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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Two males found dead in house had been shot, Dayton police say
DAYTON - Two males found dead Wednesday night, July 8, in a residence at 857 S. Euclid Ave. had been shot, police said.
Homicide and gang unit detectives were dispatched about 7:40 p.m. on a report of two bodies found at that address.
A neighbor said she heard at least 10 shots and then a car start up. Other neighbors went to the porch, looked through windows, and saw the bodies.
Investigators at the scene have made no official comment to reporters, but some people in the neighborhood have said they believe one of the victims is in his late teens and the other is in his early 20s.
More than 100 people gathered near the one-story house, which is cream in color with peach trim, as police and Montgomery County coroner’s investigators worked the scene.
You can read the complete version of this story by clicking here.
TweetPolice responding to shooting find man hit three times
DAYTON - Police are responding to Grandview Hospital on the report of a man shot three times in the back about 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, July 8.
A dispatcher said officers are still trying to determine where the shooting occurred. The condition of the victim is not immediately known.
Police would not confirm if the incident was related to a shooting at 857 Euclid Ave. that claimed the lives of two black males. You can read about that story by clicking here.
No further information is known at this time.
TweetWoman faces five charges in shoplifting and chase
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County — A woman who allegedly stole polo-style shirts from a Dayton Mall department store before leading Miami Twp. police on a high-speed chase along Interstate 75 faces five charges stemming from the incident, according to court documents.
Iva J. Smith, 46, of West Carrollton was arrested at 4:43 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, following the incident that began at the Elder-Beerman store at the Dayton Mall. Police finally stopped Smith on the on-ramp from I-75 to Main Street downtown, where she was arrested.
Charges of robbery, possession of criminal tools, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, felonious assault and attempt to commit vehicular assault were filed Wednesday in Miamisburg Municipal Court. Smith remained in the Montgomery County Jail on Wednesday afternoon.
A Miami Twp. officer first tried to stop Smith in her red Ford van on Ohio 741 near the intersection with Ohio 725, said Miami Twp. deputy chief John DiPietro. Boxed in with another car in front of the van and the police cruiser to the rear, Smith attempted to strike the officer, who was standing next to the van, to get away, DiPietro said.
Smith then drove north on Rt. 741 and merged onto I-75 in Moraine. Police pursued at speeds near 80 mph before the van took the downtown Main Street exit and became clogged up in traffic, DiPietro said.
Police discovered $480 worth of polo shirts that police believe Smith was going sell to gain money to purchase drugs, DiPietro said.
Two officers injured during the pursuit, including one who broke out the driver’s side door window of Smith’s van when she attempted to strike him, were treated and released from a local hospital on Tuesday, DiPietro said.
TweetOne of accused pair still sought in June homicide case
DAYTON — Police are continuing to search for one of two men they say entered a Dayton residence for a drug-related robbery and shot a Clayton man last month.
Charges were filed Tuesday, July 7, against Dalcapon A. Morris, 20, and Michael D. Guy, 19, in the June 2 shooting death of Richard A. Pogue in the 1300 block of Kingsley Avenue. Guy remains in Montgomery County Jail while police are searching for Morris, said Dayton police Lt. Patrick Welsh.
Guy was arrested on June 21 on an unrelated aggravated burglary charge by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Welsh said. Following Guy’s arrests, interviews with him and more investigation indicated he and Morris were responsible for Pogue’s death, Welsh said.
Morris and Guy face charges of murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and felonious assault, according to Dayton Municipal Court records.
Guy also faces two counts of aggravated burglary from the unrelated incident that occurred in August 2008 in the 1900 block of Republic Drive. Guy and another man are accused of burglarizing and assaulting a man at that address, according to court records.
TweetTwo-woman fight leads to officer emergency call
DAYTON — A man and a woman were arrested on assault charges at a west Dayton gas station on Tuesday, July 7, after officers arrived to find two women fighting near a rowdy crowd.
Ebony M. Ward, 25, and Gary Sumlin, 33, were arrested following the call at 2:45 a.m. that there was a disturbance at the All-in-One, a gas station and convenience store\ at 119 N. James H. McGee Blvd., according to a police report.
The first responding officer, who heard multiple people calling for help, saw a woman, later identified as Ward, punching another woman, the report said. Witnesses told the officer that Sumlin had also choked the woman with both hands around the neck, the report said.
Shortly after the first officer responded, the dispatcher sent out a “99” call, which indicates an officer emergency. At that point, a crowd of about 30 was causing a “large commotion” at the gas station and convenience store, the report said.
The female victim told officers Sumlin had choked her because of the fight with Ward, which began because the victim had a relationship with Sumlin that upset Ward, the report said.
Sumlin was verbally combative with officers and wouldn’t provide his identification information following his placement in the back of a cruiser, the report said, so he was arrested on an additional charge of obstructing official business.
The victim was found bleeding from a scratch on her right hand and was bleeding from her upper lip, the report said.
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