Tuesday, March 28, 2000
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Hanover man killed in bulldozer accident
HANOVER, Ind. — A 55-year-old Hanover man was killed Monday when he was run over by the bulldozer he was operating.
Witnesses told Jefferson County sheriff's deputies that Bill Shaffer was operating the bulldozer on private property on River Bottom Road, about 2 miles south of Hanover, when he fell off and was run over about 12:11 p.m.
Ind. deaths likely murder-suicide
LAWRENCEBURG — A preliminary investigation indicates the deaths of two people found inside a Hidden Valley Lake residence Monday were a murder-suicide, Indiana State Police said Monday.
The state police post at Versailles received a phone call at 3:20 p.m. Monday reporting the discovery of two people apparently dead inside a residence in the 1400 block of Fairway Drive in Dearborn County. Officers found a man and a woman dead from apparent gunshot wounds.
Identification of the pair was being withheld late Monday pending notification of relatives, state police said.
Ambulances equipped specially for children
Children's Hospital Medical Center has started using two new ambulances specially equipped for transporting children and infants.
The vehicles, which cost about $125,000 each, feature child-sized cardiac monitors, ventilators, chest drainage systems, spine immobilization gear and other equipment. Both also have been decorated on the inside with child-friendly themes and carry toys and stuffed animals to make children feel more secure during stressful events.
The ambulances, staffed and operated by Children's Hospital, started making runs on March 14.
Wellington orthopedics to open Hamilton office
Wellington Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine plans to open an office in Hamilton by Monday.
The office will be staffed primarily by Dr. Ronald Hess, an orthopedic surgeon who also serves as one of two team physicians for Miami University's athletic program.
Man captured after courtroom escape
A Hamilton man escaped from a Hamilton Municipal courtroom Monday and broke into a nearby apartment, where he was found by police.
Hamilton Police said Cornelius Givens, 22, ran from the courtroom where he was appearing on three counts of failing to comply with a court order. Mr. Givens, of the 1200 block of Lane Street, then broke into an apartment at 510 South Monument Ave. No one was injured.
Mr. Givens was returned to court and arraigned on additional charges of escape and burglary. He remains in custody at the Butler County Jail with no bond and a new court date of April 4.
Akron editor, reporter testify in lawsuit
AKRON — The Akron Beacon Journal editor and a reporter testified Monday that they sought an interview with the police chief's wife only because she had claimed that her husband abused her.
Janet Leach, editor of the newspaper, and reporter Ed Meyer were the last witnesses called at a civil trial of an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by police Chief Edward Irvine and his wife, Geneva, against the newspaper.
Summit County Common Pleas Judge Brenda Burnham Unruh sent the eight-person jury home Monday afternoon while attorneys argued over the instructions the judge should give the panel.
Jurors were to return today for closing arguments.
The Irvines have sued the newspaper for $8 million, claiming journalists harassed Mrs. Irvine as they tried to follow up on her allegations her husband abused her.
Ms. Leach said the paper's only goal was to get Mrs. Irvine's side of the story. Although she was the alleged victim, Mrs. Irvine had not spoken to reporters.
Woman pleads guilty to obscenity charge
The obscenity case against Jennifer Dute ended Monday when she pleaded guilty on behalf of her company.
Ms. Dute, 29, of Mount Washington, had faced two counts of pandering obscenity for using the Internet to market her own pornographic videos.
The case was the first in Hamilton County since Hustler publisher Larry Flynt's case last year. As in Mr. Flynt's case, the matter was resolved when Ms. Dute agreed to plead on behalf of her company, A&J Specialties.
In exchange, prosecutors dropped the charges against Ms. Dute. Her company will pay a $2,500 fine. Mr. Flynt took a similar deal last year when his Hustler book store pleaded guilty to pandering obscenity.
Ms. Dute was accused of starring in two videos — Jennifer 2 and Jennifer 3 — and then marketing them on a Web site and in a local newspaper.
The plea was accepted Monday by Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman.
Woman reports she was raped in Fairview
Cincinnati police are investigating a rape reported Sundayin Fairview.
A woman told police that a man took her to a wooded area in the 2200 block of Chickasaw and attacked her between noon and 3:55 p.m. The Enquirer is not identifying the woman because of the nature of the crime.
Police described the suspect as a black male, 6 feet tall, between the ages of 25 and 30 with a thin buildand medium-length dark hair. He was wearing a light-colored shirt.
Boy, 16, arrested in Costa Rica shootings
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A 16-year-old boy was arrested in the slayings of an Ohio college student and a friend who was visiting her, police said Monday. Authorities were looking for two other boys.
The suspect, whose identity was not released because he is a minor, was arrested Saturday night in Sixaola, a town on the border of Panama, said Jorge Rojas, director of the Judicial Police.
Mr. Rojas did not identify the other suspects being sought.
The bodies of Antioch College student Emily Howell, of Lexington, Ky., and former Antioch student Emily Eagen, of Ann Arbor, Mich., were found March 13 along a highway 90 miles east of San Jose. The 19-year-olds had been shot.
Police recovered a gun whose bullets matched those found in Ms. Howell's body from unidentified witnesses who said they had obtained the weapon from the teen-age suspect. The suspect also was identified by two witnesses.
Ball Park hot dogs recalled for bacteria
WASHINGTON — The Sara Lee Corp. has recalled 34,500 pounds of Ball Park-brand hot dogs because they might be contaminated with bacteria that can cause life-threatening infections.
No illnesses have been reported, Sara Lee spokeswoman Theresa Herlevsen said Monday. A military laboratory found listeria monocytogenes in hot dogs distributed to an Army commissary, she said.
The hot dogs were distributed in Ohio and several other states.
The packages bear the code “APR03 EST 12PAB.”
Case Western medical school gets most grants
CLEVELAND — Case Western Reserve University's school of medicine got more grant money from the National Institutes of Health than all the rest of Ohio's medical schools combined.
Case Western reported Monday that its faculty was awarded $142.3 million in NIH research grants for fiscal 1999, which ended Sept. 30.
Ballpark leaves retro behind
Tax relief unlikely in Ohio
Developers opposed to preserving farmland
Paper company is penalized
Two schools could get noise relief
Can-do attitude builds food bank
911 system slow to upgrade
Looking to see who qualifies to be a family
Children's home ex-staffer guilty
Trucker guilty in deaths, could get up to 20 years
When distractions are deadly
Armed man lets hostage go, surrenders to police
Chamber still hasn't turned in all records
Child-sex case ends with plea
Driver in fatal wreck skips court
Festival troubles lead Mount Healthy to re-evaluate security
I-71 construction will resume
Margaret McGurk's record
Nighttime noise levels restricted
Painter freshens abstract approach
Agency for needy expands
Aspiring circuit clerk's lawsuit runs into setback
Boone County board postpones hearing on medical-waste site
Boone land use plan rejects service boundary
Corporex handed $41M in damages
County liable in cornea case
CPS board won't renew 6 contracts
Ex-investigator explains why probe of developer languished
Expert gives ideas on rapist's location
Foster parent sent to prison
Husband sentenced in murder try
New limits proposed for adult stores
OMI boss to design new team
Queen City's moments to shine reflected in book
Reserved water fund is tracked
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