HAMILTON — Butler County released Wednesday its new "Wanted” poster of parents who owe a lot of child support and who can't be found.

        The poster features 11 dads who owe amounts ranging from $50,512 to $1,530. It includes photos of seven of them.

        This is the 10th such poster of such parents the Butler County Child Support Enforcement Agency has issued. The posters are hung in more than 300 locations, including post offices, police stations, fire departments and federal and state buildings.

        Butler's poster program, which started in 1995, has resulted in the location of 47 delinquent parents and the collection of $465,066 in child support.

        “It has been very successful in assisting us in locating and apprehending these individuals who aren't supporting their children,” said Dan Cade, director of the Butler agency. “The amount we've collected in the past few years from this has been phenomenal.”

        Fathers on the new poster are: Fred E. Brown, who owes $50,512 for two children; Lawrence “Mike” Gray, who owes $45,363 for two children; William (Bill) Brush, who owes $23,742 for two children; Billie McWhorter, who owes $20,942 for one child; John Cunningham Jr., who owes $12,167 for one child; Terry South, who owes $10,838 for one child; Robin T. Bolin, who owes $8,790 for one child; Kiernan Reed, who owes $7,723 for one child; Kenneth Boggs, who owes $4,064 for one child; Vu Minh Nguyen, who owes $3,258 for one child, and Ronald Peterson, who owes $1,530 for one child.

        Anyone with information about any of the parents should call 1-800-542-0806 or 887-3368. This poster also will be on the agency's Web site.

        Ohio has permitted child support enforcement agencies to issue wanted posters since 1992.

        Butler County also began using a new legal tool to enforce child support. It is suspending deadbeat parents' driver's licenses and the licenses for such recreational activities as hunting, fishing and boating.

        A state law creating this method of enforcement went into effect Oct. 1.

        “We'll do everything possible to make sure that parents are responsible financially for their children,” Mr. Cade said.

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