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October 2009
Mother, boyfriend arrested on charges related to toddler’s death
By Dave Larsen
DAYTON - The mother of Malechi Wilson and her boyfriend have been arrested and charged with felony child endangering related to the toddler’s June beating death.
Mark A. Newberry and Denise Stinson were booked in the Montgomery County Jail about 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, according to jail records. Their arrests come after the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office approved the charges Thursday and warrants were issued for their arrests, Sgt. Gary White said.
Malechi died at Children’s Medical Center at 8:46 p.m. on June 9 after police responded to Newberry’s home at 910 Crestmore Ave. on a report of a child in duress, police said.
Both Stinson, 23, and Newberry, 45, were arrested immediately after Malechi’s death but were released two days later when prosecutors did not approve charges and told detectives to do more investigating.
The couple has not cooperated with police during the nearly five-month investigation, said White, who called their arrests “a major step” for the police department.
“We have suspected for some time they had knowledge or were involved in injuries that were inflicted on little Malechi Wilson,” he said.
Montgomery County Coroner Dr. James Davis said at the time of the incident Malechi was “tortured” and “suffered for hours,” from significant blows to his body.
Davis, who ruled Malechi’s cause of death blunt force trauma to the abdomen, said the child was beaten so badly some of his internal organs ruptured.
Newberry is not Malechi’s biological father, police said. The couple does have another 10-month-old child together that has been placed into foster care, White said.
While murder charges have not been filed in the case, White said more charges could be filed in the case against Stinson or Newberry.
TweetTier III sex offender arrested on rape, burglary charges
WASHINGTON TWP, Montgomery County — Sheriff’s investigators arrested a registered Tier III sex offender on felony rape and aggravated burglary charges Thursday night, Oct. 29.
Tyler L. Ray Jr., 33, was arrested about 10 p.m. near Ohio 725 and Lyons Road by sheriff’s deputies, according to Montgomery County Jail records. A 28-year-old woman told deputies Ray raped her and forced his way into her apartment, Maj. Scott Landis said.
Investigators are still reviewing the woman’s statements and have yet to talk to her Friday about the incident, Landis said.
Ray, who lives at 2044 Rustic Road, Dayton, was convicted of raping a young girl in 1997, according to state sex offender data. He is currently on parole for the crime.
Ray is required to register as a Tier III offender - the state’s designation for the most violent sexual predators - for the rest of his life.
The state’s sex offender web site indicates Ray worked at the Dayton Mall, but his employer is unknown.
A court date has not been set and Ray remains in jail this morning.
TweetMan who robbed bank has been there before, police say
DAYTON - Police are looking for a man who walked into the Fifth Third Bank at Wilmington Pike and Patterson Road and handed the teller a note demanding money.
The man, described as having slender build and in his 20s, walked into the bank about 9:40 a.m. and robbed it of undisclosed amount of cash. Detectives said they believe the man might have robbed the bank before and they know his name.
Witnesses told police they thought he was a normal customer judging by his appearance and his outfit, which consisted of a dark sweatshirt, jeans and tennis shoes, police said.
A teller was able to put dye packs in the money before the robber left, police said. Police are looking for the getaway car the man parked at a nearby restaurant.
Anyone with information about the robbery is urged to call 333-COPS.
TweetSlain man was arguing with group just before shooting
DAYTON - Homicide detectives continue to search for a gunman who fatally shot Dante D. Smith after an apparent argument in the 300 block of Sheridan Avenue early Friday morning.
Officers were dispatched just after midnight on the report of numerous shots fired in the area and arrived to find Smith dead, police said.
He was shot twice, once in the head and once in the torso, investigators said.
Witnesses told officers at the scene they heard people arguing 20 minutes before the shooting. There was one woman and at least two other men arguing, witnesses told police.
At least one person from the group chased Smith and fired several shots, witnesses told police. A group of people were then seen driving away in a light-colored Oldsmobile immediately after Smith fell to the ground.
Homicide detectives are trying to determine the motive for the shooting, but the argument likely perpetuated the incident, Sgt. Gary White said.
Smith is the city’s 33rd homicide victim this year and first since Sept. 15. You can check the status of all homicides this year and those from last year by clicking here.
It isn’t the first time he was shot at by someone who then jumped into an Oldsmobile, according to a police report.
In December Smith told officers a black man, about 6-feet tall, medium build and about 25 years old, ordered him to the ground with a gun, the report stated.
Smith said he took off running in the 800 block of Mount Crest Drive and heard a gunshot behind him. He said the bullet struck near his feet and he looked back to see two men drive away in a gold, four-door Oldsmobile, the report stated.
Smith was not harmed in the incident and no arrests were made. Police did recover a spent shell casing where Smith said he was shot at, the report stated.
Police are not sure if the incidents are connected. White said witnesses of Smith’s homicide are cooperating.
Anyone with information about Smith’s homicide is urged to call 333-COPS.
TweetBoy, 6, overdoses on grandma’s pills at YWCA, police say
DAYTON - A 44-year-old grandmother faces a misdemeanor child endangering charge after her 6-year-old grandson overdosed on some prescription pain medication Wednesday, Oct. 28.
Officers were dispatched to 141 W. Third St. about 10:21 a.m. after workers at the YWCA found the boy in and out consciousness, according to a police report. The boy told workers he took two “orange and pink” pills, but didn’t know what they were, the report stated.
He was taken to Dayton Children’s Medical Center and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for observation, the report stated. He is expected to be OK.
Officers located his grandmother, Sheryl S. Holderman, who also seemed incoherent and on medication, the report stated. Holderman and her husband, David Holderman, have legal custody of the boy, the report stated.
Holderman said she took an Ambien pill to help her sleep and was not sure what pills the boy took, the report stated. Workers at the YWCA found prescription drugs throughout the room and said she violated the organization’s policy that all medications must be registered and kept in a locked storage unit at the facility, the report stated.
Montgomery County Children’s Services was called to assist in the investigation and was going to work with the family to setup a safety plan, the report stated.
Sheryl Holderman was issued a summons to appear in court on the misdemeanor charge.
TweetSlain man’s brother said he watched shooting happen
DAYTON - The brother of Isaac Gibson told a Montgomery County jury Wednesday, Oct. 28, he stood near the man who pulled the trigger and killed Gibson in April.
Anthony Snowden Jr. said he rushed to break up a fight between Gibson and Keith Watson just before Theron Lewis shot and killed Gibson in the 1800 block of West Riverview Avenue.
