Saturday, May 20, 2000
Tristate Digest
Masked man robs Provident Bank branch
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A masked man robbed the Glenway Avenue branch of Provident Bank on Friday afternoon, Cincinnati Police say.
The man walked into the bank at 2:30 p.m. carrying a plastic grocery bag and handed a note to a teller demanding money. Police didn't release the amount of money taken.
The robber is described as white with a dark complexion, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and 130 pounds. He was wearing a white, green and black plaid shirt with a collar over a long-sleeve T-shirt, a red and white baseball cap and a black mask.
Police found the clothes a short distance from the bank.
Authorities do not think this robbery was connected to a bank heist Friday morning in Union Township.
Anyone with information about either robbery can call police at 352-3542 or Crimestoppers at 352-3040.
Ribbon of money donated for park
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new Firstar Bank branch in Mount Washington will benefit a group raising money for Stanbery Park.
The ceremony at 9 a.m. Monday at 2261 Beechmont Ave. will feature a “ribbon” made of money adding up to $500.
The money will be donated to “Stand by Stanbery.” If the group raises $25,000, the Cincinnati Parks Foundation will match it. That would pay for a master plan for the park.
Even before the Firstar donation, the group has raised nearly $6,800.
The ceremony Monday is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
For information on “Stand by Stanbery” or to help, call 231-8541. Donations can be sent to the Cincinnati Parks Foundation, 950 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Checks must have “Stand by Stanbery” written on them.
Special registration for Carson pupils
A special registration session will be held from 9 a.m. to noon today for students interested in attending the new Carson neighborhood school on Glenway Avenue.
Registration will be held in the new school's temporary home at Dater Junior High School, 2840 Boudinot Ave., Westwood.
When registering, parents should bring a child's birth certificate, immunization records, Social Security card and proof of the child's address. If the child is new to the district, the parent also should bring the child's most recent report card.
Renovations at three Cincinnati Public Schools are causing the delay in opening the new neighborhood school in the Carson building.
The new Carson students will attend classes in the Dater building for the next school year. They will move into the renovated Carson building for the start of the 2001 school year.
Police, city sued over search, seizure
A Portsmouth couple are suing the city of Portsmouth and its police department, accusing them of wrongly raiding the couple's business and confiscating money and financial records without cause.
The lawsuit by Johnnie and Nina Ruby demands $500,000 in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages.
Bad publicity from the wrongful November, 1998, raid has ruined Mr. Ruby's Portsmouth restaurant and catering business, his lawyer, James Banks, said Friday.
Portsmouth Police Chief Greg Ratcliff and David Kuhn, the Portsmouth city solicitor, said Friday they didn't know about the lawsuit and the raid that prompted it.
According to the federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Cincinnati, Portsmouth police had a search warrant for an apartment attached to — but separate from — Mr. Ruby's business.
The lawsuit claims police officers searched the business without authority, told the business' security monitoring company not to notify Mr. Ruby, and confiscated money and financial records that were not returned until after Mr. Ruby had hired a lawyer.
Police found drugs in the apartment, but that had nothing to do with Mr. Ruby's business, Mr. Banks said.
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