Hensley

        FLORENCE - Police searched a second day for a 56-year-old Winchester, Ohio, man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting three teen-age girls.

        Michael D. Hensley is suspected of using a handgun to kidnap two girls from the Florence Mall parking lot at 2 p.m. Friday, said Maj. Jack Banks of the Boone County Sheriff's Department.

        He said Mr. Hensley then forced the girls to use one of their own vehicles to drive him from the mall to their friend's home in Union, about five miles away. Once there, Maj. Banks said, Mr. Hensley forced the three to perform a sex act on him.

        Maj. Banks released few details Saturday, other than to say the girls reported the crime at 4 p.m. Friday. He said the girls were 16 and 17 years old.

        Maj. Banks said Mr. Hensley was identified from a photo lineup.

        “There are specific actions that occurred that will allow us to present a case against (Mr. Hensley) that can't be discussed right now,” Maj. Banks said. “The girls are devastated, but they were able to help significantly in the investigation.”

        Maj. Banks said a warrant has been issued charging Mr. Hensley with three counts of kidnapping, two counts of attempted robbery, three counts of sodomy, one count of burglary and one count of robbery.

        Maj. Banks said there already was an open warrant for Mr. Hensley's arrest, issued in Clermont County in connection to unrelated drug charges.

        Winchester is in Adams County, about 60 miles east of Cincinnati.

        Mr. Hensley is described as a white man, 5-feet-11, 155 pounds, with brown eyes, brown hair and a mustache. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, a black bandana and dark blue jeans. He is believed to be driving a white 1979 Ford full-sized van with Ohio license place CA65AG.

        “We believe he is armed and should be considered extremely dangerous,” Maj. Banks said. “He should not be approached under any circumstances. Anyone who knows his whereabouts should call their local police immediately.”

        Mr. Hensley's mother, 72-year-old Lena Fawcett of Colerain Township, said she last saw her son May 12 Mother's Day but said she has no idea where he is.

        “He is nuts,” she said. “He has to be insane, but I can't believe he did that to those girls.”

        Ms. Fawcett said her son had a troubled life and was may have been pushed over the edge recently when a family feud erupted after his long-time girlfriend was killed in an auto accident.

        Maj. Banks said the abduction and assault appear to be random acts. He said the girls did not know their assailant.

        “(The mall) is a safe place to go shop,” said Lt. John Davis, spokesman for Florence Police. “My own mother goes shopping there and I don't worry about her.”

        He said mall security officers patrol the parking lots day and night. In addition, city officers regularly cruise the lots.

        Lindsey Seybold, 21, of Southgate said she was surprised to hear the news from a fellow co-worker when she went to work Saturday at a mall store across from the play area.

        “Occasionally, old guys lean over the railing and watch the kids play and you don't know what's on their mind,” she said. “It's kind of creepy.”

        Jackie Deming, a 36-year-old mother of two from Latonia, was surprised to hear then news. She's an occasional shopper, but her 13-year-old son Nicholas visits more often with friends.

        “Mothers drop their kids off and leave,” she said. “If I do come back, he'll definitely be right by my side.”

        Enquirer reporter Erica Solvig contributed.

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