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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Juvenile charged in murder of 19-year-old cousin
DAYTON - A murder charge has been filed against a 16-year-old boy who police said shot his cousin to death in November over a dispute about drugs.
The juvenile’s name is not being released but Montgomery County Prosecutor’s and he has yet to be indicted by a grand jury in the death Trenton Scroggins, prosecutor’s spokesman Greg Flannagan said Tuesday, March 16.
The teen has been in the Juvenile Justice Center since Scroggins was shot in late November and is expected to be transferred to the county jail at some point, Flannagan said. If indicted, prosecutors will seek to try the juvenile as an adult, Flannagan said.
The cousins got into a dispute on Nov. 21 about 8 p.m. over a drug debt and guns were displayed, Sgt. Gary White said at the time. Scroggins, then 19, was shot multiple times and died hours later during surgery at Miami Valley Hospital, authorities said.
The shooting appeared to be gang-related and police had a difficult time getting witnesses to cooperate, authorities said.
Scroggins was the city’s 37th homicide victim of 2009. To check the status of all homicides since 2008 and view an interactive map where they occurred, click here.
TweetJailed doctor cited by medical board after patient complaints
HUBER HEIGHTS - The State Medical Board of Ohio has cited a 48-year-old Huber Heights doctor already in jail on a conspiracy to commit murder charge for alleged “sexual misconduct” with 13 patients in his practice.
Joan Wehrle, an executive with the medical board, said Tuesday, March 16, the citation is the beginning of disciplinary actions the board intends to pursue against Dr. Shafik Ahmad.
“The board alleges that Dr. Ahmad engaged in sexual misconduct with patients, violated provisions of the American Medical Association’s Code of Ethics, violated board rules related to sexual misconduct, and did not conform to minimal standards of care,” Wehrle said.
Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies in October arrested Ahmad on charges related to a murder plot targeting Ahmad’s former wife, Sheriff Phil Plummer said at the time.
Ahmad was arrested in the 100 block of East Spring Valley Road after an informant tipped investigators to the murder conspiracy, Plummer said. Ahmad remains in jail on $3 million bond and no trial date has been set in the case, according to court records.
His former wife was not harmed.
Ahmad can continue to practice medicine pending a personnel hearing, Wehrle 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 shuttered since his arrest.
Before the alleged murder plot was uncovered, several of Ahmad’s patients lodged complaints, alleging inappropriate sexual comments and touching, according to medical board records.
None of the complaints resulted in Ahmad being criminally charged though he has been sued by at least one person related to allegations and had to pay $30,000 in damages and fees.
TweetMan who injured officer, shut down road faces slew of charges
DAYTON - A city police officer is recovering from a hand injury after a 42-year-old man who allegedly had drug paraphernalia in his car crashed the vehicle while trying to escape late Monday night, March 15.
Frederick Cooks was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on felony charges of vehicular assault, drug possession, assault of a police officer and carrying a concealed weapon after he was arrested by police on North Gettysburg Avenue near James H. McGee Boulevard, according to jail records.
Officers stopped a 2006 Chevrolet Impala Cooks was driving about 7:50 p.m., but as they approached, Cooks slammed the officers hand in the door and drove off, police said.
The Impala subsequently crossed the median, hit a pickup truck and crashed head-on into a passenger vehicle, police said. Cooks attempted to flee the scene but was caught by officers.
He and two people from the vehicles he struck were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Everyone, including the officer, have all been treated and released from local hospitals.
The crashes shut down traffic in both directions on Gettysburg. Police found a handgun, a bag of crack cocaine, two bags of marijuana, a half-smoked marijuana cigarette and a drug scale disguised as an iPhone in or around Cooks’ vehicle, police said.
Cooks initial court hearing is scheduled for today, March 16, at 1:30 p.m., according to jail records.
TweetMan’s cat mauled to death on porch by loose dog
DAYTON - The owner of a Boxer/Labrador mix dog was warned she could face criminal charges if her dog gets loose and kills or harms again.
Officers responded to the 300 block of North Cherrywood Avenue about 4:30 p.m. after a man called and said the dog got loose and killed his cat on his front porch, according to a police report.
Harry Boltz said his cat was sitting on the windowsill when the dog ran up and killed it, the report stated. Boltz said the dog is an aggressive animal as officers noticed a large amount of blood on the porch, the report stated.
The dog’s owner, Catherine Graham, was not available but her daughter Angela Marshall said the dog had gotten loose, the report stated. Officers warned her if the dog gets out again or harms something again there would be criminal consequences.
The dog did have a valid license and was registered, police.
TweetChild pornography leads to arrest of Huber Heights man
HUBER HEIGHTS - A 42-year-old nursing student is in the Montgomery County Jail after U.S. Marshals arrested him this morning, March 16, on a warrant for pandering sexually obscene material and sexually oriented material involving a minor charges.
Deputy Marshals were waiting at Miami-Jacobs Career College, 110 N. Patterson Blvd., when Brian Mathis walked in for class about 8 a.m., Deputy Marshal Jeremy Rose said.
His arrest comes after his live-in girlfriend notified Kettering police that Mathis allegedly downloaded child pornography onto her computer, Kettering Officer Michael Burke said. Police presented their case to county prosecutors earlier this month and last week a grand jury indicted Mathis on the felony pandering charges, according to court records.
“Three times in 2009 Mr. Mathis downloaded child pornography on his girlfriend’s computer,” Burke said. “She gave us consent to remove (the computer) from her home and we submitted it as evidence.”
Marshals first went to Mathis’ mother’s house in Huber Heights were he lives, but she said Mathis was on his way to class, Rose said. He was arrested without incident.
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