Saturday, July 25, 1998
Cincinnati police have a suspect in custody in Thursday's brutal stabbing and rape in Over-the-Rhine.
According to police, the man is a suspect in the attack of a 23-year-old mother and her son in their East 15th Street apartment. Police were not releasing the name of the suspect late Friday.
The family had been asleep before being awakened by an intruder about 12:45 a.m. Thursday. The woman was stabbed, raped and tied up. Her 7-year-old son was stabbed in the eye. Their attacker then watched as the woman called 911 for help.
The brutality of the attack stunned police and neighbors.
It was neighbors who caught up with the man, about 6 p.m. Friday, according to police. The suspect and the neighbors got into a confrontation, and apparently the suspect was injured. He sought help at a local hospital, where he was taken into custody by police, according to officers.
Developer gets $413,609 for sewer
Hamilton County commissioners voted Friday to reimburse Aston Oaks developer John Niehaus $413,609 for increasing the size of a sewer pipe leading to one phase of his project.
The larger pipe will serve developments beyond the North Bend subdivision, which is a benefit to the Metropolitan Sewer District, commissioners said.
The county prosecutor told commissioners they could not pay Mr. Niehaus interest on the money, which has been owed to him since last fall. The payment became entangled in a dispute over how to reimburse developers for upsizing pipes, in the absence of a formal sewer district policy.
Commissioners recently adopted a policy.
Menacing charge dropped in city
Municipal Court Judge Mark Schweikert Fridaydropped a charge against a Madisonville man who police had said threatened to blow up a school in May.
The aggravated menacing charge against James Carter Jr., of the 5700 block of Adelphi Street was dropped Friday because the prosecution declined to proceed. Mr. Carter was accused of making threats at Bramble Developmental Academy.
2 Most Wanted suspects arrested
Two more "Tristate's Most Wanted" suspects have been arrested, bringing the total to 497 arrests out of the 825 suspects featured in The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Noel Daniels, 18, of Bond Hill, was arrested Friday on open warrants and charges of falsification and having an open flask. He also was wanted for questioning in the Jan. 15 drive-by shooting of Deshawn Willingham, who was shot in the head on Dale Road in Bond Hill.
Pierre Sanders, 19, was arrested Friday on charges of drug abuse, falsification, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
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.
Nuclear plant closed for cleaning
OAK HARBOR, Ohio -- The Davis-Besse nuclear power plant has been shut down so workers can clean the reactor coolant system.
Workers will clean out resins that washed into cooling pipes after the plant lost all power because of tornado damage June 24. Plant officials say the resins, each about the size of a grain of sand, posed no danger but eventually could corrode pipes.
The plant probably will be shut down until Wednesday but could be operating again before that, said Richard Wilkins, spokesman for Davis-Besse owner FirstEnergy Corp.
Birds poisoned in Cleveland park
CLEVELAND -- More than 100 birds found dead in a state park on July 5 were poisoned, state wildlife officials said Friday.
Joel Porath, assistant wildlife management supervisor with the Ohio Division of Wildlife, said authorities were investigating the die-off and trying to determine whether the poisoning was deliberate. "I guess somebody could have accidentally done it, but it's doubtful," Mr. Porath said.
Visitors to the Wildwood State Park on Cleveland's east side first reported seeing mallard ducks acting unusually. Eventually, 102 mallard ducks, two Canada geese and a few pigeons were found dead.
Pregnancy center opens in Clermont
UNION TOWNSHIP -- An open house will be held todayand Sunday for the new A Caring Place Pregnancy Help Center in Clermont County.
The event will be 11 a.m.to 4 p.m. today and 1 p.m.to 4 p.m. Sunday at the center, 1073 Old State Road 74, about 1 mile east of Eastgate Mall.
At 2 p.m. Sunday, John and Barbara Willke -- founders of Greater Cincinnati's Right to Life and the Life Issues Institute -- will officiate at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
A Caring Place is a non-profit, nondenominational organization that is locally organized and funded. It helps women and their families with pregnancy-related concerns and provides alternatives to abortion.
