Friday, June 25, 1999
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Man faces DUI charge in fatal accident
MILFORD TOWNSHIP — A Camden woman was killed and a Somerville man critically injured in a crash Thursday that police think was ” alcohol-related.
Demetra Young, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Hamilton-Eaton Road just north of Harris Road.
She was a passenger in a northbound 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais that crashed into a tree around 2:40 a.m., a Butler County sheriff's report says.
Authorities identified the driver as Michael Webb, 40. He faces charges of driving under the influence, failure to control and driving without a seat belt, police said.
Mr. Webb remained in critical condition at Fort Hamilton Hospital Thursday afternoon.
Two injured in mobile home blast
MOUNT HEALTHY — Two people were injured Thursday night when an explosion and fire destroyed a mobile home in the Hazelhurst mobile home park on Hamilton Avenue.
A resident of the mobile home in the 8000 block of Hamilton Avenue suffered burns on his hand and arms and a neighbor suffered smoke inhalation. The fire was reported at 8:05 p.m., fire officials said. Fire investigators were still on the scene late Thursday.
Sunday music in Eden starts 1 hour earlier
Sunday night concerts at Eden Park will be moved to 7-9:30 p.m. effective this Sunday in an effort to address residents' complaints about noise and traffic. The concerts had been scheduled for 8-10:30 p.m. About 200 residents signed a petition complaining.
The city of Cincinnati is funding an eight-concert series at Seasongood Pavilion. in the park at a cost of $87,000 to keep cruising teen-agers from migrating to Short Vine in Corryville on Sundays.
Councilman Tyrone Yates is also recommending car stereo/boom box noise signs be posted in the concert area, along with additional portable toilets and better traffic management. Other suggestions include shuttle service, remote parking and relocating the concerts to Sawyer Point.
Mr. Yates said he plans to discuss the issues with city administrators and police prior to a Monday hearing.
Man accused of assaulting cops
A Price Hill man was indicted Thursday on charges of assaulting police officers who attempted to arrest him for questioning in a burglary case.
Kahn Fredrick, 23, faces two counts of assault on a police officer and one count of aggravated robbery.
Prosecutors say Mr. Fredrick broke the nose of one of the officers and attempted to grab the other officer's handgun at Mr. Fredrick's apartment on Elberon Avenue in Price Hill.
After his arrest later on June 16, prosecutors say, Mr. Fredrick told police he resisted because he “wasn't going to jail and miss his baby's birthday.”
They say Mr. Fredrick knocked one officer down a flight of stairs as he reached for the other officer's gun. The officer wrestled the gun away from Mr. Fredrick, who then ran away.
Mr. Fredrick, who was arrested a short time later, could face up to 13 years in prison if convicted.
Middletown hospital plans phone repairs
An upgrade of the telephone system could mean people trying to call Middletown Regional Hospital early Sunday and again on July 11 may get a busy signal and be delayed reaching their party.
The hospital has outgrown its telephone system and needs increased capacity and new equipment to become Y2K compliant, said Deborah Freitag, hospital communications coordinator.
There are two planned telephone shutdowns, 2 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday and the same hours July 11. During that time, as new telephone and data trunks are added, all external routine calls will be routed through a single line. That number is (513) 424-2111.Hospital officials do not want callers to be alarmed if they have trouble getting through.
Sunday concert will raise ALS awareness
Guitarist Ronnie Montrose, along with the Kelly Richey Band, Goshorn Brothers, Big In Iowa, Jason Allen Phelps and Last Man to Fly, are scheduled to perform a free concert 2-9 p.m. Sunday at Winton Woods' Parky's Farm.
Guitarist Kyle Hahn of Trenton, who is disabled by Lou Gehrig's disease, arranged the concert to help increase awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Mr. Hahn was recently seen on 60 Minutes in a segment about People with ALS (PALS).
Mr. Hahn's post-ALS composition, “MAGIK” aired on that segment and will be included in the debut benefit CD Kyle Hahn, friends.
For information, call Terry Frank, ALS March of Faces, (513) 988-0796.
Ex-cop gets prison for sexual abuse of kids
COLUMBUS — A former Dayton police officer has been sentenced to prison for raping two boys and molesting a girl in Franklin County.
Roy J. Kniffen was sentenced to 24 years to life by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge James J. O'Grady for raping a boy four times in 1997 and to a term of 20 to 50 years for two counts of raping another boy in 1995.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge of gross sexual imposition.
Mr. Kniffen will serve the combined sentences, plus an eight-year term remaining on his 1997 conviction in a Montgomery County court for molesting two Dayton-area boys.
Mr. Kniffen was living in Franklin County when sheriff's deputies there joined Vandalia police in investigating the rape of a boy in Vandalia.
Columbus may put limits on chiefs' terms
COLUMBUS — Voters may be asked to decide on the November ballot whether the Columbus police and fire chiefs should have five-year terms rather than unlimited appointments.
The city council is likely to vote next month to put the proposal on the ballot, Council President Michael Coleman said after the plan got the unanimous endorsement Wednesday of the Charter Review Committee.
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Boone sheriff, state prosecutor switching parties
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