The shooting was at a memorial cookout for Thomas “Tom-Tom” Watson who was gunned down days before while playing basketball. Thomas Watson was a high-ranking member of the Dayton View Hustlers gang, police said.
Lewis is also a DVH member, police said.
Gibson’s family cried in the court room as Snowden described rushing to his brother’s side to find him with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
“I’ll never forget (who shot my brother),” said Snowden, who pointed numerous times at Lewis, also known as “T. Streets.”
Lewis’ attorney Scott Calaway questioned Snowden’s credibility in front of the jury, asking him why he lied to police twice when he said he knew “nothing” immediately after the shooting.
Snowden said he wanted to get to the hospital to see Gibson and planned to retaliate for his death.
Montgomery County Judge Frances E. McGee told jurors they could given the case for a verdict Thursday afternoon and instructed them to be prepared. After the jury left, Keith Watson was called to the stand and exercised his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself.
McGee allowed him to do so and he was excused after about 30 seconds on the stand. It is worth noting Keith Watson also faces criminal charges for his role in Gibson’s death.
Calaway maintains that it was not Lewis that shot Gibson and told jurors there is no “credible evidence to support that conclusion.”
Lewis is on trial on counts of murder, felonious assault and being a felon in possession of a weapon.
He is still awaiting trial on charges connected to shots fired at mourners in May as they left services for Raymond “Byrd” McDaniel at St. Paul Global Outreach Ministries, 2050 Germantown St.
Lewis was targeting a member of the Otterbein Mafia gang then, but missed and his gun jammed, police said. He was arrested the next day near a relative’s house and has been in jail since.
TweetDayton bank robber shot to death in federal prison
A Dayton man serving more than 100 years for numerous bank robberies was shot by a federal prison guard while stabbing another inmate and later died.
Warren L. Back II, 33, an inmate at the Big Sandy Federal Prison in Inez, Ky., refused numerous commands to stop assaulting another inmate Thursday, Oct. 22, and was shot by the guard, said Traci Billingsley, spokeswoman for the Bureau of Federal Prisons.
Back died on Saturday in a Huntington, W.Va., hospital after his father, Warren Back said he had doctors remove him from life support.
“They led me to believe it was a gang attack,” Warren Back said. “I am shocked he would do something like this.”
Warren L. Back II, also known as “Ace,” was convicted by a federal judge in March of 2007 on nine counts of armed robbery, U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Fred Alverson said.
Court documents showed he robbed National City and Fifth Third banks in Kettering, Dayton and Cincinnati. At one point the FBI put him on their 10 Most Wanted list and offered a $25,000 reward for information that led to his arrest.
In at least one of the bank robberies Back fired a gun, court documents show.
The FBI is investigating the shooting at Big Sandy, prison officials said. The prison was placed on lock down Friday through Sunday after the incident, according to the prison’s Web site.
The inmate Back stabbed is still in the hospital, Billingsley said. She would not comment on his condition.
TweetThree arsons in 24 hours have fire investigators busy
DAYTON - Three arson fires within 24 hours has Dayton Fire Department fire investigators low on sleep and empty on suspect leads.
The first arson occurred about 4:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, as flames caused $45,000 worth of damage and displaced six people inside an apartment at 1041 Danner Ave.
Multiple fires were set in a vacant unit inside the building, DFD arson investigator Vicki Carr said. The flames spread into an occupied unit of the building and did significant damage, Carr said.
The Red Cross took care of the family’s temporary housing, fire officials said
“We have no suspects in that one,” she said.
The second arson occurred about 10 p.m. Monday after a fire was set on the back porch of a vacant duplex at 140-142 Samuel St. Firefighters knocked down the blaze within 20 minutes of arriving.
Flames caused $30,000 in damages and it is the third arson at the structure in about a year, Carr said. A fire in August of last year caused $10,000 worth of damage and another fire in March caused minor damage to the duplex, Carr said.
There are no suspects in the most recent arson.
The final blaze was a 341 E. Lincoln St. about 1:30 a.m. today that caused $500 worth of damage to a vacant house, Carr said. The fire was ruled an arson and is the second at the house in about two months, Carr said.
There are no suspects.
“We are having a problem with these (vacant) homes being secured,” said Carr, talking about windows and doors being boarded up. “They are supposed to be secured by the homeowner and if not, (the city’s) housing (department) is supposed to do it.”
Carr said it is hard to solve an arson because there are usually no witnesses and there is ample time for an arsonist to get away before smoke or flames are noticeable.
Vacant property loss by arson has surpassed $1 million in the city this year and is on pace to be the largest loss in at least five years, Asst. Chief Michael Caudill said.
TweetBond set at $3 million for doctor charged in murder-for hire
DAYTON - A Montgomery County Common Pleas court judge set a $3 million bond this morning, Oct. 26, for the Huber Heights doctor arrested last week for hiring someone to murder his ex-wife.
Dr. Shafik Ahmad, 48, appeared via closed-circuit television in front of a judge this morning, but did not give a statement. He was represented by his attorney, John Paul Rion.
Ahmad was arrested about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the 100 block of East Spring Valley Road in Centerville by sheriff’s deputies, according to jail records. The arrest was made after investigators watched as Ahmad handed a hit man the second of two payments to carry out the murder, Sheriff Phil Plummer said.
The hit man Ahmad hired tipped investigators to the murder-for-hire, Plummer said. Ahmad’s ex-wife was never harmed, Plummer said. The former couple is going through a child custody battle, investigators said.
State medical records show Ahmad operates a family practice at 6750 Brandt Pike in Huber Heights and at 2550 Shiloh Springs in Trotwood. His offices have been closed since late last week and calls were not being accepted.
TweetThree men arrested for assault of Pine Club manager
DAYTON - An off-duty Dayton police officer helped arrest three men inside the Pine Club restaurant who allegedly tried to pass a bad check and then punched the restaurant’s manager Saturday, Oct. 24.
Jon Devol, 43, and his guests, Michael S. Williams, 42, and David Conyers, 28, had been eating and drinking for some time in the restaurant, 1926 Brown St., according to a police report.
Many patrons complained they were being disruptive so they were given their bill, the report stated. The men were about to leave the restaurant about 9 p.m. when manager Dan Nooe stopped them, the report stated.
