Friday, May 07, 1999
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Springfield Twp. man being held in rapes
A Springfield Township man will be held in jail in lieu of $900,000 bond after pleading not guilty Thursday to charges of raping teen-agers.
Arthur Crumpley Jr., 28, faces three counts of rape, three counts of attempted rape and three counts of gross sexual imposition.
Prosecutors say the charges stem from three incidents in 1998 involving girls and young women ranging in age from 13 to 19.
Police, who have described Mr. Crumpley as a serial rapist, say he is a smooth-talking man who picks up women and then turns violent.
Although prosecutors requested bond of $300,000, Common Pleas Judge Steven Martin ordered the defendant held on $900,000 bond.
Mr. Crumpley was indicted on the charges last year but was not arrested until the Violent Crimes Task Force caught up with him earlier this week.
2-year-old recovering after being hit by car
A 2-year-old Winton Terrace girl was released from Children's Hospital Medical Center on Thursday after being hit by a car the night before.
Dominique Williams of the 500 block of Dutch Colony Drive improved from serious condition to being well enough to be released.
Driver Willie Allbright Jr., 36, of Price Hill struck her about 9:10 p.m. as she was crossing the street. No charges have been filed. The Cincinnati Police Division is investigating.
Grant will train nurses for sexual assault cases
The University of Cincinnati will use a $96,400 grant to train up to 40 nurses in Northern Kentucky on the proper ways to gather evidence in sexual assault cases.
The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program teaches nurses how to perform physical examinations, counsel victims, collect evidence, and work with local police and prosecutors.
Since starting in late 1998 at University Hospital, the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program already has created a 22 percent increase in reporting of sexual assaults.
The grant, from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, will train nurses at St. Elizabeth and St. Luke hospitals and provide follow-up care for victims through the Women's Crisis Centers in Covington and Florence.
Respect for Law Camp seeking students
OXFORD — Applications are being accepted for the fourth annual Respect for Law Camp at Miami University's Oxford campus.
The camp, held June 25-27, “improves self-esteem and self-confidence while teaching the campers self-discipline, self-respect and most of all, respect for law,” a brochure says.
Sponsored by the Butler County Chiefs of Police Association, the camp is open to children in grades 6-8.
Registration, which costs $75 and is due by June 8, is limited to the first 120 campers. Scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Information: Oxford Police Department, 524-5270.
7 arrested in alleged check fraud scheme
Hamilton County sheriff's deputies arrested seven Cincinnati women Thursday on charges of participating in a check fraud scheme that allegedly netted more than $190,000.
Prosecutors say the women cashed stolen or duplicated payroll checks from at least six Greater Cincinnati businesses, including Cintas, Holiday Inn and two car dealerships.
A grand jury indicted the women last week but the charges remained sealed until their arrest Thursday. Two others — Vickie Jackson, 42, of the West End, and Tasha Hudson, 26, of Cincinnati — still are being sought by police.
Arrested were: Holcenya Dye, 39, of Cincinnati, Diana King, 25, of Mount Airy, Jennifer King, 20, of Cincinnati, Jowana Nelson, 30, of the West End, Dina Terrell, 38, of Mount Lookout, Leayonka Graber, 22, of Cincinnati, and Charlet Bonner, 31, of the West End.
All nine women are charged with theft and forgery.
Norwood man arrested for downloaded photos
SHARONVILLE — A 57-year-old Norwood man was arrested Thursday and charged with possessing nude photos of children that had been downloaded from the Internet to his personal computer.
Police charged William Martin Stroup of the 5300 block of Carthage Avenue with three counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, a fifth-degree felony.
Mr. Stroup was arrested Thursday morning in the 11700 block of Mosteller Road, police said.
Police report damage after Thursday storms
Some police and fire departments in Hamilton County reported minor damage and inconveniences caused by Thursday afternoon's storm.
High winds and fallen tree limbs caused some power outages in Springfield Township, where some traffic signals malfunctioned, resulting in traffic tie-ups.
Springfield Township Fire Chief Rob Leininger said tree limbs knocked down some power lines, and firefighters isolated those areas, making sure no one went near the wires until work crews from Cincinnati Gas & Electric could respond.
The traffic signal at one intersection in Madeira was out for a time, and some wires were reported down in Cheviot, but there were no injuries or fires caused by the downed lines.
A Mount Healthy police dispatcher said trees were down in that community, and road crews were working on the cleanup, while high winds triggered intrusion alarms in Evendale.
Other communities reported tree limbs down, and Blue Ash police said a tree limb landed on a parked car on Lake Forest Drive, but no one was injured.
Prosecutor appointed in alleged abuse case
INDIANAPOLIS — A judge approved the appointment of a special prosecutor Thursday to investigate a 9-year-old girl's accusation that longtime Marion County GOP Chairman John Sweezy sexually abused her. Mr. Sweezy denies the allegation.
The girl made the allegations a week ago after she had attended a sex abuse lecture at her elementary school, sheriff's officials said. She told them it happened five or six times at his house.
The girl's father told the Indianapolis Star that his daughter's story is not believable. “She is a chronic fabricator or liar,” he said.
Glenn donates home for museum in Ohio
NEW CONCORD, Ohio — John Glenn has donated memorabilia. Now he's giving up his boyhood home.
He will donate the two-story, three-bedroom home to alma mater Muskingum College on Sunday for part of a John and Annie Glenn Historic Site and Exploration Center. The museum will tell the story of 20th century American history through the context of the Glenns' lives.
The transfer on Sunday will be symbolic, following Mrs. Glenn's commencement speech. The home will be moved at an undetermined date from Friendship Drive the nearly one mile to central New Concord.
Mr. Glenn, 77, retired from the U.S. Senate last year after 24 years.
In November, he took a trip on the space shuttle and became the oldest person to fly in space. The flight was 36 years after he became the first American to orbit the Earth.
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