Tuesday, May 04, 1999
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Piano team's concert to aid in scholarship
MONTGOMERY — The duo-piano team Shawn Daly and Joe Galyon will perform a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at Church of the Saviour United Methodist Church in Montgomery to benefit Ryan Cook, 18, a freshman at the University of Dayton.
Ryan's parents, Jacque and Lee Cook, were killed when a tornado struck their Cornell Road home April 9. An offering will be taken to help fund the Jacque and Lee Cook Memorial Scholarship Fund at the University of Dayton.
Mr. Daly and Mr. Galyon will perform works by Clementi, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Theodore Chandler and Wallingford Riegger. They will perform on two Baldwin concert grand pianos provided by Karen Hendricks, chief executive officer of Baldwin Piano & Organ Co., and a member of the church.
For information, call 791-3142, Ext. 20.
Man charged with menacing firefighters
HAMILTON — A Hamilton man faces charges after allegedly interfering with firefighters who were trying to extinguish a blaze at his home Sunday.
Gary Dwayne Riley, 34, of 1419 Parkamo Ave. was arrested after an alleged altercation with city firefighters at his home. The incident occurred around 10 p.m., firefighters told police.
“The suspect became belligerent and tried to grab the hose out of the firefighters' hands,” a police report says. “The suspect then told them that they had better get off of his property because he was going inside to get a shotgun.”
Mr. Riley, who is charged with aggravated menacing and misconduct at an emergency, was scheduled to appear in Hamilton Municipal Court today.
Hamilton man pleads not guilty to murder
HAMILTON — Christopher Hubbard, accused of choking his girlfriend to death and driving her body to Tennessee, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of murder and gross abuse of a corpse.
Judge H.J. Bressler of Butler County Common Pleas Court set his bond at $1 million.
Mr. Hubbard, 19, is accused of killing 18-year-old Jill Sexton on March 22. Ms. Sexton's friends said she had been trying to break up with Mr. Hubbard because he had become increasingly abusive and possessive. She was a senior at Hamilton High School.
Police discovered Ms. Sexton's decomposed body in her car in Decatur, Tenn. Her body had been hidden under comforters and a suitcase, police said.
Middletown drowning victim recovered
MIDDLETOWN — A passer-by walking along the Great Miami River on Monday spotted the body of a 42-year-old Middletown man who disappeared a week ago.
Family members positively identified the remains as those of William E. Heavrin, 42, of Middletown, said Patricia Randolph, the Butler County coroner's chief investigator. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
Mr. Heavrin was presumed drowned last week in the midst of a swimming contest involving him and a companion.
Police from Middletown, the Butler County sheriff's office and Campbell County had searched every day for the past week, said Brad Kraemer, sheriff's spokesman. The passer-by spotted the body around 11 a.m. near the Ninth Avenue spillway, Ms. Randolph said.
"Most Wanted' list suspect arrested
Another “Tristate's Most Wanted” suspect has been arrested, bringing the total to 762 suspects removed from the list of the 1,185 suspects featured in The Cincinnati Enquirer.
• Richard Allen, 46, of Over-the-Rhine was arrested Monday on a charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle.
The Enquirer publishes “Tristate's Most Wanted” each Monday. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Callers to 352-3040 can remain anonymous.
Winkler sworn in as municipal court judge
Ralph E. Winkler was sworn in Monday as a judge in Hamilton County Municipal Court.
Mr. Winkler, the son of appeals court Judge Ralph Winkler, was appointed by Ohio Gov. Bob Taft to replace former Municipal Court Judge Mark Schweikert.
Judge Schweikert's seat was open because he recently left to become a judge in common pleas court. Judge Schweikert took the seat previously occupied by the elder Ralph Winkler, who went to Ohio's 1st District Court of Appeals.
Ralph E. Winkler had been an assistant prosecutor in Hamilton County before his appointment to municipal court.
Police look into reports of public indecency
HAMILTON — Hamilton police are investigating reports of public indecency near a school.
Officials of the Hope School, 725 Campbell Ave., on Friday reported that a man has been exposing himself to female students and fondles himself in front of the students, a police report says.
No arrests had been made as of Monday, Hamilton police said.
Bog system to become state nature preserve
AKRON, Ohio — One of Ohio's largest remaining bog systems will become a state nature preserve to be managed by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the state.
The museum is paying $320,000 to two families for 80 acres of property, with more than $100,000 coming from federally mandated fees paid by contractors who built elsewhere in wetlands.
Despite its name, Singer Lake is actually seven narrow bogs stretching 1.1 miles between Akron and Canton.
Seven hospitalized after school bus crash
DAYTON, Ohio — Seven people, including four schoolchildren, were taken to hospitals after a school bus crash Monday.
The bus was taking youngsters home from Meadowdale Elementary School when the accident occurred on the city's west side, said Jill Moberley, spokeswoman for Dayton Public Schools. There were 40 children on the bus.
None of the four children had life-threatening injuries, Ms. Moberley said. Three adults who were in cars involved in the accident were expected to be treated and released.
Hub can jet you 'anywhere'
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Fifth Third divvies up the pie
Aquarium traffic flow a concern
Can parents utter hardest word of all?
FOP to rally against Shirey
FWW closure smooth first day
Idea for storm shelter becomes big business
Voinovich: U.S. should end bombing campaign, make bid for peace
Lindner's party: 500 good friends
Angelou extols power of poetry
Butler Co. touts self in new guide
Cincinnati Boychoir sings to buy fire doors
CSO will take music to children
Hamilton clinics are forced to close doors
Man gets 30 years in murder
Mother on tape: 'I just panicked'
Rosenthals shift priorities
With cost estimates in, Middletown sirens no sure thing
Assistant takes over at schools
Campbell facing budget cuts
Murder-for-hire scheme alleged
Prosecutor, cop to confer on racy video
Renovated library to reopen
Sycamore project could plug wet-basement woes
Bond doubled for DUI offender
Caywood children parade
Ex-clerk in Fairview indicted
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Three indicted on weapons charges
Judge drops bribery charge in ex-officer Knight's case
Loyal clerk wins award
Police sweep nabs 37 on drug charges
Price Hill landlord must pay damages HOME case
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Volunteer award named for Kelly Chambers
