Juvenile linked to one of 12 I-270 shootings

COLUMBUS - In one of 12 shootings linked by police, an Akron couple reported that one of several juveniles on an overpass had a gun and shot a hole through a horse trailer they were towing, an Ohio State Highway Patrol report said.

The couple did not report the Aug. 31 trailer damage until three days after the Nov. 25 shooting that killed a woman on Interstate 270.

Franklin County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Steve Martin said Thursday that investigators have not discounted the couple's report, but there is no indication that juveniles are responsible for any of the other shootings along a short stretch of the freeway.

Ballistics tests have definitively linked four of the 12 shootings but investigators think they all are connected.

Cincinnati policeman indicted in guns theft

A Hamilton County grand jury indicted Cincinnati Police Officer Edsel England, accusing him of stealing guns from the police department.

Edsel, 47, was indicted on charges of five counts of theft in office.

The officer was charged Nov. 24 with stealing guns and ammunition he had been asked to take from a Pleasant Ridge home. He is accused of taking a revolver, pellet pistol, ammunition, a leather holster and gun-cleaning kits.

Fire closes Oxford school for second day

OXFORD - Classes for 700 students at Kramer Elementary School have been cancelled for a second day today to give school officials time to clean up from a Wednesday night fire in the lower level art classroom.

Talawanda Schools Superintendent Phil Cagwin estimated damage from the fire at between $50,000 and $75,000.

Oxford Fire Chief Len Endress said the investigation isn't complete but he thinks the fire was electrical in nature and probably started in a printer.