Nooe said Devol wrote a bad check for $291.70, similar to the one that bounced earlier this month, according to a police report. Devol said the checking account was in his mother’s name and became irate when confronted by Nooe, the report stated.
Nooe said he could not accept the check. Devol and Conyers then pushed Nooe into the door, knocking it off the hinges and damaging some wood paneling, the report stated.
Devol then punched the manager in the stomach, the report stated.
Off-duty officer Chris Cornwell got Devol in custody until additional officers arrived, the report stated. Devol and Conyers were booked into Montgomery County Jail on felony vandalism and robbery charges, along with misdemeanor assault and theft charges.
On the way to jail Conyers said, “This ain’t gonna stick. I will be out tomorrow and I ain’t gonna show up for court.”
Williams was arrested on a misdemeanor theft charge because he left the restaurant, but later returned, the report stated.
All three men arrested are still in jail.
TweetProsecutor approves murder conspiracy charge against doctor
DAYTON - The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office has approved a first-degree felony conspiracy to commit purposeful murder charge against a Huber Heights doctor who authorities said hired a hit man to murder his ex-wife.
Dr. Shafik Ahmad, 48, was arrested about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the 100 block of East Spring Valley Road, according to jail records.
Sheriff Phil Plummer said the hit man Ahmad hired tipped them to the murder-for-hire and his investigators watched as the doctor handed over the second of two payments needed to carry out the murder.
His ex-wife was never harmed, Plummer said.
Ahmad is in a child custody battle with this ex-wife, Kristen Ahmad, but has since remarried.
State medical records show Ahmad operates a family practice at 6750 Brandt Pike in Huber Heights and at 2550 Shiloh Springs in Trotwood. His offices were closed Friday and calls were not being accepted.
Bond has not been set in the case and a court date has yet to be set.
The approval of the conspiracy charge against Ahmad is an important step for Plummer’s investigators because prosecutor Mathias Heck has agreed to present the case to a grand jury.
Without Heck’s approval, it is likely detectives would have to do more investigating.
TweetTwo-car accident closes downtown intersection
DAYTON - Three people were removed by ambulance to Miami Valley Hospital after two cars collided in the intersection of Jefferson and Patterson streets about 11:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23.
Fire crews had to use heavy equipment to extract the driver of a minivan as rain poured on rescue crews. All three taken to the hospital had non-life threatening injuries.
It is unclear what caused the accident, though investigators suspected the driver of the minivan or the Saab sedan ran through a traffic light, a fire official at the scene said.
Police officers were investigating the crash as all but one lane of the intersection was reopened to downtown traffic as of 12:15 p.m.
TweetTipp City cyclist struck by car has died
HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County - The 44-year-old Tipp City woman struck while riding her bike Thursday, Oct. 22, has died, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.
Rebekah Meade died overnight and athorities were able to identify her and notify her family, investigators said. She was struck about 1 p.m. on Philadelphia Avenue near Frederick Pike by a red Buick sedan, Sheriff Phil Plummer said.
An autopsy is expected to be performed today.
It took authorities hours to identify Meade, who was exercising on the high-performance bike without identification and had logged 20 miles on her ride, Plummer said.
The driver of the Buick was trying to turn into a parking lot and struck Meade, Plummer said. Meade was not wearing a helmet.
It is unclear if the driver was at fault, Maj. Scott Landis said late Thursday. The incident is still under investigation and no charges or citations have been issued at this time.
TweetUnidentified bicyclist in critical condition after being hit by car
HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County - Sheriff Phil Plummer is asking for help in identifying a 45-year-old female cyclist who was critically struck by a car about 1 p.m. on Philadelphia Avenue near Frederick Pike.
The woman is in critical condition Thursday, Oct 22, at Miami Valley Hospital after being struck by a Buick sedan. Plummer said he needs to find out who she is so he can notify the family.
“This rider was a serious cyclist and it appears she had already logged about 20 miles on her bike,” Plummer said. “Her condition is very critical. It doesn’t look good.”
Plummer said the bicycle was a teal, professional-style bike and the woman was wearing a riding outfit. She wasn’t wearing a helmet when she was struck by the vehicle trying to turn into a parking lot, Plummer said.
He said the investigation was still ongoing and no citations had been issued to the driver as of this afternoon.
TweetHuber Heights doctor arrested in conspiracy to murder ex-wife
HUBER HEIGHTS - Montgomery County Sheriff’s investigators have arrested a 48-year-old Huber Heights family doctor who they said hired someone to murder his former wife.
Shafik Ahmad is in jail on a felony charge of conspiracy to commit murder charge after investigators learned he hired someone to kill his former wife, Sheriff Phil Plummer said. The murder attempt was not successful and Ahmad’s former wife is OK, Plummer said.
Ahmad was arrested about 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the 100 block of East Spring Valley Road, according to jail records.
State medical records show Ahmad operates a family practice at 6750 Brandt Pike in Huber Heights and at 2550 Shiloh Springs in Trotwood.
Ahmad is the same doctor who had several complaints lodged against him by patients alleging inappropriate sexual comments and touching.
None of the complaints resulted in Ahmad being criminally charged or disciplined by the Ohio State Medical Board, though he has been sued by at least one person related to allegations and had to pay $30,000 in damages and fees.
Ahmad’s attorney, John H. Rion, said his son, attorney John Paul Rion, visited the doctor this morning and he is in “good spirits.”
John H. Rion said he’s known Ahmad for about six months and was retained by the doctor to help with a custody battle related to his 2002 divorce from his wife. The couple has one child together, according to court records.
“Certainly these allegations are inconsistent with the Dr. Ahmad we’ve grown to know,” John H. Rion said.
TweetDeputies bust up illegal gambling operation at shopping center
HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County - Sheriff’s deputies this morning, Oct. 22, raided an Internet cafe doubling as an illegal gambling operation.
The Player’s Internet Cafe, 5611 N. Dixie Drive, has been temporarily shut down by Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer, who said the owners have been operating illegal gambling machines for some time.
It is unclear how many arrests have been made. Plummer said his investigators have conducted surveillance on the restaurant for some time.
Stay with DaytonDailyNews.com for more information on this story.
TweetDPD investigations of officer abuse of OT up in air
DAYTON - Dayton police supervisors are wrapping up their department-ordered investigations of nearly 80 officers suspected of abusing overtime procedures over a two-year period and still it’s unclear what the fallout will be.
