employee wrestles with woman trying to steal kids clothes

By Lucas Sullivan | Friday, November 21, 2008, 10:36 AM

DAYTON - A quick-responding Elder-Beerman employee wrestled a 25-year-old woman away from a cart-full of stolen kids’ clothes she was trying to steal Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 18.

Dayton police were notified at about 1:30 p.m. the store’s loss-prevention officer Michael Fournier had Tyesha Washington in custody at 1917 Philadelphia Drive, according to a police report.

Fournier allegedly observed Washington and another woman “randomly grab” numerous articles of kids’ clothing and load them into a cart, the report stated.

Washington’s partner then left the store and pulled a green 1993 Pontiac Bonneville up to the store’s entrance where Washington was waiting with the cart of clothes, the report stated.

The women then started loading the clothes into the car, Fournier told police. Fournier confronted the women and was able to detain Washington, but the other woman took off in the car, according to the report.

Washington tried to get away from Fournier and the two began to wrestle, the report stated. Fournier suffered injuries to his left hand and knees, but was able to detain Washington, who was treated by medics after injuring her right hand.

She was then booked into jail on felony charges of aggravated robbery and obstructing justice. Police are still looking for her accomplice.

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Man charged with murder in Harrison Twp. shooting

By Lucas Sullivan | Thursday, November 20, 2008, 04:51 PM

DAYTON - Criminal charges against a man accused of murdering Rufus Childers were approved by the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office Thursday, Nov. 20, according to a news release.

A panel of three prosecutors approved murder and felony drug-trafficking charges against Jesse McIntyre, 27, who authorities said shot Childers, 33, three times in a friend’s home at 4266 Cardinal Ave. Tuesday, Nov. 18.

Jesse McIntyre

Steven Meadows

Melody Graham

McIntyre also faces numerous other felony charges including: one count of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of felonious assault, five felony counts of aggravated drug possession and having weapons while under disability.

Steven Meadows, 44, Melody Graham, 32, and the home’s owner, Charles Lunsford have also been formally charged with felony drug-trafficking charges Prosecutor Mathias Heck said in a statement released Thursday.

It was Meadows, Graham and McIntyre who showed up at the house in a van at about 12:30 p.m. looking to sell prescription drugs authorities believe McIntyre recently stole from a pharmacy in Clinton County.

Childers refused to buy the pills and that’s when McIntyre started shooting, Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer said. Childers was shot three times, twice in the chest and once in the head, Plummer said.

McIntyre and Graham were arrested hours after the shooting after pulling into a Super 8 motel on Dryden Road. Meadows was arrested while driving the van in Riverside.

Graham also faces five counts of aggravated drug possession and three counts of drug possession.

Lunsford, who has prior drug-related convictions, knows Meadows and help set up the deal, authorities said.

Meadows, Graham and McIntyre are still in jail. Lunsford has yet to booked in as of 5 p.m., according to jail records.

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Man allegedly steals car twice, offers it for crack

By Kyle Nagel | Thursday, November 20, 2008, 09:26 AM

DAYTON — Police arrested a man Wednesday, Nov. 19, for allegedly stealing an acquaintance’s car twice and then offering to sell it for crack.

Officers arrived in the 300 block of Hickory Street at 8:10 p.m., and the complainant told them a man he knew had stolen his 2002 Honda Civic, according to a police report. The complainant said the man had stolen it another time recently, and police did not recover a key when they found the car.

Officers then went searching the known address for Randy Lee Riley (pictured above), 42, the man the complainant said stole the car. They soon spotted the Civic traveling with four occupants and stopped the car.

After handcuffing the four passengers and recovering a crack pipe from inside Riley’s pants, officers interviewed Riley. He said he had been at the complainant’s home a few days ago, and the complainant fed him.

“The devil had ahold of me,” Riley told police, according to the report, “and I saw the key in the car door, and I just got in it and took it.”

