Tuesday, August 25, 1998
Two more "Tristate's Most Wanted" suspects have been arrested, bringing the total to 517 arrests of the 870 suspects featured in The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Jason Hollingsworth, 24, of Norwood was arrested Friday on a felonious assault charge.
Tommy Veasey, 56, was arrested Monday on charges of parole violations and escape.
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.
Bond at $500,000 for holdup suspect
The alleged gunman in last week's holdup of a Fifth Third Bank in the West End is in jail with his bond set at $500,000 cash.
William Burress, 48, of the West Chester area faces two counts of aggravated robbery in the Aug. 19 holdup. He allegedly stole a 62-year-old bank customer's car in the getaway.
Mr. Burress, known as "Peanut," has a violent history. His convictions include attempted murder.
Adrian Edmerson, 18, of South Fairmount is accused of being the lookout in the bank robbery. Both men are being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center awaiting grand jury decisions on indictments.
Cop shooter's parole hearing waits a day
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- A parole hearing for a man convicted of shooting a Montgomery police officer during a botched 1989 bank robbery was postponed Monday until today.
Gregory Cooper has served nearly nine years of an 11-to-25-year sentence for the incident at the Society Bank on Montgomery Road. The hearing will be at the Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, where Mr. Cooper is imprisoned.
The officer, Michael Young, who suffered a bruised lung when a gunshot struck his bulletproof vest, and nerve damage from a gunshot to the thumb, remains on the Montgomery police force.
He has opposed Mr. Cooper's possible release.
Equipment problem knocks out power
An equipment failure at one of Cinergy Corp.'s Northern Kentucky substations caused a brief power loss Monday afternoon.
About 2,000 customers in the Fort Mitchell area were affected by the power failure, which lasted about four minutes, Cinergy spokesman Steve Brash said.
The problem shortly before 1:30 p.m. also caused lights to flicker in parts of downtown Cincinnati, he said.
Four boys charged in attack on girl
Four boys have been charged in the Aug. 12 sexual assault of a 7-year-old Westwood girl.
The girl had told police six boys took her into a wooded area that day, pulled down her underwear and touched her inappropriately. No charges have been filed against two of the boys, the youngest of whom is 6.
Four others face charges of gross sexual imposition. One of them, a 10-year-old, also faces a rape charge. And two of the boys -- ages 9 and 10 -- face an additional charge of abduction. They were cited Friday.
The boys were left in their parents' custody on the condition that they appear Wednesday in Hamilton County Juvenile Court. Because they are so young, even if they were found guilty, they would not be sent to the Department of Youth Services. Only children 12 and older go to the state corrections system.
Instead, punishment for a felony for children this young ranges from being sent to Hillcrest School to an out-of-home placement, counseling or probation, said Jim Ray, juvenile court administrator.
Gospel musicians will perform
CornerStone Christian Newspaper will celebrate its third anniversary with a concert featuring Ivan Parker of the Bill Gaither Trio and other southern gospel musicians Friday at Landmark Baptist Temple, 1600 Glendale-Milford Road in Evendale.
The Lesters, the Shulers and New Life will join Ivan Parker. Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert are $9 in advance and $10 at the door. For information, call the paper's offices at 661-8494.
Hyland endorsed by area AFL-CIO
The Greater Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council has endorsed Marilyn Hyland, the Democratic candidate for Hamilton County commissioner. Delegates from more than 200 local unions voted.
Ms. Hyland said she is honored by the endorsement: "It's an organization that believes in decent wages and benefits for hard-working people, which is something I am also committed to."
The AFL-CIO represents about 80,000 members locally.
Ms. Hyland is running against Tom Neyer Jr., a Republican who was appointed to the county commission in February 1997 and is running for the seat for the first time.
