Cincinnati's April riots and subsequent national attention have helped attract a new weekly newspaper focusing on crime news.

        Snitch, now circulated in Louisville, debuts in Cincinnati on Dec. 6.

        The free weekly mainly covers national and local crime, but also will publish commentaries, entertainment reviews, comics and a crossword puzzle.

        “We want to come in and be a very objective eye on those issues,” publisher and CEO Joseph Grove said of the federal investigations and other fallout from Cincinnati's unrest.

        Snitch also publishes crime incidents by ZIP code, and lists self-defense classes and safety fairs.

        Mr. Grove said he hopes the Cincinnati market, since it's bigger than Louisville, will be a training ground before Snitch spreads to bigger cities like Chicago and St. Louis. The Louisville startup was funded by Prosperitas Investment Partners, a Louisville-based venture-capital fund.

        Mr. Grove said he got the idea from reading a book about New Yorker magazine founder Harold Ross, who once considered starting a crime-only paper in New York City.

        With offices in Blue Ash, Snitch will be available free at about 600 Greater Cincinnati locations, including Kroger, Blockbuster and convenience stores, according to its Web site, www.snitch.com.
       

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