Compiled from staff and wire reports

RISING SUN - Authorities were searching a marina along the Ohio River for the driver of a car that crashed into the water during a police chase early Friday.

Two people were in the car when it crashed, but only one person was found by police, Ohio County Sheriff's Deputy Ross Colen said.

Police found a 15-year-old boy but authorities declined to identify him. The teen, who was not hurt in the crash, is expected to face charges, but authorities would not release further details.

The incident started when Colen tried to stop the car about 1:39 a.m. Friday on Old Ind. 56 on suspicion of false registration and suspicious activity.

The car turned east onto Ind. 56 and sped up. Speeds during the pursuit reached 75-80 mph before the car crashed at the marina, police said.

Indian Hill police seek accreditation input

INDIAN HILL - Residents who want to talk about the Indian Hill Rangers will have their chance as part of the department's re-accreditation process.

The Aug. 25 session will be at the Indian Hill Historical Museum, 8100 Given Road, beginning at 7 p.m. Telephone comments can be taken at 561-1755 on Aug. 26 between 1 and 5 p.m.

Comments are limited to 10 minutes and must address the department's ability to comply with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies standards.

A team of assessors will arrive in Indian Hill Aug. 23 to examine the police department's policy and procedures, management, operations and support services.

Rescuers find body of missing jet skier

RYLAND HEIGHTS - After a two-day search, rescuers pulled the body of a 39-year-old Covington man from the Licking River Thursday night.

The body of Tilford Eugene Allen was found at 8:10 p.m., about four miles downstream from where he fell into the water, Kenton County police Sgt. Darrin Gilvin said.

Allen, of Locust Pike, was putting his newly purchased personal watercraft in the river for the first time Tuesday evening when he went into the water as his wife and sons watched, police said. Allen was not wearing a life jacket and did not know how to swim.

He was married and the father of four children.

Authorities found the man's Sea-Doo several miles way Tuesday, but said the search was originally hampered because of swift currents created by recent rains.

Members of Campbell County Water Rescue, Boone County Water Rescue and the Kenton County Police Department conducted the search.

Boy suffers burns; police investigating

MORROW - A 10-year-old boy was taken by medical helicopter Friday night to the Children's Medical Center in Dayton with burns over about 40 percent of his body.

Life squads responded to a call at 6 p.m. Friday. The boy had second- and third-degree burns on his neck, face, arms, hands and upper torso, said William T. Harrison III, assistant chief of the Salem-Morrow Fire Department.

"It looks like a lighter and a gas can were involved," he said.

Morrow police were investigating Friday night.

Man pleads guilty to shooting fellow biker

NEWPORT - A biker with a Dayton motorcycle club pleaded guilty Friday to fatally shooting a former club member during a brawl on the bank of the Ohio River.

Donald E. Donatelli pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors are recommending 15 years in prison.

He will be required to serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before he is eligible for parole.

Campbell Circuit Judge William Wehr will sentence Donatelli on Sept. 22.

Donatelli admitted that in January he fired a single shotgun blast to the abdomen of John Gilene, known as "Big John."

Friends put Gilene, who weighed about 500 pounds, in the bed of a pickup truck to get him to the Bellevue/Dayton Fire Department.

He was taken to University Hospital, where he died two hours after the shooting.

Shortway Bridge to be imploded Aug. 24

A demolition company will implode the Shortway Bridge between Newport and Covington at 8 a.m. Aug. 24.

The 88-year-old bridge, which spans from 11th Street in Newport to 12th Street in Covington, closed two years ago when the Licking Valley Girl Scout Bridge opened.

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Larry Trenkamp said there will be an area determined later where people can watch the implosion, which will take just a few minutes.

He said the implosion is not meant to be a spectator event, so viewing areas will be limited.

The road surface and the beams will be removed before the implosion. The remaining truss will be precut so that demolition crews can easily remove pieces from the Licking River.

Trenkamp said the river will be closed for 24 hours after the implosion.