Chief Richard Biehl said Tuesday, Oct. 20, the process is in its final stage and he will not know the “final details” until the investigations are completed. He said it will likely be a couple weeks until that happens.
The city decided to look at overtime claims made by the officers after a months-long internal audit that flagged at least one “questionable” claim from about 80 officers. The claims amount to about $20,000, Biehl said.
The claims centered around officers getting overtime pay for working a contracted assignment, while still on city time. One example would be sometimes officers are scheduled to be off but must attend a court hearing.
The police union contract states those officers must get paid for a certain amount of time if they attend a hearing on their day off. If a court hearing ends early, officers then go work overtime assignments, like providing security at the RTA hub downtown.
Department officials maintain officers are not to work other assignments while still on the city’s time clock. Union president Randy Beane said the city is going back on a decades-old contract agreement and called the process a “witch hunt.”
Supervisors were supposed to look at the claims and report back their findings by mid-August. Judging by Biehl’s comments it will likely be November until the matter reaches a conclusion.
A few supervisors have said many of the officers being investigated have entered their time correctly and this is not an abuse of overtime, but a computer software issue.
Beane said some of the investigations have been completed and, in most of those, officers were ordered to receive additional training.
TweetAutopsy to shed light on woman who died in ambulance crash
DAYTON - An autopsy will be performed Thursday, Oct. 22, on the 66-year-old Centerville woman who died at Miami Valley Hospital after the ambulance she was riding in crashed into a retaining wall on Interstate 75.
Alice Kuebel was being transported in an American Ambulance about noon Wednesday when the ambulance driver swerved to miss some cardboard boxes falling off a truck, investigators said.
The ambulance got too close and crashed into a concrete retaining wall over the Great Miami River, just south of the Edwin C. Moses Boulevard entrance ramp, Asst. Fire Chief Jim Beech said.
Kuebel, a dialysis patient, and the two American employees inside were taken to the hospital. The employees suffered minor injuries, Beech said.
It is unclear if Kuebel died from a medical issue or from injuries suffered in the crash, police said. Police Lt. Robert Chabali said investigators will have to await autopsy results to determine her cause of death.
Montgomery County Coroner James Davis said an initial cause-of-death ruling could be made as early as Friday, but it could take weeks if toxicology tests are needed to determine how she died.
Chabali said it is unclear if any citations will be issued stemming from the accident and the investigation could take “days.”
TweetU.S. Marshals arrest fugitive sex offender hiding in Dayton
DAYTON - U.S. Marshals in Dayton have arrested a fugitive wanted in Charleston, W.V., for a malicious wounding charge and failing to register as a sex offender.
Marshals tracked Leon Wilson Jr. to the 300 block of Forest Park Drive in Dayton Wednesday, Oct. 21, and after “hours of surveillance” entered Wilson’s apartment about 8:30 a.m., according to a U.S. Marshal’s press release.
Wilson, 37, was in an upstairs bedroom and was apprehended without incident.
Wilson is required to register as a sex offender because of a 1993 conviction for sexual assault, according to the U.S. Marshals. He is in Montgomery County and is awaiting extradition back to Charleston.
TweetPatient in ambulance that crashed on I-75 has died
DAYTON - One of three people transported by Dayton Fire medics to Miami Valley Hospital after a private ambulance crashed into a concrete retaining wall on Interstate 75 has died, according to police.
The single-vehicle crash happened just before noon and south of the Edwin C. Moses Boulevard exit, Asst. Fire Chief Jim Beech said. An American Ambulance tried to avoid some cardboard boxes that fell from a truck and crashed into a concrete retaining wall of bridge over the Great Miami River.
A female 66-year-old kidney dialysis patient in the ambulance died after being taken to Miami Valley Hospital. It is unclear if the patient died from injuries sustained in the crash or because of medical issues.
Lt. Robert Chabali said investigators will have to await an autopsy to determine the woman’s cause of death.
Two other people inside the ambulance suffered minor injuries, Beech said.
Traffic on Interstate 75 was shut down to one lane for at least 45 minutes as crews cleaned up the accident.
TweetShooting victim chased by suspect after testifying in court
DAYTON - A 42-year-old man who testified against a suspect in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court said he was chased by the suspect in the case.
The man said he was leaving the court room about 10:55 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, after testifying against the man who previously shot at him and noticed the man following him in a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer, according to a police report.
The suspect followed closely in his car, according to the victim, speeding up in an apparent attempt to ram the vehicle, the report stated.
The victim drove past his house, but did not stop. Instead he called 911, the report stated. A dispatcher advised him to go to Dayton Police Fifth District headquarters at 248 Salem Ave.
The victim told police he feared for his life, the report stated. No arrests have been made in the incident and the case has been assigned to a detective for further investigation.
TweetDriver at fault in 13-car, double-fatal crash, police say
DAYTON - A 66-year-old unlicensed driver who died after being involved in a 13-car accident in August was at fault and did not suffer a medical emergency, Dayton police have determined.
Ocie L. Miliner Jr., of Dayton, died of blunt-force trauma to the chest he suffered during the crash caused by his erratic driving, Lt. Larry Faulkner said Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Faulkner said it was Miliner who started the series of crashes through a 10-block stretch of North Main Street, but said it is unlikely it will be totally clear why. He said the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office found no evidence a medical emergency caused the crash.
The other driver, Otis Steele, 36, of Dayton, also died during the crash from blunt-force trauma to the head, Faulkner said. Neither men had valid driver’s licenses, police said. The accident sent 10 people to hospitals with mostly minor injuries.
Steele was driving a Cadillac DeVille and was seen following Miliner’s vehicle after it started crashing into other cars, witnesses said at the time. Faulkner said it will probably never be determined how Steele became involved in the crash.
Toxicology tests determined Miliner only had coffee in his system, while Steele had traces of marijuana, Faulkner and Coroner Dr. James Davis said.
Miliner, who was driving a 2008 Chrysler 300, had some mental issues and a history with police involving false reports of people monitoring his house, according to police reports.
Both Miliner and Steele have criminal records that resulted in license suspensions, police said.
Miliner was arrested in May of 2008 for unlawful discharge of firearm, according to a Dayton police report. Miliner said he fell asleep, but heard a noise and came out of his house and fired a pistol into the ground, the report stated.
He told officers then that drug dealers spread acid around his house and it was burning his eyes and hands. Officers recovered the gun and ordered a psychiatric evaluation be performed at Miami Valley Hospital.
