The trial for community activist Nathaniel Livingston Jr., 28, on charges of felonious assault has been delayed until July while special prosecutor Merlyn Shiverdecker appeals a decision to drop related child-endangerment charges.
Mr. Livingston of Avondale was arrested Dec. 30 after his estranged wife charged he took their 4-year-old son out of his Avondale day-care center without permission and attempted to drive off while she was hanging onto the child.
The child-endangerment charges, considered a misdemeanor, were dropped last week when Mr. Livingston's lawyers convinced Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge David P. Davis that he was denied a speedy trial.
Meanwhile, Judge Davis on Monday approved Mr. Livingston's request that the electronic monitor he has been wearing around his ankle be removed.
Mr. Livingston received attention in December when he told the audience listening to a radio talk show on WLW-AM (700) to "go kill the prosecutor." Authorities decided not to press charges in that incident.
Rayshun Holt, the 18-year-old Evanston man whose murder conviction was overturned, will be back in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court May 26 for a retrial.
He is accused of shooting his friend, 14-year-old Phillip "Sugarman" Haley Jr., to death May 6, 1995, after they called each other names as they fought on a street in East Walnut Hills.
Mr. Holt, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, was tried as an adult and sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. But Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals Judge Mark Painter overturned the conviction, saying Mr. Holt wasn't properly read his Miranda rights.
Police say they didn't read Mr. Holt his Miranda rights when he was first questioned because they didn't consider him a suspect then.
Bevis man dies after Sunday morning crash
A 26-year-old Bevis man was killed early Sunday in a wreck at Glenview and Kirby avenues in Mount Airy.
Timothy Meyer, of the 2700 block of Cornwall Drive, was northbound on Glenview about 4 a.m. when he lost control of his pickup. He went off the left side of the road on the 5100 block of Glenview, struck a storm drain, and then hit a tree and rolled over, police investigators said.
A passerby noticed the wreck about 7:30 a.m. Mr. Meyer was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No alcohol was detected. Mr. Meyer was the only person in the pickup. Police are investigating the cause of the crash.
Electrical fire kills two cows, levels barn
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Ind. -- An electrical fire killed two cows and destroyed a barn at 2584 County Road 200 North Monday afternoon. There were no other injuries.
A tractor, a truck and hay also were lost, said 1st Assistant Chief Kenneth Alcorn of the Liberty Fire Department. The loss is estimated at more than $100,000.
Firefighters were called to the scene about noon, and fire departments from College Corner, Everton and Boston were called in to carry water, said Assistant Chief Alcorn. Fire crews were on the scene for about three hours.
Communities lose power after equipment failure
An equipment failure at a utility substation in Hartwell left 15,000 customers in a half-dozen communities without power for about 45 minutes Monday morning.
Residents in Lincoln Heights and parts of Reading, Arlington Heights, Wyoming and Lockland were in the dark from about 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. said Cinergy spokeswoman Kathy Meinke.
"It was just an equipment failure," Ms. Meinke said.
Kitchen fire damages Gamble-Nippert Y
A kitchen grease fire did $10,000 damage Monday to the Gamble-Nippert branch of the YMCA at 3159 Montana Ave., Westwood.
Firefighters suspect a defective deep fryer started the blaze just after 6 a.m. It caused heavy smoke in the cafeteria area on the east side of the building. A 52-year-old maintenance worker was treated for smoke inhalation. No one else was injured.
Public affairs chief quits school system
Cincinnati Public Schools' public affairs director announced her resignation Monday, citing a desire to explore other career options.
Monica Solomon has served as a member of the school district's senior management team for seven years, since Superintendent J. Michael Brandt was hired to head the 50,000-student district in 1991.
She had worked in the district eight years previously.
Uranium plant firm agrees to pay fine
PIKETON, Ohio -- The company that runs a uranium-enrichment plant in southern Ohio has agreed to pay a fine of $193,000 for violating hazardous waste rules.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said April 2 that the violations were found during inspections of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in 1990 and 1991.
The violations included storing mixed and hazardous wastes without a permit, failing to determine whether wastes are hazardous, and storing a hazardous waste in a tank that did not have a federal permit.
United States Enrichment Corp. also agreed to a storage plan for lithium hydroxide and a management plan for uranium hexaflouride stored at the plant.
