Saturday, February 20, 1999
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Judge finds Calif. man guilty in fatal wreck
A Sacramento, Calif., man was found guilty Friday of causing the death of his best friend in a car wreck.
A judge declared William Dinger, 26, guilty after he pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide.
Mr. Dinger will be sentenced March 12 by Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Arthur Ney.
Police said his friend, 26-year-old David Chase of Madeira, was a passenger in the 1998 GMC Sonoma that Mr. Dinger was driving.
The accident occurred shortly before 2:30 a.m. Dec. 30 in the 9300 block of McKinney Road in Symmes Township. Mr. Dinger, who was uninjured, struck a tree broadside.
Man with probation monitor arrested
MIAMI TOWNSHIP — Luck ran out for a Van Wert County man Thursday who police say ran away from his probation officer Wednesday with an electronic monitoring bracelet attached to his ankle.
David Scott Taylor, 20, was arrested by Miami Township police at his grandfather's house after police received a tip.
The grandfather, John Taylor of the 6000 block of Buckwheat Road, is facing obstruction of justice charges because he told police his grandson was not there.
“He had a pretty bad day,” said Miami Township Police Chief Steve Bailey.
David Taylor was serving a 180-day sentence on convictions of theft, bad checks and a failure to appear in court on a driving license suspension charges.
Chief Bailey said he had served a week in jail and was put on probation. “When he visited his probation officer, he failed a urine test,” Chief Bailey said. “I guess he figured it was time to take off.”
Forest Park man charged in drug sting
UNION TOWNSHIP — A Forest Park man was arrested in Union Township Thursday night after allegedly selling drugs to an undercover agent of the Clermont County Drug Unit.
Drug unit agents said they arrested Cholly E. Moses, 23, of the 11000 Block of Quail Ridge Drive after buying 2.5 ounces of cocaine in a parking lot of the Motel 6 in the 3900 block of Nine Mile Road.
Mr. Moses was charged with trafficking in cocaine, a third-degree felony. He was in lieu of a $10,000 bond in the Clermont Jail.
Optometrist indicted on new sex charge
Two weeks after he pleaded guilty to fondling children during eye exams, an optometrist was indicted Friday on a charge involving another girl.
Muhammad Akhtar now is accused of having improper contact with five children.
Prosecutors said the new charge of gross sexual imposition involves an 11-year-old girl.
Mr. Akhtar pleaded guilty last month to six counts of gross sexual imposition involving girls who ranged in age from 10 to 15 years old. Mr. Akhtar, 34, faces up to 13 years in prison.
Prosecutors said two of the counts involved a 15-year-old who was told by Mr. Akhtar to pull up her blouse and remove her bra. They said he then touched the girl's breasts.
They said the other counts involved similar conduct by Mr. Akhtar during eye exams between July and October 1998.
Man indicted in I-275 crash that killed one
A California man was indicted Friday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal car crash last week.
Robert Baxter, 39, is accused of driving drunk on Feb. 12 when he lost control of his car on Interstate 275. Police say he struck an eastbound car driven by Jefferson Taylor, who died at the scene.
Mr. Taylor, 51, of Taylor Mill, was driving on I-275 near Pippen Road when he was killed.
Mr. Baxter faces one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated vehicular assault.
Newborn slain, buried; teen mom arrested
CLEVELAND — A 16-year-old girl charged with killing her newborn baby and burying it in her back yard was arrested Friday.
The South Euclid girl, whose name was not released, turned herself in to authorities Friday morning, South Euclid police detective David Volek said.
The girl was charged Thursday as a juvenile with murder, child endangering and gross abuse of a corpse.
Accused murderer, 13, remorseless,sayswitness
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — A 13-year-old murder suspect told a neighbor that his 5-year-old playmate deserved to die, according to court testimony.
Tami Eckert testified Thursday that she was “overwhelmed” by Anthony Harris' comments after she told him and her stepson that Devan Duniver had been found stabbed to death. Anthony is on trial in Tuscarawas County Juvenile Court for allegedly killing Devan on June 27.
“Anthony said she was mean to him,” Ms. Eckert testified. “He said she was a brat. He said she called him names and had thrown a brick at him one time. He said she deserved what she got.”
Ms. Eckert said she reprimanded him by saying a “5-year-old baby” doesn't deserve to die.
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