A Cincinnati police officer was charged with domestic violence following an incident Saturday morning involving his wife, Cincinnati police said Sunday.
Timothy Doyle, 35, of the 6700 block of Gracely Drive, Sayler Park, was taken to the Hamilton County Justice Center. .
Cincinnati police said Mary Doyle was picked up and thrown during the 6:15 a.m. incident. Officer Doyle was off duty at the time. Police did not say whether Mrs. Doyle was injured.
Officer Doyle joined the police division Jan. 5, 1997, and is assigned to District 4. Officer Doyle's police powers have been suspended. He will be assigned to desk duty pending criminal and internal investigations.
I-75 lanes reopen in Butler County
Traffic is returning to normal on Interstate 75 north of Tylersville Road in Butler County.
Orange barrels that blocked lanes during the construction season are gone. The barrels were up as part of the Butler Regional Highway construction.
All northbound and southbound lanes are reopened to traffic, but there are still some barrels along the outside shoulders to block vehicles from entering exit ramps still under construction.
Driver arrested after chase on I-275, I-71
LEBANON - Police caught up with a motorist involved in a pursuit late Saturday that began in Covington and ended in Warren County.
The identity of the driver was not available from the Warren County sheriff's office Sunday. No injuries were reported.
Lt. A.J. Foit of the Campbell County Police Department said the pursuit began in Covington. Campbell County officers became involved at 11:37 p.m. and pursued the driver on Interstate 275 into Ohio near the Interstate 471 interchange.
Sgt. Michael Quinn of the Batavia post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said a trooper joined the chase south of Milford until they entered Warren County on I-71. Once in Warren County, the Warren County sheriff's office took over the pursuit, which he said resulted in an arrest.
The motorist, whose average speed was 85 mph, was finally stopped with "stop sticks," a device used to deflate tires, Sgt. Quinn said.
Discussions to begin on police relations
Cincinnati City Council is holding a public discussion on ways to improve police-community relations.
A hearing on recommendations made nine months ago in a police mediation report is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Westwood Town Hall, 3017 Harrison Ave.
Council received recommendations in February from a group that formed to examine community concerns after police shot and killed a brick-wielding mental patient, Lorenzo Collins, in February 1997.
A Justice Department mediator was called in by city council to guide a panel of city administrators and six community groups - including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater Cincinnati - to make recommendations.
Council to discuss waste-transfer station
The public is invited to attend two city council-sponsored discussions today on whether Cincinnati needs to build a garbage-transfer center, as well as discussion on how to manage solid-waste disposal. Both sessions, scheduled for 2 and 7 p.m., will be at City Hall, 801 Plum St., in the third-floor council chambers.
Councilman Todd Portune, chairman of the city's Public Works Committee, which will initially tackle the issue, envisions more efficient curbside pickup. He said he wants to study whether separate pickups - for recycling, yard waste and solid waste - could be consolidated. The city administration is endorsing the transfer station method, and now it is up to the council - after public discussion - to review that recommendation, along with a consultant's report on the merits of such a facility.
Raises recommended for city personnel
Personnel Director Betty Baker is recommending a 3 percent general merit pay increase for middle and senior managers as well as positions under the heading of administrator and city solicitor on the city payroll.
Also eligible are the fire and police chiefs, assistant fire chief and uniformed firefighters and police officers.
These employees do not have a collective bargaining agreement with the city.
The increase is to be awarded only to those employees who have a satisfactory job performance the previous year.
It could be at least a week before the full council considers the measure. If the measure is approved, it would kick in for the first pay period of 1999, which technically begins in mid-December.
Delhi man charged with enticing girls
HARRISON - A Delhi Township man was charged with criminal child enticement Sunday morning for allegedly enticing three girls into his vehicle, then refusing to let them out, according to an arrest report filed by Harrison police.
Richard A. Goerner Jr., 22, of the 5400 block of Star Crest Drive, faces the enticement charge, a first-degree misdemeanor, and two drug charges stemming from a search of his home.
Mr. Goerner allegedly threatened the girls, ages 12, 12 and 13, to get them into his vehicle when he approached them at 10:15 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Harrison. He then locked the doors and refused to let them go when they said they wanted to get out, police said.
Cleveland paper gets OK to build
CLEVELAND - The city planning commission has approved plans for a $38 million office building for the Plain Dealer.
The commission's unanimous vote Friday permits demolition of a vacant building next to the company's current office.
The 216,000-square-foot complex will have a glass and brick exterior with a three-story atrium lobby, an interior courtyard and a 135-car underground garage.
Empty freight car derails, hits house
TROY, Ohio - Brothers Rob and Brian Yantis are used to trains shaking their duplex. Crashing into it is another story.
The Yantises were home watching television at 8:40 Saturday night when an empty rail car from a CSX Corp. freight train derailed, jumped the tracks and collided with their front porch.
"Trains always shake the house when they go by here. This was a little different," Brian Yantis said.
The rail car came to rest on the porch, but there was no damage to the house. No one was injured.
