Thursday, February 25, 1999
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Ex-treasurer pleads to police union theft
A man accused of stealing from a private police union is facing up to 18 months in jail.
Prosecutors say Willard Wright, 37, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of theft for taking about $7,000 from the Private Police Union Local 1313. Judge Robert Kraft of Hamilton County Common Pleas Court set sentencing for March 25.
Mr. Wright, former treasurer of the group, was charged with writing 27 unauthorized checks to himself.
Prosecutors say union officials discovered the money was missing when businesses began to complain that their bills had not been paid.
1 sentenced, 1 convicted in summer robberies
Hamilton County prosecutors are beginning to close cases in a string of aggravated robberies last summer at small businesses.
• Kenneth Singleton Jr., 19, was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison. The Bond Hill man was identified as one of the group's ringleaders. He was found guilty of kidnapping, aggravated robbery and robbery.
• Aaron Bolden, 17, of Norwood, whose case was bound over to adult court, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of aggravated robbery for a July 31 robbery of the Paddock Road Beer Drive Thru in Bond Hill. A clerk was shot in the arm. Sentencing is scheduled for March 25.
• Errich Mincy, 20, of Kennedy Heights, charged in the June heist of J&K Pony Keg in Pleasant Ridge, is scheduled to go to trial next month on two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of robbery.
Teen charged with shooting West End man Cincinnati police have charged a 14-year-old boy with felonious assault for allegedly shooting a West End man in the stomach.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is not naming the boy because of his age. His case will go before Hamilton County Juvenile Court.
The shooting occurred about 2 p.m. Tuesday on the 1300 block of Linn Street. James Murphy, 29, was in critical condition at University Hospital. Police said his injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
Governments, schools improve Y2K response
COLUMBUS — Local governments and school districts have improved their response to
the threat of Year 2000 computer glitches, State Auditor Jim Petro said Wednesday, but they should demand proof that their systems will be OK.
Mr. Petro briefed the Ohio House Technology and Elections Committee and brought along the latest results of his ongoing survey about the state of readiness for the arrival of the next century.
Mr. Petro's survey, conducted during the last three weeks, found that 28 percent of schools and local governments had not appointed a “Y2K” manager. That number is down from the 47 percent that had not appointed a manager in a survey taken in November.
Campaign to help Children's Hospital
A corporate group hopes to raise $205,000 to upgrade equipment for a “mobile intensive care unit” for Children's Hospital Medical Center.
The Corporate Leadership Council, a group that supports projects at the hospital, will begin its campaign Monday. The money would be used to buy new equipment for a pediatric transport unit that hauls about 800 sick infants and children a year from community hospitals to Children's Hospital's intensive care unit. The equipment would include a system to provide nitric oxide to critically ill newborns with heart disease or respiratory failure.
For information about the campaign, call 636-4561.
Workshop will address suspected child abuse
The Friends of Avoise, a volunteer advocacy group of the Talbert House, is hosting a workshop Friday to address the clinical, legal and scientific issues surrounding the evaluation of suspected cases of child abuse.
Dr. David Corwin will make a presentation during the 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. workshop at the Medical Education & Research Center of Bethesda Hospital.
Dr. Corwin is director of child forensic psychiatry and the Childhood Trust Training Institute in the University of Cincinnati's Department of Psychiatry and Children's Hospital.
Friends of Avoise, partly funded by the city of Cincinnati and the Hamilton County Community Mental Health Board, provides treatment to young victims of sexual abuse and family members.
For information, call Dawn Restaino at 221-4266.
Rename Sabin? His wife hopes no
Dr. Sabin gave his name; he did not sell it
Indiana man arrested in church fires
Fire door saved church, marked suspect
School board vows to fight for Ten Commandments
Youngsters a tad fuzzy on their thou-shalts
Riverfront should be fun, people tell planning group
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Convention center expansion has critic
Minister's spouse accuses ex-wife of pushing allegations
Passerby saves sinking motorist
State probe of gas explosion says CG&E violated regulations
Strong-mayor plan still one vote shy of making ballot
Bride, er, moose is wearing white
Bus drivers to return today
Crazy to be Cowboys
Hill gets record haul of Grammys
Grammy winners
Pilarczyk: Faith needs practice to stay vital
Convention center's unsung hero
Abandoned baby's mom faces more mental tests
Berry wrote he found peace
Biblical group shares its plans
Business aims to help schools as area grows
DNA clears dead man in killing
Fire at Scout camp considered suspect
Florence says 'no' to new hotel
Group adopts ship named for MU grad
Husband remains jailed in attack on wife
Lower profile pleases Boehner
Man found with teen faces court
Man who allegedly corrupted girl, 16, in jail
Parents, students back charter school
Portman's red-tape-cutting act OK'd
80-plus railroad track crossers cited
Senator joins push for safety wall
'Thunder' to hit Broadway
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Warren reduces welfare cost 87%
West Chester concept OK'd
