Tuesday, December 28, 1999
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Leads sought in slaying of West End store clerk
Cincinnati police continued on Monday to search for leads in the Christmas night slaying of a West End convenience store clerk.
Homicide detectives interviewed people in the area around Cornell's Grocery Store, 516 W. Liberty St.
Mabel Malcolm Washington, 35, was stocking shelves in the store about 9 p.m. Saturday when she was shot and killed by a masked gunman during a robbery.
Homicide Sgt. Anthony Carter said police are following tips from Crime Stoppers callers, but have not identified a suspect.
Anyone with information on the fatal shooting is asked to call the Cincinnati Police Division's homicide unit at 352-3542 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.
Former deputy sues Warren sheriff's office
LEBANON — A former deputy who claims she lost her job when she complained that she was sexually harassed by a co-worker has sued the Warren County Sheriff's Office in federal court.
Sandra Spence, of Price Hill, said sheriff's officials violated her civil rights when they failed to take action against a field training officer, then fired her in July 1998 for reporting the harassment.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, claims Deputy Erik Tonstad subjected Ms. Spence to jokes, comments and sexual gestures when he became her training officer in June 1998.
Ms. Spence is asking for reinstatement, lost pay and benefits, and damages.
Sheriff Tom Ariss said the allegations are unfounded.
Ex-chief files suit against S. Lebanon
SOUTH LEBANON — More than a year after council disbanded the village police department, former officers continue to fire back.
Former Chief Derrick Hollon, who lost a bid for a council seat last month, has sued the village in federal court for $500,000 in damages, as well as back pay, interest and benefits. He also wants a jury to find that the village violated his civil rights and broke the law.
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Mr. Hollon claims that village leaders retaliated against him by disbanding the department in August 1998, then by cutting his pay as village marshal because he refused to stop an internal investigation of then-Sgt. Pete Stemple, the village tax commissioner's son.
The village's retaliatory acts also stemmed from Mr. Hollon's refusal to fire two other officers who were investigating Mr. Stemple, the complaint alleges.
Village officials deny any wrongdoing.
52 suspects from Most Wanted arrested
Police have arrested 52 additional suspects featured in the Cincinnati Enquirer column, the Tristate's Most Wanted. The following arrests took place during the past several months, but were not reported at the time.
Including the following, 962 of the 1,447 suspects featured in the Tristate's Most Wanted have been apprehended.
Kevin Abraham; Erick Lamar Beasley; Aaron Beavers; Robert Eugene Brown; Antonio Camp; Javier Rodriguez Cantu; Michael Chandler; Antwane Pierre Colbert; Lionel Coleman; Bobby Collins; Edward Gerald Collins.
Darryl Daniels; Robert Davis; Roy Ervin; Phillip Farley; William Finch; Chaz Gilbert; Todd Goines; Shawn Gould; Joseph Guthrie.
Daniel Hatfield; Larry Haynes; Delbert Holley; Howard Honaker; Randall Jones; Michael Kelly; Lynn Eugene Lacey; Robbie Lett; Marvin Lewis; Ceron Lipscomb.
Jovon McCoy; William Marshall; Larry Murph; Frank LeRoy Pence; Barry Pointer; James Portis, Jr.; Idris Reese; Marvin Renner; Lemeco Richardson; Anthony Ridenor; Raymond Rush.
Kevin J. Smith; Brenda Streeter; Terry Thomas; Robert Thomas; Derrick Ward; Lamont Jam Wilks; Donta Williams; Dwight Williams; John Williams; Brian Roger Wolfe.
NASA may dismantle idled nuclear reactor
SANDUSKY, Ohio — An idled nuclear reactor at a NASA research station could be dismantled by 2007.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has submitted a plan to get rid of the reactor at its Plum Brook Station near Sandusky, said Tim Polich, decommissioning project manager for the Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
The reactor was used from 1962 to 1973 to study the effects of radiation on materials used in space flight. It has been in storage since operations were suspended and the fuel was removed in 1973.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission must approve the plan and is expected to take nearly a year.
Four plead innocent in protest for homeless
CLEVELAND — Four people pleaded innocent Monday to charges from a demonstration against the removal of the homeless from downtown sidewalks.
They could get six months in jail if convicted of unlawful use of a park. Five people were arrested last week during a demonstration at Public Square in the city's downtown. The fifth defendant will be arraigned later.
They were protesting the city's ban on sleeping on sidewalks. The city said it wanted the homeless to use shelters.
After the arrests, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the city and said its policy violated the constitutional rights of the homeless to sleep on public sidewalks.
Candlelight vigil for POWs, MIAs
A candlelight vigil for POWs and MIAs will be held at 8 p.m. today in Eden Park at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It is sponsored by Veterans of the Vietnam War, Ohio Post3.
“We thought this was a way to remember MIAs (missing in action) and POWs (prisoners of war) from all wars,” said Earl Corell, a member of Ohio Vietnam Veterans organization.
Those attending the vigil are asked to bring candles. If it's windy, flashlights will be used.
Security boosted for festivities
Dad, 2 daughters die in Brown Co. blaze
Aid pours in for fire victims in Butler Co.
1963 forecast for the end of century still reads like science fiction
Ohio: We're Y2K ready
Snow, ice imperil drivers
Clinton lauds judge's poetry
New Year's Evening dress
Teacher dies after car runs her down
Turning the page to 2000
$2,500 grants to aid home buyers
Bartenders testify in DUI case
Butler board OKs hike in 2000 budget
Butler history, industry linked
Complaint against mayor to be examined
Help for flood victims trickles
Teardown may revive plaza
$13.3M to fund road, sewer work
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