Officers wrote that Miliner was known to be “mentally handicapped, delirious and delusional.”
TweetTroopers find car overturned on I-70
DAYTON - The Ohio Highway Patrol responded to an overturned vehicle that was heading westbound on Interstate 70 near the Dayton International Airport.
The accident happened about 2:20 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19 and there is at least one person injured, according to a Highway Patrol dispatcher.
There is only one vehicle involved in the accident at this time and medics have been dispatched to the scene.
The driver of the vehicle lost control of the vehicle which flipped into the median and landed in the eastbound lane. She was transported to Miami Valley Hospital with minor injuries.
TweetMan seriously wounded in drug-related shooting
DAYTON - A 21-year-old man is expected to recover from a shooting in the 800 block of Lexington Avenue late Sunday, Oct. 18.
Antwan Leonard was “seriously” wounded during a shooting that appears to be drug-related, Lt. Patrick Welsh said. Leonard was walking near an open field about 11 p.m. when the shooting occurred.
Detectives have at least one person of interest in the shooting, but are hoping for cooperation from the victim, Welsh said.
Police are looking for a black Cadillac sedan with tinted windows that could be connected to the shooting, according to a police report.
Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call 333-COPS.
TweetBurglars to upset Meat King owner: We were wrong
DAYTON - Fast-acting police were able to catch two burglars in the act of trying to lift $1,200 worth of meat and cigarettes for the Cornell Meat King market early Sunday, Oct. 18.
A motion-sensor tripped an alarm system inside the store at 3509 Cornell Ave. about 4:25 a.m., according to a police report. Officers were on the scene within two minutes and noticed a 4-feet-by-4-feet hole in a cinder-block wall at the rear of the building, the report stated.
They noticed a jacket and a sledgehammer near the building and then heard some movement coming from inside the building, the report stated.
Officers then watched as Michael A. Bucey, 40, poke his head out of the hole, the report stated. Officers could hear Bucey tell his partner, Roger K. Berry, 47, there was a police cruiser outside.
Officers told the men to come out, but there was no response from the alleged burglars, the report stated.
Bucey and Berry retreated back in the store as officers entered through the hole in the rear of the building, the report stated. The men later surrendered inside the store without incident, the report stated.
The men attempted to take nearly $1,200 worth of cigarettes and meat, along with some rolling papers and incense, the report stated.
The store’s owner, Naser Jaber, arrived and confronted Bucey about why they would break in his store. Jaber said he would have given the men food if they needed it, the report stated.
“We were wrong,” Bucey said to Jaber.
Both men face a felony breaking and entering charge, along with misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, failure to comply with police and possession of criminal tools.
TweetAlleged Oregon District drug dealer swallows undercover cop’s $20 bill
DAYTON - A 51-year-old alleged drug dealer was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 13, for selling drugs to an undercover cop and then swallowing a $20 bill police used to buy the pills.
Carl L. French approached the undercover cop sitting in a car on East Fifth Street in the Oregon District about 11 p.m., according to a police report.
The undercover cop put down his window and French said, “What’s up? You looking for anything? My name is French,” the report stated.
The officer left, telling French he needed to go to the ATM to get money to buy the drugs, but instead used the time to get other officers in position to make an arrest. He came back and bought $20 worth of Valium pills from French, the report stated.
French kept asking if the undercover cop was police, but made the deal anyway. When officers moved in, French said he didn’t have the $20, the report stated.
Officers noticed French’s speech patterns had changed and realized he put the $20 in his mouth. After repeated requests to spit the wadded up $20 bill out, French swallowed it.
He was taken to Montgomery County Jail on felony charges of tampering with evidence and trafficking in drugs.
TweetSecond man arrested in arson murder of restaurant chef
Pictures of Blakely’s walk to jail.
DAYTON - The second man part of an “arson-for-hire” that claimed the life of a local restaurant chef has been arrested by Dayton homicide detectives.
Anthony Blakely was escorted Tuesday, Oct. 13, to the Montgomery County by detectives that have worked the case more than a year after Robert Fabia, 50, died in a blaze at Club Ivy.A county judge, last month, sentenced James D. Williams III, 28, of Trotwood, to 15 years to life for setting the blaze at the club in August 2008.
Blakely said nothing as he was escorted to jail about 11:30 a.m. and kept a hood pulled over his head as he stared at the ground.
Sgt. Gary White said Blakely and Williams were possibly hired to burn the club down and there could be additional arrests in Fabia’s murder.
“We are fairly certain it was an arson-for-hire,” White said. It is unclear who wanted to club burned down, White said, adding its owner is not a suspect at this time.
Fire crews found Fabia underneath burned debris and ash inside the club at 3509 N. Main Street. Fabia, 50, was known to sleep overnight on a couch at the club.
White would not say if it was Williams who gave Blakely up, but said his detectives have had Blakely on their radar for some time.
Blakely nor Williams had any known relationship with Fabia or the lounge itself and their motive for setting the fire is still unknown. White added he hopes Blakely’s arrest gives Fabia’s family some closure.
During the trial it was released Williams told his girlfriend he was going to do “a job” the night the club was set ablaze.
Williams returned with a couple of hundred dollars and asked her to watch the television news for him.
When Williams learned someone died in the fire, he was mortified, his former girlfriend testified.
Williams’ family contends he didn’t know Fabia was inside.
TweetChildren’s Services asked to investigate violent death of kitten
DAYTON - Police have asked Montgomery County Children’s Services to investigate why a boy allegedly beat a kitten to death with a brick Sunday, Oct. 11.
Officers were sent to the 3800 block of Lakebend Drive about 7 p.m. after a woman called to say a boy had smashed a kitten’s head with a brick, according to police.
A handful of children said they saw the boy hit the kitten with the brick and another witness said the boy threw an adult cat off a balcony earlier in the day, according to police.
A parent tried to talk the boy’s mother about the incident, but the boy’s mother said she didn’t care, witnesses told police. Officers did find the kitten dead in a pink box with a brick next to it, according to police.
The boy said he loves animals and would never harm them. Officers requested their report be sent to Children’s Services for further investigation. The boy does not face any criminal charges at this time, according to police.
Children’s Services spokeswoman Ann Stevens said her department is still awaiting the police report detailing the incident before proceeding. She said her investigators are aware of the situation.