Riley told officers he still had the key and again stole the car Wednesday. He also told them he had just met the other passengers recently and offered to give them the car for $50 worth of crack. Police recovered crack from under the driver’s seat in the Civic, although Riley claimed it was not his because he hadn’t yet been paid, the report said.

Riley was arrested on charges of theft and possession of drugs.

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U.S. Marshals in Fairborn arrest man wanted in South Carolina

By Lucas Sullivan | Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 04:51 PM

FAIRBORN - U.S. Marshals arrested a man in Fairborn Wednesday, Nov. 19, wanted in South Carolina for multiple counts of trafficking in cocaine.

Deputy Marshals and the Dayton Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) tracked LaMont Delaney to the 70 block of Loretta Avenue early Wednesday morning, according to authorities.

After hours of surveillance they were able to arrest Delaney while he was driving in the area, U.S. Marshal Jim Wahlrab said.

Delaney allegedly gave authorities a false name and denied, at first, he was the man authorities were looking for, Wahlrab said. But when deputies showed him a picture he said “It’s over. You got me.”

Delaney is wanted by the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office for trafficking in drugs and possessing a firearm, Wahlrab said.

He likely faces more charges after deputies searched his car Wednesday and allegedly found 25 grams of crack cocaine and $2,000 in cash, Wahlrab said.

Fairborn police took custody of Delaney, who is now awaiting extradition back to South Carolina.

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Police: Woman kicks officer to ground during arrest

By Lucas Sullivan | Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 10:37 AM

DAYTON - A 28-year-old woman was Tasered three times after she allegedly kicked an officer in the knee and tried to punch another Sunday, Nov. 16.

Two officers responding to a domestic disturbance call at 1:45 a.m. at 14 Hudson Ave. discovered Leanette Newton (pictured) had an outstanding warrant. They told her she was under arrest and to put her hands behind her back, according to a police report.

But, as they were handcuffing the 5-feet, 140-pound woman, Newton began to pull away from the officers, the report stated.

The struggle spilled out of Newton’s house and onto the street where Newton allegedly continued to resist arrest and kicked an officer in the leg, causing the officer to fall over, the report stated.

Another officer took Newton to the ground, but before they could get her in handcuffs, Newton started swinging at the officers, the report stated.

One of the officers then Tasered Newton in the back, but it had no effect, the report stated. She was then Tasered in the chest, but it failed to stop her actions, the report stated.

Newton finally stopped resisting after the was Tasered for a third time, according to the report. She was taken to jail on a felony charge of assaulting a police officer.

None of the officers were seriously hurt during the incident.

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Three promoted in fire department

By Lucas Sullivan | Monday, November 17, 2008, 03:12 PM

DAYTON - Three city firefighters have something to celebrate this holiday season — a promotion.

Fire Chief Herbert Redden has promoted Jeffrey L. Lykins to Captain and Gregory Barker and Raymond Bush to rank of Lieutenant, effective Monday Nov. 17.

Lykins is the first captain in the department’s history to be a certified paramedic. He has been with the department since 1992.

Barker joined the department in 1996 and is a certified EMT. Bush has been with the department since 1986, is a certified EMT and, like Barker, is certified in hazardous materials.

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Police: Teens made woman strip during armed robbery

By Lucas Sullivan | Monday, November 17, 2008, 01:42 PM

DAYTON - Two 19-year-old men are in jail after officers found them holding three people, one of them naked, at gunpoint inside a house in the 300 block of Firwood Ave.

Antonio Wilson (pictured left) and Davion Cotterman (right) were holding the people hostage and threatening their lives as officers arrived at about 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, according to police.

Officers could overhear the men yelling at the hostages and threatening to shoot them, according to police. The men were seeking drugs and money, Lt. Patrick Welsh said.

While inside, the men forced a woman to strip naked while they fondled her, Welsh said.

When one of the suspects heard a knock at the door, they opened it to find the house surrounded and an officer pointing a gun in their face, according to police.

Wilson and Cotterman each face felony charges of gross sexual imposition, aggravated robbery, burglary and kidnapping. They are in jail on $500,000 bond.

No one was seriously injured during the incident.

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