Thursday, June 01, 2000
Tristate digest
Man sentenced for fatal robbery
A West End man was sentenced to 31 years to life Wednesday for shooting a store clerk to death on Dec. 25.
Altone Shaheed, 20, was convicted in Common Pleas Court this month of aggravated murder and robbery. He was sentenced by Judge Mark Schweikert.
Prosecutors say he took a few hundred dollars from a cash register at Cornell's Grocery in the West End and then shot to death Mabel Malcolm-Washington, a 35-year-old mother of eight.
They say he entered the store about 10:30 p.m. on Christmas Day with a .44-caliber handgun. He shot Mrs. Washington in the neck.
Prosecutors say Mr. Shaheed later talked about the crime with his girlfriend, a neighbor and fellow inmates at the Hamilton County Justice Center.
He was arrested two weeks after the shooting while jaywalking in front of a police car. He was carrying the handgun and the mask in his pocket.
Adult court possible in violent robbery
Two teen-agers will go before a juvenile court judge next week to find out whether they should face trial as adults on charges of taking part in the brutal robbery of the Beekman Carry Out.
The teens, ages 17 and 16, are scheduled for a June 5 hearing before Juvenile Court Judge Sylvia Hendon.
The judge must decide whether the youths should go to adult court, where the charges of assault and aggravated robbery could lead to a prison sentence.
If they remain in juvenile court, they only could be jailed until they turn 21.
A third suspect in the crime cannot be sent to adult court because he is only 13.
Police say the trio attacked and robbed Randy Kim, 60, and his wife, Mija, 55, at their carryout in Millvale. Mr. Kim was beaten with a baseball bat and his wife was shot in the arm.
Vandals damage historic house
LEBANON — A city-owned house in the historic Central Business District has been vandalized, city officials learned Tuesday.
City Council members had been talking about restoring the Queen Anne home at 5-7 Cherry Street, which dates to the 1880s.
The vandalism is not so extensive as to derail those plans, said Planning Director Marty Kohler, who discovered the damage Tuesday.
A hole was sawed in a small portion of the wood floor, and windows and light fixtures were broken, Mr. Kohler said. He wasn't sure how the vandals got in the vacant house; the doors were securely locked and the windows were boarded up.
The city had initially planned to demolish the building but is reconsidering at the urging of preservationists.
Fire damages house in Columbia-Tusculum
Fire caused $60,000 damage Wednesday morning to a Columbia-Tusculum house.
Firefighters responded just before 10:30 a.m. to the burning building at 3926 Feemster Ave. They found heavy smoke and fire on the first and second floors of the house as well as in the attic.
The single-family house was vacant. The cause of the fire remained under investigation later Wednesday. Firefighters were on the scene for 21/2 hours.
Program for rabbis canceled at Rockdale
A continuing-education program for Reform rabbis — including two events open to the Tristate public — has been canceled.
Those events were Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School professor, discussing “Factionalism and the American Religious Experience” on June 18, and a choral concert, “The Music of the Reform Synagogue: A Historical Retrospective,” on June 20. Both were to be at 8 p.m. at Rockdale Temple, Amberley Village.
Workshop examines predatory lending
A free public workshop to alert homeowners, prospective home buyers and neighborhoods to predatory lending practices in the Tristate will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at the United Way Building, 2400 Reading Rd., Walnut Hills.
Topics include a definition of predatory lending, an analysis of its impact, and responses in Cincinnati.
The issue is part of a National Homeownership Week seminar sponsored by the Better Housing League, Legal Aid Society, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, and the Cincinnati Mortgage Bankers Association.
City OKs $633,000 for job training
A $633,000 contract to provide job training for residents of Cincinnati's Empowerment Zone has been signed by the city, the Empowerment Corporation, and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.
The initial two-year effort will prepare men and women for such fields as railroad freight conducting, computer technology, industrial maintenance, office technology and allied health careers.
The Empowerment Zone includes parts of Avondale, Corryville, Clifton/Fairview Heights, Evanston, Over-the-Rhine, Mt. Auburn, Queensgate, Walnut Hills and West End.
Cincinnati State says it has letters of commitment from more than 500 employers who want to take part in the training/hiring program.
Funds come from the Ohio Department of Development.
Information: 569-1466.
Xavier honored for blood-drive support
Xavier University was nominated by Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, to be recognized nationally for its support of community blood programs. America's Blood Centers, the national network of independent, non-profit community blood centers of which Hoxworth is a member, upheld the nomination and Xavier University won the 1999 National Bronze Blood Drive Award.
VA opens office in Lawrenceburg
LAWRENCEBURG — Veterans in southeast Indiana now have a more convenient medical facility.
The Department of Veteran Affairs this week announced the opening of a medical office at 555 Eads Parkway East, which provides an alternative to driving to Cincinnati.
The clinic, operated by the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, offers a full range of health care and referral services. All veterans are invited to visit this clinic for their primary care.
For additional information, call (888) 267-7873
Retreat to feature professor of theology
The International Thomas Merton Society, Cincinnati chapter, will hold a three-day retreat featuring Father George Kilcourse, professor of theology at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Ky.
Father Kilcourse is the author of Double Belonging: Interchurch Families and Christian Unity and founder of the American Association of Interchurch Families (AAIF).
The retreat, “Discovering Your Personal Magnetic North,” will begin at 6 p.m. Oct. 6 and end Oct. 8 at the Milford Spiritual Center. Cost, $125, includes five meals and snacks. A non-refundable deposit of $25 is due by Aug. 5.
Send payment to Tony Russo, International Thomas Merton Society, 8087 Bridgetown Road, Cleves, OH 45002. For information, call 941-5219.
High-end developments soar
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Officials aim to beat heat deaths
New job, old name for former Mrs. Luken
Greg Thiel saw life perfectly
City examines its Web picture
Two held in bank holdup
Horse show looks ahead
One-man whirlwind of charity
Opinions on area codes get airing
Perseverance reaps pride as grandmother graduates
Pig parade: There's No Place Like Ham
Police union defends chief in dispute over racial slur
Stabbed priest sees auxiliary bishop
Theologian says freedom at risk
Angels watch over town
Board OKs deal for nonteachers
Fidelity growth includes 450 jobs
Fire, explosion at plant injures 10 firefighters
Germans get a full tour
'It doesn't mean a death sentence'
Retrial under way in murder case
Sierra Club takes to airwaves with attack on Bush
Central Avenue to close for ramp work
Committee pares list for Ohio coin design
CSO clarinetist wins prestigious Avery Fisher grant
Landfill proposal rejected
Touring actor home for summer in 'Threepenny Opera'
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