“There are numerous studies that show children who are cruel to animals are more likely to be aggressive toward people and other living beings as they grow up,” Stevens said. “But I also want to applaud the person who called police. This type of incident is very serious and should never be chalked up to boys being boys or girls being girls.”
TweetWoman, 40, found dead on couch
DAYTON - The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office is investigating the death of a 40-year-old woman Dayton Fire Department medics found dead inside her home Monday, Oct. 12.
Vera C. Watts was found sitting on a couch inside her home at 4619 W. Second Street about 2:42 p.m., police said. Investigators suspect no foul play in her death, but have to wait weeks for toxicology tests to make a ruling, coroner’s director Ken Betz said.
Family and friends said they last talked to Watts on Friday and she was nervous about a drug test she had to take, according to police. It is unclear how long Watts had been dead when police found her.
Watts has history of drug use and had some medical issues as well, police and Betz said.
TweetArmed thief robs pizza place
HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County - Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man in black plants and tan coat that robbed a Papa John’s pizza this morning, Oct. 12.
Employees said the robber walked in about 11:30 a.m. in the 4700 block of North Main Street, pointed a gun at a clerk and demanded cash, according to the sheriff’s office.
The man escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash and is still on the loose. No one was physically hurt during the incident.
Anyone with information about the robbery is urged to call 222-STOP.
TweetMan shouting racial slurs Tasered while hiding in weeds, police say
DAYTON - A 39-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after he was Tasered by officers trying to arrest him for what one victim said was a racially-motivated crime.
John G. Tidwell has seen been released from jail but faces misdemeanor resisting arrest and obstruction of official business after the incident in the 500 block of Adams Road on Sunday morning, Oct. 11.
The 41-year-old black victim said a group of people came up to their house and started kicking it while yelling racist statements, according to a police report.
The victim said he started pushing some of the group away from the house when Tidwell jumped in their faces and started making racist comments, the report stated.
Officers were canvassing the area around the house when they noticed Tidwell lying face down in some heavy weeds and brush, the report stated.
Tidwell refused commands to show his hands, keeping them instead under his stomach, hidden from police, the report stated.
After refusing numerous commands, officers Tasered Tidwell, who still did not comply and instead started cussing at the officers. He was eventually handcuffed without much trouble, the report stated.
As he was being led to the police cruiser, Tidwell pulled out one of the Taser probes in his back and threw it to the ground. Tidwell became “belligerent” inside the cruiser and had to be placed in leg hobbles, the report stated.
No one else was arrested during the incident.
TweetPolice find blood, bullets in empty, smoking car
DAYTON - Police are investigating a bizarre incident that led them from a smoking car riddled with bullet holes to a house full of irate people.
It started Saturday, Oct. 10, about 7:40 p.m. when officers responded to the 900 block of Wheatley Avenue. Witnesses said they heard four gunshots after a car ran into a tree, according to a police report.
The vehicle was empty of passengers and smoking. There were two bullet holes in the passenger-side door and drops of blood on the passenger seat, the report stated.
Neighbors said they saw three men running from the crash scene, the report stated. At the same time officers also learned the owner of the car had not reported it stolen.
Police later received a tip that a man inside the car was shot in the face and has outstanding felony warrants. The tip led police to 337 Knecht Drive about 9:20 p.m. where the gunshot victim was believed to be inside.
Officers knocked on the door and noticed numerous people flee to the basement of the home, the report stated. Once inside the scene was chaotic with people yelling at the officers and refusing to cooperate, the report stated.
Police noticed a man open a second-floor window and flee across the roof, the report stated. Lt. Brian Johns found two men hiding upstairs, one, Javoughn Rutledge had an outstanding warrant for felonious assault.
Officers never located the shooting suspect, but did also arrest Jairai Martin on obstructing official business during the search of the home.
Anyone with information about the crash or the gunshot victim should call (937) 333-COPS.
TweetThree-car accident on I-75 sends at least one to hospital
DAYTON - Dayton police have responded to three-car accident on Interstate 75 near Stewart street about 3:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9.
At least one person was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and the rain was a factor in the crash, police said.
The person taken to the hospital suffered significant injuries, but a condition was unknown as of 4 p.m.
TweetStabbing reported at children’s learning center
DAYTON - Police are responding to the 2300 block of North Main Street Friday afternoon, Oct. 9, on the report of a man badly stabbed near the Early Learning Tree children’s center.
Officers reported a man was stabbed in the neck and was being chased by two other men, according to police. The victim was transported to Grandview Hospital, but the extent of his injuries is unknown.
TweetMother of gang-related homicide victim finds car ablaze
DAYTON - The mother of a recent homicide victim who told authorities she is being threatened by possible gang members looked out her window Wednesday, Oct. 7, to find her car on fire.
Officers responded to the 300 block of Cambridge Avenue about 2:30 a.m. to find a 2002 Buick LeSabre engulfed in flames, according to a police department memo.
The fire has been ruled an arson, Dayton Fire Department Asst. Chief Michael Caudill said. Police said the car fire was not gang-related, but had to do with a domestic dispute.
But the woman said she is the mother of Raymond “Byrd” McDaniel, who was killed in May in a gang-related robbery outside on apartment complex on North James H. McGee Boulevard.
It was at McDaniel’s funeral days later where police said Theron “T. Streets” Lewis fired at mourners filing out of the church in retaliation for the April murder of Thomas “Tom-Tom” Watson. Watson was known as the leader of the Dayton View Hustlers, a violent gang rooted in the city’s Dayton View neighborhood.
McDaniel’s mother told officers “several” people have told her to “watch her back” and that the “bandanna has turned toward her.”
McDaniel’s mother said she believes she is being targeted by a group responsible for her son’s death, investigators said.
TweetNurse stabbed by sex offender out of hospital, not at work
DAYTON - The 35-year-old nurse stabbed by a Tier III registered sex offender has been released from Miami Valley Hospital but has not returned to work there.
Hospital spokeswoman Nancy Thickel confirmed the nurse was discharged from the hospital, but did not say when the victim would return to work.
James M. Cundiff, 42, is in Montgomery County Jail on felony aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, felony assault and felony assault with a deadly weapon charges for stabbing the nurse in the neck after she confronted him in a hospital parking lot on Apple Street just before 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1.
Cundiff’s bond has been set at $500,000.
The nurse and a co-worker told police Cundiff stalked them as they left the hospital that night and he was able to get access through a code-locked gate on the corner of Apple and South Main Streets.
