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Burglar caught in the act by Dayton officer
While police were searching the area of Main Street for a stolen vehicle, an officer ran across a burglary in progress. burglarJust after 12:30 a.m. today an officer was patrolling on North Main Street when he saw two men struggling on the corner of Main and East Norman Avenue, police ...
Pizza delivery man shot, car stolen
A pizza delivery worker was shot while he was attempting a delivery late Saturday night.Police responded to a reported shooting on Wabash Avenue just before midnight.The delivery man was attempting to fulfill a delivery to the corner of Wabash Avenue and Marathon Avenue. When he arrived for the delivery, a ...
Police need your help in finding robbery suspect
Bellefontaine Police are looking for an armed and dangerous suspect from a robbery and need your help in locating him. Police Chief Brandon Standley says at 10:18 p.m. Friday night, they received a 911 call from the Community Markets grocery store at 309 North Main Street. An employee informed the ...
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DAYTONPolice: Teen, 2 others steal vanA Dayton woman was loading groceries from her minivan into her home in the 400 block of Kenilworth Avenue early Saturday morning when three males allegedly robbed her of the van at gunpoint.According Dayton police, officers were dispatched to the home about 1:15 a.m. where ...
Police: Teen, 2 others steal car at gunpoint
One suspect is in custody but two remain on the loose after three men robbed a woman at gunpoint in her own home, said police.Around 1:15 a.m. Dayton police were dispatched to the 400 block of Kenilworth Avenue on a report of an aggravated robbery.The female victim was unloading groceries ...
Dayton Bomb Squad removes ‘grenade-like devices’
Salem Avenue was reopened shortly before 11 p.m. tonight after the Dayton Bomb Squad removed three suspected explosive devices.Police responded shortly after 8 p.m. to the 2500 block of Salem Avenue.Dayton Lt. Wendy Stiver said investigators believe a black pickup truck drove by and threw out three “grenade-like devices.” One ...
Man arrested for soliciting sex from minor
Dayton police said a man attempted to solicit sex from a minor at a local bus stop.A police report states that on May 8, suspect Aaron D. Farr approached the female when she got off a bus on Superior Avenue.He asked the victim for a cigarette, and while doing so ...
Prison for ex-disability worker who stole $429,000
The former business administrator of a local developmental disabilities center, accused of stealing approximately $429,000 in funds designated for benefits, was sentenced today to 4 years in prison after pleading guilty in April to 15 felony counts.Douglas A. Carter, 46, of Gahanna in Franklin County, admitted to theft and other ...
Former Dayton detective sentenced to 9 1/2 years for bank robbery
A Guernsey County judge Friday sentenced a retired, decorated Dayton detective to 9 1/2 years in prison for a November robbery of a Cambridge bank. David Hirst, 50, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated robbery, kidnapping, grand theft, inducing panic and weapons charges. Common Pleas Judge David A. Ellwood sentenced ...
Ansonia man indicted on 6 counts of child rape
An Ansonia man is being held in the Darke County Jail on six counts of rape that could date back one decade. Sheriff's detective Sergeant Mike Burns said Jason Shaw, 26, has been indicted by a Darke County Grand Jury. His alleged victims were two girls and one boy under ...
Man, 50, accused of sex with teen girls
A 50-year-old Vandalia man has been indicted on 10 criminal charges relating to alleged sex with teenage girls. Steven Rohde was indicted earlier this month by a Montgomery County grand jury on 8 counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a third degree felony. He was also indicted on ...
2 injured in shootings along Kammer Avenue
Two males were injured, one seriously, in an apparent shootout near Kammer and Westwood avenues.Dayton police and medics responded at approximately 9:30 p.m. to Westwood and Kammer and found a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds.A short time later police received information of a second shooting victim in the 900 block ...
2 children injured in hit and run crash
Two children were injured in a hit and run crash Thursday night at Crestmore and Fairbanks avenues.Dayton police are looking for the black Mazda car that drove away after colliding with a white compact car at approximately 8:25 p.m.The impact sent the white car off the road into a front ...
Autopsy confirms UD freshman took his life in 6-story fall
A two-month investigation has concluded University of Dayton freshman Larry D. Cook was under severe stress and had marijuana in his system when he jumped to his death from a six-story dormitory window last month. Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger said his office notified Cook’s family on Wednesday that ...
Ross police officer, former county corrections officer arrested for child endangering in Florida
A Ross Twp. police officer and his girlfriend were arrested early Thursday for allegedly leaving young children in a pickup truck while they were in a Florida bar.Michael A. Webb, 35, of Collins Run Road, Oxford, and Staci Hall, 29, of Mendingwall Way, Fairfield, were charged shortly after midnight with ...
18 charged in Dayton-Portsmouth heroin ring
A federal grand jury has charged eight people from the Dayton area, nine people from Portsmouth and one from Lancaster with engaging in a two-year conspiracy to deliver heroin from Dayton to Portsmouth. The indictment alleges the group distributed the heroin out of seven Portsmouth locations including two motels.All 18 ...
15 graduate from juvenile drug court
Hearing a message from actor Vincent M. Ward II, 15 teenagers graduated Thursday morning from the Montgomery County Juvenile Drug Court program.Judge Anthony Capizzi presented certificates.Ward, a Trotwood-Madison graduate who is on television shows including The Walking Dead and True Blood, told staff, parents and the graduates that “life is ...
Meth lab convict found in murder victim’s barn
A man convicted of running a meth lab in Preble County, who was also wanted in connection with another meth lab in Wayne County, Ind., was found hiding in a barn on the same property where a man was shot and killed last week.Jeremiah Day, 34, is being held in ...
Police: Man left children alone for second time
A man who was supposed to be babysitting two young children was arrested by Fairborn Police on May 7 when the kids — 4 and 2 years old — were found playing in the street.Gregory Allan Bach Jr. is being held in the Greene County Jail on charges including child ...
Xenia man accused of child rape
A Xenia man was arrested Wednesday following an investigation into rape allegations by a child under 13.Joshua Landers, 24, is being held in a Greene County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond. Xenia Police said he will be charged with forcible rape.The rape allegedly occurred in March at a location ...
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