Thursday, November 04, 1999
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Collision kills one driver, injures one
HAMILTON — Police on Wednesday investigated a two-car crash that killed one man and injured a woman in the 1100 block of South Erie Highway Tuesday night.
The crash, which occurred about 9 p.m. Tuesday, involved vehicles driven by Charles T. Jeffries, 22, of Hamilton, and Melissa E. Myers, 28, of Hamilton.
Details of the accident were not released, but police said the fire department took Mr. Jeffries to Mercy Hospital Hamilton, where he died in the emergency room.
Ms. Myers was taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital. She was listed in fair condition Wednesday.
Officer Dave Crawford said the investigation is continuing.
Police investigate abduction, rape
Police are investigating the report of an abduction and rape of a 32-year-old woman who said she was attacked by a man with a screwdriver 11 p.m. Tuesday in Norwood.
The woman told authorities the man forced her into his light-colored late-model Buick or Lincoln on Johnathon Road and took her to a secluded area on Fletcher Road in Symmes Township, where she was raped.
The woman said she escaped at 5:30 a.m., Hamilton County sheriff's officials said. She was treated for head and back injuries at University Hospital.
The suspect is described as black, in his 30s, about 6 feet with a thin build. He was wearing a black and white shirt, baseball cap and a bandana of an unknown color. The car may have had temporary license plates, sheriff's officials said.
Anyone with information may call sheriff's headquarters at 825-1500.
Three get probation on gambling charges
A Hamilton County judge sentenced three men to probation Wednesday for running a gambling operation that netted them more than $300,000 since 1994.
The three defendants — Donald Gleason, 59, of Indian Hill; Thomas Snow, 47, of Sycamore Township; and Jerry Williams, 62, of Sycamore Township — all pleaded guilty last month to misdemeanor gambling charges.
Prosecutors say Mr. Gleason, a golf pro at Maketewah Country Club in Cincinnati, set the betting lines for the bookmaking operation while the other two did accounting and took the bets.
Prosecutors say the three men catered to wealthy professionals, including doctors and lawyers.
At their sentencing in Common Pleas Court, Judge Mark Schweikert told the men they had gone “well beyond what most might consider friendly wagers.” He sentenced each to two years probation and 200 hours community service.
Prosecutors said each also would surrender $40,000 to authorities.
Peace education center planning auction, event
The Center for Peace Education (CPE) will celebrate 20 years of helping the community Friday with a silent auction held at the Cincin nati Museum Center.
The auction will feature artwork from local talents including Jim Borgman, Cincinnati Enquirer Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, and painter Brian Joiner, who Cincinnati Magazine dubbed this year's Best Visual Artist.
Besides the auction, the event will include a dinner, musical entertainment and a keynote speech by the Rev. Hal Porter, pastor emeritus of Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church.
All proceeds will support comprehensive school and community violence prevention programs provided by CPE.
Founded in 1969, CPE helps to build and strengthen communities by offering conflict management guidance. It serves students, teachers, school staff, administrators, parents, youth service providers, and other community organizers.
For more information, call the Center for Peace Education, 221-4863.
Man apparently kills mom, stepfather, self
SIDNEY, Ohio — A man apparently fatally shot his mother and stepfather and then killed himself inside the couple's apartment in a retirement community in this western Ohio city, police said.
The motive for the shootings and the time they occurred were not immediately determined, police Chief Steve Wearly said Wednesday night.
The names of the people, whose bodies were found around 4 p.m. Wednesday, were being withheld pending notification of relatives. All three apparently died of gunshot wounds, but autopsy results were not expected for a few days, Chief Wearly said.
Sgt. William Balling said police were called to Jackson Towers Wednesday afternoon by a tenant who had been checking on the couple. Their bodies were found inside the apartment along with the body of another man. A handgun was recovered near his body, police said.
Police said residents of the retirement complex told police that the man had been staying with the couple for at least a week.
Sidney is about 30 miles north of Dayton.
Mobile home fire kills boy, hurts father
MIAMISBURG, Ohio — An early morning fire at a mobile home on Wednesday killed a 10-year-old boy injured his father.
Adam Gebhardt's body was found in a bedroom, said Ron Swisher, deputy chief of the Miami Township fire department.
The boy's father, Steven Gebhardt, was in serious condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.
Two girls, ages 8 and 13, were treated at Sycamore Hospital in Miamisburg and released.
Miamisburg is about 10 miles southwest of Dayton.
Father pleads guilty to killing daughter
CLEVELAND — A man admitted that he “lost it for a second” when he swung his 21/2-month-old daughter against a door jamb and killed her.
Jeffrey Hitchcock, 47, made the comments Tuesday before he was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Mr. Hitchcock pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangering and gave up his right to appeal.
Prosecutors said Taylor Makela had been crying in the middle of the night April 30 when Mr. Hitchcock swung her, crushing her skull. An ambulance was not called until 9:30 a.m., according to testimony.
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