Cincinnati police are investigating three cases of rape, including two over the weekend.

        The personal crimes unit is investigating numerous rapes that allegedly occurred between Aug. 1 and Nov. 14 on Buckingham Place in Madisonville, involving a 6-year-old girl, police said.

        No arrest has been made.

        Two unrelated rapes were reported Saturday, both involving suspects known to the victims. The first occurred at the Gateway Lodge Motel on Reading Road in Bond Hill, and the other occurred at a residence in the 500 block of Terrace Avenue in Clifton. The suspects have not been arrested.

Fallen tree blocks Mount Lookout street

        A large tree that fell Sunday morning in Mount Lookout blocked traffic for nearly four hours on Linwood Avenue.

        A resident reported the tree had fallen into the street onto a parked vehicle just after 11 a.m., police said. Traffic on Linwood between Paxton and Delta avenues was blocked for nearly four hours until it was removed.

        Metro had to reroute its buses during the cleanup.

Assistant prosecutor honored by peers

        COLUMBUS — A Butler County assistant prosecutor has received a top state award from his peers.

        Steve Tolbert was named Outstanding Assistant Prosecutor at the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association's annual meeting in Columbus.

        “I was taken completely by surprise,” he said last week. “I was humbled and honored.”

        Mr. Tolbert, 50, has more than two decades of experience as an assistant prosecutor, mostly in Hamilton County.

After joining the Butler County Prosecutor's Office in June, Mr. Tolbert became chief of the Special Litigation Unit. He oversees the Child Assault Task Force, the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and the White Collar Crime/Consumer Fraud Unit.

Neighbors, egg farm to settle lawsuit

        NEWARK — Buckeye Egg Farm reached an agreement to settle a case with neighbors who won a $19.7 million jury verdict against the company for years of odors, flies and pollution.

        The agreement will become official when the paperwork is filed in Licking County Common Pleas Court this week, said John Sproat, a lawyer for the neighbors, and Tom Rosenberg, a Buckeye Egg attorney.

        Both sides compromised their claims, Mr. Rosenberg said Sunday.

        The jury verdict Sept. 9 ordered Buckeye Egg and its owner to pay the $19.7 million to 21 neighbors who blamed the company for noxious odors, fly infestations and water pollution. The company has 7.5 million chickens in barns in Licking County.
       

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