Friday, January 01, 1999
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Alleged kidnapper faces nine charges
Police on Thursday arrested a Golf Manor man accused of walking into his ex-wife's home Nov. 5 and taking her two children.
After he had spent more than a month at large, police found Karl Davis on Thursday in Hampton, Va., driving a stolen Infiniti.
Mr. Davis, 37, faces charges of robbery, aggravated burglary, assault, forgery, escape, grand theft auto, contempt of court and two counts of kidnapping.
The children were found safe Nov. 5, but Mr. Davis fled the area.
Drug sweep nets 43 in Findlay Market area
Cincinnati police made 43 arrests Wednesday during a drug sweep in Over-the-Rhine.
The arrests ranged from minor violations for open containers to felony drug-trafficking charges. About half of the arrests were felonies.
The day-long sweep, made by the police division's holiday robbery task force during Wednesday's below-freezing temperatures, concentrated on outside street deals made in the Findlay Market area, Lt. James Whalen said.
Police recovered more than 500 grams of marijuana and small amounts of crack cocaine and morphine.
Shooting leaves man partially paralyzed
Police Thursday were investigating a shooting in Avondale that left an 18-year-old Winton Place man paralyzed from the waist down.
The victim, Antonio Horton, of the 4600 block of Winton Road, was being treated at University Hospital late Thursday.
Lt. Kathleen Howard said the victim told police he was standing outside a grocery store near the intersection of Burnett and Forest Avenues when someone shot him in the back. The shooting took place about 3:50 p.m.
Police questioned a possible suspect near the scene, but released him with no charges being filed, Lt. Howard said.
Board may be agent for family council
Hamilton County commissioners will meet Monday and discuss a resolution that would make the commissioners the administrative agent for the Hamilton County Family and Children First Council
The commissioners also will discuss a change in the county's contract with LDR International Inc. of Baltimore. The company is working with the county to help chart the future of western Hamilton County.
The contract change would extend the time the consultants work for the county to April 30 but would reduce the cost and scope of the work, said Ron Miller, executive director of the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission.
Consultants realized some of the “cutting-edge” computer planning models they were trying to develop were impossible to create, he said.
Commissioners are scheduled to meet starting at 8:30 a.m. Monday on the sixth floor of the county administration building.
Armed robber doused with hot soup
AKRON, Ohio — A man told police he fought off a gun-toting robber by dousing him with a pot of hot soup.
Dave Keener, 33, says the robbery Monday occurred in front of his four young children.
Mr. Keener said he was about to serve noodle soup when a knock at the front door began a nightmare. All four kids ran to the door. Mr. Keener said two women trying to sell photo albums entered.
The family lives in a subsidized housing complex, and Mr. Keener said it is not unusual for people to come to his door three or four times a month selling books or toys.
Then a masked man barged in waving a gun and yelling, “Give me all your money.” Mr. Keener handed the man his wallet containing $35 and backed into the kitchen.
“I wanted to get the gun away from the kids,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal. “If he was going to shoot somebody, I didn't want it to be in front of them.”
The gunman followed Mr. Keener into the kitchen and noticed a fireproof safe under the table, Mr. Keener said.
Mr. Keener unlocked the safe but did not open the door all the way. He stood up and let the man get down on the floor to take the items out.
Then Mr. Keener pulled the 5-quart pot of soup off the stove tossed it at the robber, who escaped with the gun, along with the two accomplices.
Akron Police Det. R.E. Tucker said he expects to catch the person and to add four charges of endangering children to the robbery and weapons charges.
Britain plans to close Cleveland consulate
CLEVELAND — It won't be as dramatic as their departure from India — or even Hong Kong — but one day this year or early 2000, British diplomats will lower the Union Jack a final time and quietly leave ... Cleveland.
The United Kingdom plans to close its six-person consulate in downtown Cleveland sometime between April 1999 and April 2000 and move its operations to Chicago, according to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The consulate, which covers both Ohio and Michigan, helps facilitate connections for British companies doing business here and also provides visa services and promotes British culture. About 30 British companies employ roughly 7,600 workers in the Cleveland area, according to the World Trade Center Cleveland.
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