Man wanted for multiple crimes arrested at Butler County elementary school playground

Police were dispatched to an apartment complex on College Corner Pike at 3:51 a.m. Jan. 11 concerning a man being sought for numerous criminal acts hiding in the woods adjacent to the location, according to a police report.

The man, Donald Hamilton, 37, had been reported walking in the parking lot and the responding officer reported he arrived to see Hamilton running toward him but ignoring commands to stop. He continued to run back toward the treeline, still ignoring orders to stop, and the officer pursued him to the field next to Kramer Elementary School. He entered the playground area and stopped running, raising his hands into the air.