Tuesday, March 21, 2000
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Mom who smothered baby back in jail
MEDINA, Ohio — A woman convicted two years ago of smothering the baby boy she secretly bore in the basement of her family's home was ordered back to jail Monday by a judge who revoked her appeal bond.
Audrey Iacona, 20, surrendered to police about 10:30 a.m. Medina County Common Pleas Court Judge James Kimbler ordered Ms. Iacona held in the county jail until she is resentenced.
No date was set for resentencing. Judge Kimbler will schedule it if Ms. Iacona fails to win a new trial from the Ohio Supreme Court on her convictions for involuntary manslaughter, child endangering and abuse of a corpse.
Ms. Iacona's son, a 3.8-pound boy born prematurely, was found dead May 1, 1997, inside two plastic bags and hidden in the basement of her parents' home about 25 miles southwest of Cleveland. At the time, Ms. Iacona was a student in suburban Cleveland.
County worker hurt in van accident
MORGAN TOWNSHIP — A Butler County Educational Service Center employee was seriously injured Monday morning after the county van he was driving flipped and rolled into a creek off of Ohio 126, ejecting him.
Martin Wright, 52, of Madison Township was flown to University Hospital, where he was in serious condition Monday afternoon.
Butler County sheriff's spokesman Brad Kraemer said Mr. Wright was eastbound near Shandon when a utility truck in front of him stopped to make a left turn. Mr. Martin clipped the truck as he tried to pass it, causing the van to spin. It went airborne and landed in the creek, which had about 1 foot of water.
His injuries are not life-threatening, Mr. Kraemer said.
Mr. Wright has worked for the educational service center for about two years as a courier, said Superintendent Dan Hare.
The accident remains under investigation, Mr. Kraemer said.
Two women injured in head-on collision
MONROE — Two woman were injured, one seriously, in a head-on collision Monday morning on Butler-Warren Road north of Nickel Road.
Beth A. Lindsey, 22, of West Chester was flown to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. Her 1999 Ford Escort went left of center and was struck by a Honda Odyssey van traveling south, Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers said. She was being treated late Monday and her condition was undetermined.
Monroe fire and rescue crews were called the accident shortly after 8 a.m.
The driver of the van, Jeannine Baker, 34, of Mason, was listed in good condition at Bethesda North Hospital.
The accident remains under investigation.
Springboro school board seeks interims
Left without a superintendent and treasurer after recent resignations, the Springboro school board will meet Wednesday to find temporary replacements.
This past week, Superintendent Gary Meier quit after relations with the school board turned contentious. He had led the district for nine years. Treasurer Pam Ashbaugh handed in her resignation two weeks earlier.
While a search will be held for permanent replacements, the board is expected to discuss hiring interim administrators. Two candidates for interim superintendent are being considered, though board members would not release their names Monday afternoon.
The board meeting will be held at 7 a.m., Wednesday in the district's administrative building.
Murder trial begins in '96 death of girl, 15
WAPAKONETA, Ohio — In a trial that began Monday, an Auglaize County prosecutor said a man charged with killing a 15-year-old girl slashed her throat and left her to bleed to death.
A lawyer for defendant Michael Anthony Brock, 28, said prosecutors lack evidence to support their charges.
Three judges in Auglaize County Common Pleas Court are hearing the case against Mr. Brock on charges that he kidnapped and killed Amber Nicole Williams in 1996.
Police chief's wife denies she was abused
AKRON — Flatly denying that her husband ever abused her, the wife of Police Chief Edward Irvine said Monday she felt angry and “had enough” after the Akron Beacon Journal reported on spousal abuse allegations against the chief.
Geneva Irvine, 60, testifying in an $8 million invasion-of-privacy lawsuit she and her husband filed against the newspaper, said she was devastated after reading the first installment of an eight-part series published last May.
“I felt the Akron Beacon Journal had stripped us naked, exposed our whole lives in public in Akron, Ohio,” she said.
The $8 million lawsuit claims the newspaper's staff harassed the couple and invaded Mrs. Irvine's privacy as reporters tried to follow up on her abuse allegation.
The newspaper has reported that Mrs. Irvine went to a hospital in October 1998 with injuries that she blamed on her husband. She made a similar abuse allegation the following month, but in both cases withdrew her allegations, the paper said. No charges were ever filed.
Couple, daughter hit by car after outing
COLUMBUS — A couple and their 5-year-old daughter were struck by a car after leaving a downtown theater where they had seen Beauty and the Beast.
Police said Monday that no charges will be filed in the accident, which happened about 9:30 p.m. Sunday near the Ohio Theatre.
A witness told police the three were trying to cross the street when the southbound car had a green light.
They were identified as Timothy Boyer, 36; his wife, Bobbie Jean, 32; and daughter Sydney of the suburb of Reynoldsburg.
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