Tuesday, July 14, 1998
GREEN TOWNSHIP -- A Green Township man who released a chemical irritant into an Oak Hills High School variety show was sentenced Monday to 10 1/2 years in prison.
Judge Robert Ruehlman of Hamilton County Common Pleas Court sentenced Christopher Mushrush, 18, on three counts of inducing panic, one count of assault and one count of felonious assault for the April incident.
Mr. Mushrush, who was not a student at the school, pleaded guilty to the charges. The chemical irritant caused breathing problems and eye irritation for several people.
Accused killer one of 'Wanted' arrests
Two more "Tristate's Most Wanted" suspects have been arrested, bringing the total to 488 arrests out of the 815 suspects featured in The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Richard Jones Jr., 39,was arrested March 6 in California. He is expected to return to Cincinnati to face a murder charge.
He is accused of stabbing 23-year-old Rochelle Hardy to death in October 1990 in Walnut Hills.
Segmond Parsons, 27, of English Woods was arrested Friday on a domestic violence charge.
The Enquirer publishes "Tristate's Most Wanted" each Monday. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
Callers to 352-3040 can remain anonymous.
Homeless man faces arson counts
A homeless shelter resident is in jail facing aggravated arson charges after allegedly telling police he set a fire on Mulberry Street.
Bruce Diamond, who lists his address as the Drop-Inn Center Shelter House in Over-the-Rhine, walked into a Cincinnati Police Division office Sunday morning and gave a written statement that he started a downtown fire hours earlier, according to his arrest report.
He is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center with his bond set at $200,000 cash.
The fire, which began about 5 a.m. Sunday, damaged a building at 67 Mulberry St.
Mr. Diamond faces two counts of aggravated arson -- one for damage to the property and another for risking harm to a person inside.
14 tons of trash pulled from river
The Little Miami Scenic River Challenge, an annual cleanup by canoeists of the river and shoreline, netted 14 tons of trash Friday -- including about 274 tires, organizers said.
About 650 volunteers participated in the cleanup, sponsored by the Cincinnati Izaak Walton League, the United Canoe Liveries of the Little Miami River and Cinergy Co.
The event usually is held early in June but was delayed this year because of heavy rains and high water.
Three rape cases involve juveniles
Cincinnati police were conducting several juvenile rape investigations over the weekend:
The youngest involved a 10-year-old Roselawn girl accused of performing oral sex on two 6-year-old boys within the last two weeks. She faces two juvenile rape charges.
A 14-year-old Pleasant Ridge boy faces a juvenile rape charge involving the oral-sex rape Sunday of an 11-year-old boy.
Police are still investigating another case involving reported sexual contact between a 10-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl Saturday in Walnut Hills. No arrest has been made.