The nurse confronted Cundiff, who then pulled out a 10-inch, double-edge knife and stabbed her twice in the neck - just missing a major artery, police said.
Hospital officials said the next day, the lock had been disabled to allow construction workers access to the parking lot. The lock has since been fixed on the gate, hospital security Chief Julian Davis said.
Cundiff is registered as a homeless violent sex offender with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. He lists his address as South Patterson Boulevard and Apple Streets, but was living in a tent with his girlfriend on a train trestle bridge that cross over South Patterson.
Cundiff served 18 years in prison for rape and aggravated robbery after a 1984 conviction in Mahoning County.
TweetShooter in double, drug-related homicide arrested by FBI
DAYTON - The 25-year-old man who police said shot and killed two men in a vacant drug house in July has been arrested by the FBI on charges related to the shooting.
Edward L. Heflin, 25, is in Montgomery County Jail on federal weapons and drug charges after he was arrested at 2837 Louella Ave. about 11 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7.
He also being charged with operating a drug house, according to jail records.
Heflin has not been charged with the shooting deaths of Ryan Daniel, 21, and Thomas Casey, 29, though the investigation into their homicides is ongoing, police said.
Police at the time said Heflin was shot in the neck and chest after some kind of altercation at a house at 857 S. Euclid Ave. Heflin drove himself to Good Samaritan Hospital after being shot and spent several days in the hospital.
It is unclear what led to the shooting, but police said Casey and/or Daniel were there to buy some marijuana.
Daniel’s father, Ronald Daniel, said Thursday, Oct. 8, he was elated with Heflin’s arrest and said he hopes prosecutors will still pursue murder charges.
It was Ronald Daniel who went looking for his son that night and kicked in the door to find Ryan shot dead.
TweetFather, son arrested while trying to score heroin
DAYTON - A father and son are in Montgomery County Jail on drug-related charges after they told officers monitoring drug activity Tuesday, Oct. 6, they were trying to buy some heroin.
Charles Rosenbaum Sr., 47, and Charles Rosenbaum II, 25, were in the 2100 block of Benson Drive in a blue Chevy Monte Carlo that was pulled over about 7 p.m. by police for a license plate violation, according to a police report.
The Rosenbaums told officers they were in the area trying to buy some heroin, the report stated. Officers found the younger Rosenbaum with a needle and his father had a crack pipe in his possession, the report stated.
Both are being charged with misdemeanor loitering charges and possessing drug paraphernalia, the report stated.
TweetFirefighter who vandalized restaurant enters diversion program
DAYTON - An eight-year veteran Dayton firefighter that police said broke into and vandalized a restaurant has opted to enter the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s diversion program for first-time violent offenders.
Oscar D. Burgess court case is inactive until he completes the program, prosecutor spokesman Greg Flannagan said. If Burgess completes the program, the felony vandalism charge he faces will be dropped.
Officers said Burgess, 33, had been drinking when he broke into The Amber Rose, 1400 Valley St., the night of Aug. 2. Witnesses reported seeing a man matching Burgess’ description enter the restaurant and damage the interior and exterior of the building, Sgt. Dan Mauch said at the time.
Burgess caused so much damage the restaurant, which specializes in east European cuisine, had to close the next day.
Montgomery County prosecutors did not approve a breaking and entering charge, but did file a fifth-degree felony vandalism charge against Burgess.
Burgess was suspended without pay for five days after his arrest and has since returned to active duty, Dayton Fire Chief Herbert Redden said. He was slapped with some internal discipline for his misconduct, Redden said.
TweetShooter suspected of firing at mother, child arrested by U.S. Marshals
DAYTON - U.S. Marshals deputies have arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of shooting a man in the back as he walked with his girlfriend and her infant.
David Dewberry Jr. is in Montgomery County Jail on two counts of felonious assault after he was arrested at 85 Benning Place at 6:50 this morning, Oct. 6., according to jail records.
Deputy marshals with the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) tracked Dewberry with help from the Dayton Police Department, Deputy Josh Hillard said.
Detectives believe it was Dewberry on Sept. 23 who jumped out of an SUV in the DeSota Bass Courts housing complex and shot a man in the back after Dewberry made a derogatory comment about the victim’s girlfriend body.
Dewberry fired a dozen shots at the couple after the 18-year-old victim confronted him about the comments, witnesses and police said. The victim’s girlfriend was pushing a small child in a stroller, but fled to safety.
The victim, after he was hit, ran a couple hundred feet to the front door of a housing unit on Bass Street.
Dewberry has an extensive arrest record on charges from drug possession to robbery. He has served at least one prison sentence for a 2003 robbery and has been arrested nearly 20 times in Montgomery County.
TweetElementary student’s jaws pried from teacher’s forearm
DAYTON - A Patterson-Kennedy Elementary School student sent his 54-year-old teacher to the hospital after biting him in the forearm Monday, Oct. 5.
Police responded to the Dayton City school, at 258 Wyoming St., about 11:30 a.m. after school officials said they had to pry the child from the teacher’s arm, according to a police report.
The child was brought to assistant principal Jack Johnson’s office by teacher Stephen Green for being disorderly in the classroom, the report stated. The child began throwing things in the office and had to be restrained by Green.
While clutching the child, Green was bitten in the forearm, Johnson told police. The child would not release Green’s arm and Johnson had to pry the boy’s mouth open — with his hands.
Green went to the hospital to be treated for the bite, the report stated. The child was transferred to Kettering Hospital for a psychological evaluation.
The child is being charged with felonious assault, but was not taken to the juvenile detention center. A court date has not been set.
TweetMan mysteriously shot in Five Oaks neighborhood
DAYTON - Police are looking the shooter(s) that fired a gun from an elevated position, striking a man walking to a convenience store in the Five Oaks neighborhood early Monday morning, Oct. 5.
The 43-year-old man said he heard “pop-pop-pop-pop” in the 1100 block of North Main Street about 5:25 a.m. and looked down to find that he had been shot in the thigh, according to a police report.
The man said he didn’t realize he had been shot until he saw blood stains on his pants, the report stated. Police said the wound was “through and through,” meaning the bullet exited his leg.
The bullet entered and exited the leg at a downward angle, leaving officers to believe someone was shooting from an elevated position, the report stated. The victim did not know who shot him.
The man was treated for his wound at Grandview Medical Center and is expected to be OK. Anyone with information about the shooting should call (937) 333-COPS.
