Monday, June 21, 1999
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Avondale man dies in Clifton Ave. crash
A medical condition might have contributed to a crash in which a 47-year-old Avondale man died in University Heights, Cincinnati police said Sunday.
Jerald Simmons, 47, of Windham Avenue, was northbound on Clifton Avenue at 8:36 p.m. Saturday when he failed to keep “an assured distance,” police said. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver of the other vehicle involved, Rex Wood, 41, of Ohio Avenue in University Heights, was not injured.
Details of the crash were uncertain and the cause remained under investigation.
Pair arrested after car purse-snatching
NORWOOD — Two New Castle, Pa., men were charged in a purse snatching in the 2100 block of Cameron Avenue at 4:31 p.m. Saturday.
Roger Karnes, 37, was charged with robbery, menacing and aggravated menacing.
Police said he walked up to a woman who was standing by the driver's side of a vehicle, told her to move, reached in and stole her purse.
He then jumped into a getaway vehicle, officers said.
Police stopped the vehicle, but the officers' report did not make clear whether the woman's purse was recovered.
Mr. Karnes also was charged with menacing the owner of Barbour's Grocery on Norwood Avenue and with aggravated menacing involving a clerk at a BP gas station at Norwood Avenue and Montgomery Road.
Rocky Grim, 40, was charged with complicity to robbery, theft and numerous traffic violations from Hamilton County.
Police said he drove the getaway car and stole a carton of cigarettes from the BP station.
15-year-old injured in motorcycle crash
A 15-year-old Sayler Park boy was upgraded to fair condition at Children's Hospital Medical Center Sunday following a 3 a.m. motorcycle crash in Sayler Park.
Cincinnati police said Edward Lucas lost control on Gracely Drive and struck a light post in the 6500 block of River Road.
He was initially listed in serious condition at Children's. Anyone with information is asked to call the police traffic division at 352-2514 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Man arrested in shooting incident
An East End man was charged with felonious assault Sunday after Cincinnati police said he shot someone outside his home.
Police said Ronald Clay, 55, of the 3200 block of Eastern Avenue, told them he heard someone at 12:45 a.m. and called for the person to come out from between his and a neighbor's home.
When the person did not appear, Mr. Clay fired once, police said, and one shotgun pellet struck the person in the leg.
Mr. Clay also was held on warrants charging unauthorized use of a vehicle and a traffic violation and was held in the Hamilton County Justice Center without bond.
10 people arrested at DUI checkpoint
HAMILTON — Ten people were arrested after police surveyed 1,013 vehicles during a DUI checkpoint from 9 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday at the Butler County Garage on Ohio 4 and Fairgrove Avenue.
The purpose of the checkpoint was to raise public awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving and to serve as a deterrent, according to a news release from the Hamilton Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The checkpoint was conducted jointly by troopers, the Butler County Sheriff's Office and the Hamilton Police Department.
There were three DUI arrrests, six plain-view drug arrests and one open-container arrest, the release said.
While there were few arrests in proportion to the number of vehicles surveyed, sheriff's spokesman Bradley Kraemer said, “I think anytime you remove someone that's under the influence on the road, I think that's a success in and of itself.”
Columbus, too, now has manatee exhibit
COLUMBUS — Gene, Hurricane, Dundee and Comet are ready for visitors.
The four West Indian manatees go on display today at the Columbus Zoo in their new home, Manatee Coast. They arrived from Florida two weeks ago.
The $10.5 million exhibit features a 190,000-gallon pool that depicts a mangrove waterway. Large windows allow visitors to view the manatees underwater.
With four manatees in Columbus and two at the recently opened exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio has the most manatees outside of Florida.
The Columbus and Cincinnati zoos were in a friendly competition to see which would be the first northern home to warm-water manatees.
Cincinnati's exhibit opened May 21.
Columbus' exhibit was delayed several weeks because of leaks in the tanks.
Jury deliberating abduction, rape case
DAYTON, Ohio — Jurors will resume deliberations today in the trial of a man charged with the abduction and rape of a Tennessee woman.
Jurors recessed for the weekend after closing arguments were completed Friday in the Montgomery County Common Pleas trial of Kevin Caes.
Mr. Caes, 34, of Clarksville, Tenn., is charged with kidnapping, rape, felonious assault on a police officer and having a dangerous ordnance. He pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
Assistant Prosecutor David Franceschelli insisted Friday that Mr. Caes was sane and responsible when he kidnapped and repeatedly raped and tortured a 25-year-old Nashville, Tenn., woman he held captive between July 17 and Aug. 20, 1997.
“He fed her like some animal in a jungle once a day,” Mr. Franceschelli said. The woman told sheriff's deputies she had been bound and gagged in the basement of Mr. Caes' parents' home in Harrison Township near Dayton. The woman was found handcuffed, shackled, gagged and tethered in a basement bedroom after she triggered a wire alarm with a razor blade held in her mouth.
Mr. Caes arrived at the house shortly after deputies discovered the woman and led them on a chase. Police found gunpowder and bomb-making material in the basement.
14,000 Women of Faith gather in Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Gund Arena was packed this weekend with 14,000 women who gathered for two days of prayer, song and motivational speeches.
They were members of Women of Faith, a growing Christian women's movement that seeks to bolster the self-esteem of evangelical women.
The idea began with Stephen Arterburn, chairman of New Life Clinics, a Christian mental health care provider.
He envisioned a women's movement that would rely on popular Christian speakers.
In 1996, Women of Faith drew 30,000 people to 10 conferences. In 1997, it drew 160,000 people to 15 events. Last year, there were 320,000 people at 28 events.
This year, the group anticipates 400,000 people at 25 rallies.
“It's a time of like minds getting together and being encouraging. Having a break from family and kids and stressors and just relaxing for a day or two,” said Betty Fulks, 36, of Athens.
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