Tuesday, June 30, 1998
Seven more "Tristate's Most Wanted" suspects have been arrested, bringing the total to 484 arrests out of the 805 suspects featured in The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Antonio Crusoe, 22, of Springfield Township, was arrested June 23 on a drug trafficking charge.
Donnie Courtney, 27, of Price Hill, was arrested Fridayon an escape charge.
Charles Hendrickson, 44, of Cheviot, was arrested Sunday on charges of felonious assault and domestic violence.
Michael Howe, 22, of Bond Hill, was arrested June 22 on a felonious assault charge.
Darian Lattimore, 25, of Roselawn, was arrested June 22 on charges of felony drug abuse and escape.
Lyle Taylor, 29, of Mount Healthy, was arrested June 22 on charges of theft and contempt of court.
Tony Wilson Jr., 24, of Evanston, was arrested Thursday on an assault charge.
Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Callers to 352-3040 can remain anonymous.
County will raise child-care rate
The Hamilton County Human Services Department said Monday that it will pay more to child-care centers and in-home caregivers, the first increase in five years.
The department subsidizes child care for some lower-income families. Starting July 1, for example, the ceiling will increase to $138 a week for infant care, from $126.70 at a center.
MSD writing sewer reimbursement rule
Hamilton County is close to working out a uniform policy on how much to reimburse developers who build oversize sewers at the sewer department's request.
Paul Tomes, acting director of the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), said he will have a policy for county commissioners on July 15 that is agreeable to the Homebuilders Association of Greater Cincinnati.
The lack of a policy was one factor that led to the resignation of Tom Quinn as the agency's director.
Woman jumps from car; man sought
A Pleasant Ridge woman jumped out of a moving car early Monday in Dayton, Ohio, to escape an ex-boyfriend, Cincinnati police said. Authorities have filed a warrant for his arrest.
Donta Edwards, 24, who has family in Dayton, faces a kidnapping charge.
He allegedly assaulted Melinda Shelton, 23, as she left the Parktown Cafe on Linn Street about 2 a.m. He allegedly forced her into her car and drove to Dayton, where she jumped out.
She was treated for minor injuries. Her car was found abandoned in Dayton.
Anyone with information about Mr. Edwards' whereabouts is asked to call the Cincinnati Police Division's homicide unit at 352-3542 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
Ohio University raises tuition 6%
ATHENS, Ohio -- Ohio University trustees over the weekend approved raising tuition and fees by 6 percent. Students on the Athens campus will pay $4,325 for tuition next year, up $245 from this year. The university's five regional campuses will have a smaller increase averaging 2.5 percent.
Ohio to have four governor choices
COLUMBUS -- Voters on Nov. 3 will choose from among four candidates for governor, the secretary of state's office said.
Zanna Feitler of Shaker Heights qualified as an independent. Ms. Feitler and lieutenant-governor candidate Regina Burch of Miamisburg have the support of the Natural Law Party.
Others are Republican Secretary of State Bob Taft, Democrat Lee Fisher and Reform Party candidate John Mitchel.
