Monday, June 14, 1999
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Baby found dead in Hamilton home
HAMILTON — Police are investigating the death of an infant found Saturday at 502 Ross Ave.
Officers were sent to the residence at noon on a report of an infant not breathing. George W. Bowling III was found dead by police and fire personnel, according to a police news release.
Officer Dave Crawford, police public affairs officer, said Sunday that the case was under investigation. Coroner Dr. Richard Burkhardt had not ruled on a cause of death. No further information was available Sunday.
Officer Crawford said he did not know whether an autopsy had been conducted. Dr. Burkhardt could not be reached for comment.
Man held on charge of stealing documents
A downtown Cincinnati man wanted on an FBI warrant accusing him of stealing government documents was apprehended over the weekend and was being held without bond Sunday in the Hamilton County Justice Center.
Rick Trimble, 36, of the 200 block of Mulberry Street was apprehended at his residence at 12:20 p.m. Saturday. He is charged with theft of government documents.
Woman critically hurt in Hamilton accident
HAMILTON — A Cincinnati woman was in critical condition Sunday at University Hospital following an auto accident about 5 p.m. Friday at Main Street and Gardner Road.
Tiffany Rhodus, 18, had to be extracted from the front passenger seat of the vehicle and was flown by Air Care helicopter to the hospital, according to a police news release.
The driver, Kari Charles, 19, address unavailable, was taken to Fort Hamilton-Hughes Hospital in Hamilton, where she was treated and released.
Rear-seat passenger Kevin
Mikesell, 18, address unavailable, was taken to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, where he was treated and released. Police said another rear-seat passenger, Travis Sizemore, 20, address unavailable, also was injured. The news release said Mr. Sizemore also was taken to Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, but a hospital spokeswoman said there was no record of his having been treated.
The cause of the accident was under investigation.
Street vendor robbed; two men arrested
A North Avondale man and a West End man were charged with aggravated robbery of a sidewalk vendor's booth at 115 E. Fifth Street, downtown.
Ramone Tweedy, 24, of the 700 block of Greenwood Street, North Avondale, also was charged with disorderly conduct and was being held Sunday in the Hamilton County Justice Center on $5,500 bond.
A co-defendant, Deric Antoine, 26, of the 400 block of West Ninth Street, West End, also remained in the justice center, on $5,000 bond.
Two men and two juveniles surrounded the vendor at 5:40 p.m. Saturday and threatened to stab and beat her unless she gave them money, police said. They stole about $30. A knife was recovered from the scene.
Aggravated robbery is a first-degree felony.
Smoke detector helps keep blaze to minimum
An upstairs neighbor's smoke detector was credited with minimizing a Sunday morning fire that caused $20,000 damage to a two-family wood-frame home in Oakley, Cincinnati fire officials said.
The fire at 3403 Alamo Ave. broke out at 12:13 a.m. in the rear room of the first-floor unit. A resident of the second-floor heard her smoke alarm and called 911. The fire was confined to the room where it started. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
Harrison man found shot to death at home
A 23-year-old Harrison man was fatally shot Saturday night, and police continued Sunday to investigate.
Timothy Herzner of the 10500 block of Winding Way was pronounced dead at Franciscan Medical Center at 10:22 p.m. He was found in the second-floor hallway of his house with a single wound to his chest. A .357-caliber revolver was found in the residence.
Mr. Herzner lived in the home with his parents, but they were not home when the shooting occurred.
A next-door neighbor and family friend, George McCamey, said Sunday that Mr. Herzner was working toward a degree in electronics.
The Hamilton County coroner's office declined to release information Sunday. Harrison police said the investigation was continuing.
Bill would repeal 1910 "work camp' law
NORTH FAIRFIELD, Ohio — New legislation would repeal a law that has made at least one farmer pay the medical bills of a possibly illegal migrant worker who was treated for tuberculosis.
The House and Senate have passed the bill, which is awaiting a decision from Gov. Bob Taft. The governor has not heard any opposition, said press secretary Scott Milburn.
The bill would repeal the 1910 law which forces the owners of “work camps” to pay for their employees' treatment of contagious or infectious diseases.
The issue came up last summer, when a worker at a Huron County farm contracted tuberculosis, received $10,000 in treatment at a Norwalk hospital and returned to Mexico.
Martin Tremmel, health commissioner of the Huron County General Health District, did not want the county to pay the bill, because he was worried it could start a trend. Medicaid would not cover the costs because the worker probably was an illegal immigrant, Mr. Tremmel said.
So Mr. Tremmel found the 1910 law to make farm owner Doug Walcher pay.
Investment flows into recreation
River freight traffic still growing
Drunken-driving arrests declining
'Worm' still eating computer data
Sales flying high as Flag Day is observed
Voice mail's as hot as the weather
Comedy Central's new lineup bad vs. good
Construction zone is dangerous place for workers
Cool down: skies plan on it
Getting his street smarts
2 guilty pleas are expected in killing
Picturing Hamilton in 2020
Schools update systems
Concours d'Elegance
Council field may be large in Mason
Crescent Park in final days
Pianist, CSO unite for a double delight
Section of roof collapses at store; 2 employees hurt
Spectacular feet
Summer series provides free music
Trumpeter rocks Dayton with hot night of jazz
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