Friday, April 16, 1999
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Businessman pleads guilty to fraud charge
Price Hill businessman Richard Elliot Siegel pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of interstate transportation of goods taken by fraud.
U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel ordered him held for sentencing in midyear.
Prosecutor Christopher K. Barnes said Mr. Siegel, 40, of Cappel Drive, ordered about $1.4 million worth of goods that he did not intend to pay for. When he did pay, if often was with bad checks.
Mr. Siegel sold the goods in stores he owned or operated, the government said.
Man pleads guilty to killing brother
Smittie Peterson pleaded guilty Thursday to causing the death of his brother during a fight in North Fairmount.
Mr. Peterson, 24, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after prosecutors dropped a murder charge against him. He faces three to 10 years in prison and is to be sentenced May 6 by Judge Mark Schweikert of Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
Police have said Mr. Peterson choked to death his 33-year-old brother, Maurice, during an argument Dec. 5. Prosecutors described the argument as a “verbal altercation” that escalated.
Man guilty of sexual assault of toddler
A Riverside man is facing five years in prison for assaulting his girlfriend's 22-month-old son.
Shawn Garrison, 23, pleaded guilty Thursday to gross sexual imposition and felonious assault. He entered the plea in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court after prosecutors agreed to drop a rape charge.
Police arrested Mr. Garrison in December. The child also suffered cracked ribs and a broken shoulder. In court Wednesday, Mr. Garrison told Judge Arthur Ney he was guilty of gross sexual imposition.
Mr. Tieger said the plea deal includes an agreed sentence of five years, plus three years' probation following his release. Judge Ney said he would sentence Mr. Garrison on May 17.
"Gospel of Life' program at McAuley
The St. Margaret Mary Deanery of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is sponsoring an evening of spiritual reflection on “The Gospel of Life” with the Rev. Frank Pavone, international director of Priests for Life, at 7:30 p.m. today at McAuley High School auditorium.
Father Pavone, an official of the Pontifical Council for the Family in Vatican City, coordinates pro-life activities throughout the world. Information, 741-5300.
12 to be recognized as Unsung Heroes
Twelve people will receive Unsung Hero Awards todayat the Hyatt Regency Hotel, downtown.
They are: Gwen Hambrick, Ricardo Hicks and Sherry Pates, all of Avondale; Habeebah Rasheed and Rebecca Nored, both of Mount Auburn; Jeff Kitchen and Hanna Thomas, both of College Hill; Robert Jones and Carlyle Williams, both of Evanston; Donald Whitehead of Over-the-Rhine, Cheryl Wright-Lavender of Springdale, and Carolyn Mitchell of Bond Hill;
The award is sponsored by radio station WIZF-FM (100.9) and the Blue Chip Broadcasting Co. Foundation. It is given to those who quietly work on issues and concerns in the African-American community.
Author conducts seminar on wood-shaping skills
Lonnie Bird, author of The Shaper Book and director of the woodworking department at Rio Grande College, Rio Grande, Ohio, will demonstrate wood-shaping techniques in a seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the E.B. Mueller Machinery Co., 101 E. Benson Road, Reading.
Fee: $35. For reservations and information, call 941-0365 between 7 and 9 p.m. today. Sponsor: Cincinnati Woodworking Club.
Police recruits pass random drug tests
Cincinnati's police recruits have passed the division's latest round of random drug tests. All 26 of the 52 police recruits tested March 23 were negative for drugs, said Lt. Roger Wolf, the division's spokesman.
“The drug-testing program is a continuing effort by the police division to foster community confidence in the police division as well as its personnel,” he said.
West Clermont pupils hurt in bus crash
AMELIA — About a half-dozen West Clermont middle school students suffered minor injuries Thursday when two of the school district's buses collided at Olive Branch Road and Ohio 125.
“It was reported to me as a minor accident,” West Clermont Superintendent Dennis Devine said Thursday night.
The crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. at the Clermont County intersection, about 5 miles west of Amelia. Six to eight students complained of stiff necks and were examined at area hospitals, Mr. Devine said.
The Clermont County Sheriff's Department said the crash remained under investigation.
Archbishop treated coolly at prayer service for gays
DAYTON, Ohio — Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk got a cool reception after a prayer service to inaugurate the Roman Catholic Church's new ministry for homosexuals and their families.
The service was held Wednesday night at St. Peter Church in suburban Huber Heights. Archbishop Pilarczyk said that while homosexuality is “not a good or healthy or desirable tendency” and that gays should abstain from sex, they should not be discriminated against.
But many in the audience objected to Archbishop Pilarczyk's description of gays as “objectively disordered.”
“I really question if this is going to cause a reconciliation,” Ann Wilger, regional director of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, told the archbishop.
FOP head wants city manager's decision investigated
Feds seize handguns, arrest supremacist
Major crimes keep going down
Plaque would note Sultana's hellish end
Company-owned defibrillator used saved employee
County pushes for 2nd drug court
Fernald uranium will be moved
Ice cream issue to cool for a month
Used-car bargain hunters get taken for a ride
Day care for dogs
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Scholars are skeptical Jeses was a vegetarian
Baskets carry woman's self-confidence
Ky. debates how to split 606 code
Lucas to avoid GOP's top hope
World Peace Bell starts world tour
35-year prison term for killer, 16
Alley may be named for dance teacher
Clermont urged to push out strippers
Council tries to replace clinics
Covington prisoner's escape mystifies jailers
Detours necessary to eastbound U.S. 50
Dispute settled over child-support fees
Driver charged in crash that killed passenger
New citizens debut on Net
Ruckus raised over development
School nurse doled out love
Seniors who passed Ohio test can expect $500 voucher soon
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