TweetBond set at $500K for sex offender who allegedly stabbed nurse
DAYTON - Bond has been set at $500,000 for a Tier III registered sex offender suspected of stabbing a Miami Valley Hospital nurse in the neck.
James M. Cundiff is in Montgomery County Jail on a felony aggravated robbery charge for stabbing the 35-year-old nurse in the neck after she confronted him in a hospital parking lot just before 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1.
The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office late Friday approved felony aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, felony assault and felony assault with a deadly weapon charges against Cundiff. A grand jury will be convened at a later date to decide official charges.
Cundiff’s next court date is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 9, at 10:30 a.m., according to jail records.
Cundiff, originally from Youngstown, is registered as a sex offender with the sheriff’s office here as a homeless man living around the Stewart and Apple Street areas.
Police said Cundiff stalked and stabbed a nurse twice as she walked with a co-worker to her car. Cundiff stole her purse and a lunch sack that were found the next day by detectives.
The nurse was expected to recover from her physical wounds, but it is unclear if she has returned to work. Her co-worker was not physically harmed in the attack.
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TweetMom, daughter accused in beating, choking of ‘snitch’
DAYTON - Three people are in Montgomery County Jail after a man said the three beat, choked and tried to kill him because the group believes he told police about their drug habits.
The 35-year-old victim was in his apartment in the 100 block of Central Avenue about 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, when he heard a knock of his door, according to a police report.
He said Lonnie D. Black, 24, wanted him to come out so the two could fight. The victim said after Black left after he refused to come out of his apartment, the report stated.
Fearing that his car would get damaged, the victim went out to check on the vehicle, he told police. On the way to the parking lot, Black reappeared and confronted the victim.
The two men were about to fight when Brandy McBeath, 26, and her mother Debbie Sandifer, 51, arrived, the victim told police.
The victim said Sandifer tried four times to strike him with a club, while McBeath picked up a long piece of wood and struck him twice in the face, the report stated.
The victim hit McBeath with a club and the group fled the scene, the report stated. As the victim walked back to his apartment, Black came up from behind and choked the man with a shower curtain rod.
The victim hit Black with an object and was able to escape.
When officers arrived Black was armed with a “weighted club” wrapped around his wrist and telling at the victim, “I want to kill him,” the report stated.
The victim told officers he was attacked because McBeath and Sandifer were arrested on Thursday after officers found them with the drugs, according to a police report. McBeath and Sandifer thought the victim “snitched” or told police they were involved in drugs, he told police.
Officers found McBeath and Sandifer at their apartment at 628 Plymouth Ave. While searching the apartment, officers found 1.24 grams of crack cocaine, a crack pipe and a broken shower curtain rod believed to be used in the assault.
The apartment was labeled a nuisance, and Sandifer and another man living there were presented with nuisance abatement paperwork, the report stated.
Sandifer, McBeath and Black were taken to Montgomery County Jail each on one felonious assault charge. Their victim was treated for minor injuries.
TweetMan gets in house, leaves notes for victim
DAYTON - Detectives are looking for the man who entered a woman’s home, watched television and left his clothes and knife on the floor Sunday, Oct. 4.
Officers responded to the 200 block of South Findlay Street about midnight after a woman called to report a man, who she identified to police, had been in her home, according to a police report.
The woman said the man lived there for a short time, but moved out two weeks ago, the report stated. He was able to get in through a broken window, she said.
While exploring her home, the woman found three notes he left on her mantle. Two of the notes contained sexually explicit phrases, while the other stated “I will kill over you,” the report stated.
All the notes were signed “Will.”
A broadcast was made for the man’s arrest, but he was not located. He faces a felony burglary and misdemeanor menacing charge. Nothing was reportedly taken from the home.
Anyone with information about this case should call (937) 333-COPS.
TweetLatex gloves tie sex offender to stabbing of nurse
DAYTON - Green medical latex gloves led officers to a 42-year-old man arrested for the brutal stabbing of a Miami Valley Hospital nurse as she walked with a co-worker to a nearby hospital parking lot.
James M. Cundiff is in Montgomery County Jail on a felony aggravated robbery charge for stabbing the 35-year-old nurse in the neck after she confronted him in the parking lot just before 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1.
Cundiff, originally from Youngstown, is a Tier III sex offender, who registered with the sheriff’s office here as a homeless man living around the Stewart and Apple Street areas.
The nurse and a co-worker were near the parking lot on Apple Street when they noticed a man wearing all black walking briskly toward them, according to police.
The nurses said the man had been smoking a cigarette but then seemed to stalk them.
The nurses went through a code-locked gate, that immediately reopened as Cundiff entered the parking lot, according to police.
The nurses headed down the steps of the parking lot, and as Cundiff got close, the victim turned around and said, “What the hell do you want?,” the report stated.
Cundiff allegedly grabbed her lunch bag and Vera Bradley purse, as the nurse fell to the ground, her co-worker told police. As the nurse laid on the ground, Cundiff pulled out an 8- to 10-inch, double-edged knife and started stabbing her in the neck, according to a police report.
Her co-worker hid behind a vehicle and the stabbing victim ran to the hospital with the co-worker after Cundiff fled. She was treated for non-life threatening injuries, police said.
One of the victims told police she remembered Cundiff was wearing green aloe latex gloves, like workers at the hospital. As officers were piecing the events together, officers near the fairgrounds found Cundiff, the report stated.
He was dressed in all black, wearing green latex gloves and tried to run from police, the report stated.
Police said Cundiff fits the description of a man wanted for an attack on an 84-year-old woman on Wyoming Street last week. Police do have surveillance video of Cundiff pursuing the nurses.
Cundiff, who has no prior arrests in Montgomery County, has a court date scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today.
Police said Cundiff was convicted in 1984 of aggravated robbery and rape charges in Mahoning County. He was released from prison in 2002 and spent some time in Youngstown before coming to Dayton, police said.
TweetBicyclist hit by car in critical condition
DAYTON - A bicyclist hit in the 2200 block of Valley Street this afternoon, Oct. 1, is in critical condition and was not the victim of a hit-and-run driver.
Police said the driver was found at the scene, though first reports were the driver fled.
The mother of the driver said they were at the hospital checking on the victim, but said he was not doing well. She said the bicyclist ran into her son’s car.
Police have not confirmed if that is the case and no arrests have been made. The age of the cyclist is unknown at this time.
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