Friday, April 10, 1998
An outburst in court earned a Mount Airy man accused of stabbing a police officer in the head a higher bond Thursday.
Jerry Morgan, 20, was wanted on outstanding warrants on traffic charges Tuesday night when two District 5 officers went to an apartment in the 5800 block of Shadymist Lane to arrest him.
Once the officers were let inside, Mr. Morgan jumped out of a closet and stabbed Officer Guy Abrams in the head with an ice pick and also assaulted his partner, Officer Eli Orth, police said. The officers were not seriously injured.
Mr. Morgan is charged with assault on a police officer, felonious assault and resisting arrest.
At his arraignment Thursday in Hamilton County Municipal Court, Judge Elizabeth Mattingly first set his bond at $150,000 on each of the assault felonies and $10,000 on the resisting arrest charge. "This ain't justice," Mr. Morgan yelled as deputies led him out of court.
The judge apparently agreed. She raised his bond by $100,000.
The body of a woman found in a bathtub Wednesday night in Clifton Heights has been identified as Sue Anderson, 41.
The woman's boyfriend told police he found her about 6:30 p.m. in her apartment at 2427 Vine St. and was unsuccessful in trying to revive her. The woman's 6-year-old son also was home. He has been placed in protective custody.
Cincinnati police investigators are awaiting results of an autopsy by the Hamilton County coroner's office before ruling on the cause of death. Police declined to release any more details. Anyone with information is asked to call the Cincinnati homicide unit at 352-3542 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
Car-X, Subway set up police memorial fund
Greater Cincinnatians interested in honoring police officers killed in the line of duty may donate to local Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) memorial funds at Subway and Car-X locations between now and May 1 as part of the companies' Adopt-a-Cop program.
Donations will go to the Cincinnati, Covington and Newport FOP memorial funds and will be used to honor slain officers or assist families of the officers, as determined by FOP officials.
Anyone making a contribution will receive an Adopt-a-Cop car window sticker. No purchase is necessary to donate at any of the 110 Subway restaurants or 22 Car-X shops in the area.
Lawyer pleads guilty to not filing tax return
Lawyer Kenneth G. Hawley pleaded guilty Thursday to willfully failing to file his 1990 federal income tax return.
He made about $137,000 that year.
Mr. Hawley, 44, of Hyde Park, was freed on bond until U.S. District Judge Herman J. Weber sentences him July 17.
Similar counts for 1991 and 1992 were dropped in a plea bargain with federal prosecutors, but Mr. Hawley must file accurate tax returns for all three years as part of the deal.
It is a separate, civil matter if he owes any taxes.
Failing to file is a misdemeanor. He could be imprisoned up to a year and fined $100,000.
Turpin High evacuated for fire in vent motor
ANDERSON TOWNSHIP -- An early-morning fire damaged a ventilation motor Thursday in Turpin High School's gymnasium.
Students were evacuated about 8 a.m. but were back in class within the hour, said Paul Hamilton, director of staff and pupil services for Forest Hills School District.
"There was minor damage to the motor," he said. "We're up and running without any problems."
Mr. Hamilton said a car hit an electrical pole on Ohio 32 early Thursday, and the accident caused a power outage at the school. When power was restored, the motor ignited, he said. The motor will be replaced.
Astronaut Lovell makes Aviation Hall of Fame
DAYTON, Ohio -- Astronaut James Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, will be among the inductees into the National Aviation Hall of Fame this year. The induction ceremony is July 18 at the Dayton Convention Center. Besides Apollo 13, Mr. Lovell was on two Gemini missions and Apollo 8, the first mission to pass outside the gravitational pull of Earth and first mission to orbit under the moon's gravity.
Apollo 13 was aborted in flight after an oxygen system failed. The crew safely returned to Earth. The movie Apollo 13 was based on Mr. Lovell's book, The Lost Moon.
Other inductees this year include jet-engine inventor Sam Williams; Maj. Raoul Gervais Lufbery, who shot down 17 enemy aircraft in World War I; and Maj. Gen. Harry Armstrong, who co-designed the human centrifuge for test pilots and helped develop high-altitude oxygen-protection equipment.
