Sunday, February 07, 1999
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Not-guilty plea in store robbery case
An Elmwood Place man pleaded not guilty Saturday to charges of felonious assault and robbery in connection with an incident Friday at a department store in Anderson Township.
Police say Romundo C. Ortiz, 37, of the 6500 block of Hasler Lane, shoved a guard and hit another employee at the Lazarus store in Beechmont Mall. The employees had apprehended him for trying to steal two coats valued at $350, police said.
Information about the extent of their injuries was not available Saturday.
Mr. Ortiz, who was discharged from the Marines in 1982, moved to Cincinnati from California in 1994, said his attorney, Steven Sorg.
Mr. Ortiz's bond was set at $10,000 cash for the felonious-
assault charge.
Trio face charges over 40 pounds of pot
A Mount Auburn man and two men from California were arraigned Saturday morning on charges of possessing 40 pounds of marijuana.
Charged with felony drug possession were Ernest E. Lattimore, 30, of the 2200 block of Burnet Avenue; Alfredo Saldivar, 31, of Inglewood, Calif.; and Mario Paisley, 37, of Gardena, Calif.
Bond for each man was set at $50,000 cash.
Mr. Lattimore was arrested at about 3 p.m. Friday in the 7500 block of Greenlawn Avenue. The other two men were arrested about four hours later at the Peebles Corner intersection, Gilbert Avenue and McMillan Street, Walnut Hills.
The arrests were made by the Regional Enforcement Narcotics Unit. Officers in that unit would not discuss the case.
Overture Awards to honor arts talent
Artistically inclined Tristate high school students will compete Feb. 19 for six college scholarships in the Overture Awards, which will be presented during a Feb. 20 banquet.
Two dozen students, who won at semifinal competitions last month, will display their talents in dance, theater, instrumental music, creative writing and visual art.
The top performer in each category will receive a $5,000 scholarship, and their high schools will each receive a $1,000 grant for arts education.
The final contest, which is open to the public, will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Jarson-Kaplan Theater in the Aronoff Center.
The awards dinner, also open to spectators, will begin at 6 p.m. Feb. 20 in the Music Hall Ballroom.
The Overture Awards are administered by Leadership Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Arts Association's Education Program. Ticket information is available at 977-4116, ext. 4.
Archaeology talk to compare Tristate, world
Archaeological work in the Tristate and how it compares with excavations in other parts of the world will be the subject of a 7:30 p.m. lecture Tuesday at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St.
Brian Rose, associate professor of classical archaeology at the University of Cincinnati, will talk about different approaches to conservation. He will share his experiences as head of Greek and Roman excavations at Troy, Turkey, as well as his knowledge of digs in Italy, Greece and northern Africa.
Admission is $3 for members of the Cincinnati Preservation Association, which is sponsoring the event; and $8 for nonmembers.
Pair charged over cow abandonment
CHARDON, Ohio — Five cows being kept without food or water in a barn were so thirsty after being rescued that they drank a total of 100 gallons of water in less than two days, a county official said.
“They were just braying for it,” said Sarah Westman, a Geauga County humane officer. “You could tell they had gone a long time.”
A sixth cow was destroyed because it was too weak to stand.
The owners, Donald Morrow, 61, and Christina Morrow, 33, are charged with six counts each of cruelty to animals, Ms. Westman said.
An anonymous caller Wednesday to the Humane Society reported a barn full of starving cows in Middlefield Township, Ms. Westman said.
“They were just skin and bones,” Ms. Westman said. “The cows were emaciated.”
The Morrows offered no explanation for why they had not fed the cows, Ms. Westman said. They could not be reached for comment Saturday.
Sentence issued for video voyeur
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — A man who admitted to following two women to videotape under their skirts was ordered to continue getting psychiatric counseling, fined $200, and placed on five years' probation.
Gene Kelley, 50, of Toledo, was sentenced on Friday for voyeurism.
He was arrested at the Black Swamp Arts Festival in September after two women told police a man with a small, shoulder-strapped bag had been following them.
Police found in Mr. Kelley's car several videotapes, which he said he made at festivals including Riverfest in Toledo and the Ann Arbor Arts Festival in Michigan, said Bowling Green police Lt. Linda McCool.
Killer's hanging in prison ruled a suicide
YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County coroner's office ruled Friday that convicted killer Mark DiMarco, 20, of Parma, committed suicide at the Ohio State Penitentiary.
His attorneys had termed the death suspicious, saying Mr. DiMarco was optimistic about winning a new trial.
The autopsy found that Mr. DiMarco died of asphyxiation Thursday after hanging himself with a bedsheet.
“There was nothing unusual,” said Thomas Pappas, the coroner's investigator. “We're wrapping things up.”
Mr. DiMarco was serving a 94-years-to-life sentence for the 1996 kidnapping, rape and murder of Mary Jo Pesho, who was abducted from a shopping mall.
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