Three convicted in robbery-killing

Three of four Lincoln Heights men were convicted this week in a crime spree through Lincoln Heights and Cincinnati last fall in which two men were killed.

A Hamilton County jury convicted Nicholas Bolden, 24, on charges of murder and aggravated robbery. Jurors also found guilty Jermaine Lowery, 25, on charges of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery.

Both men were convicted in the shooting death of Kevin Williams, 37, of Lincoln Heights, July 6 in Lincoln Heights.

Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Norbert Nadel will sentence Bolden and Lowery March 11.

Henry Woods, 26, of Lincoln Heights, pleaded guilty Tuesday to four charges of aggravated robbery and two charges of involuntary manslaughter, in Williams' death and in the death of Rodney Harris Aug. 21 in Bond Hill.

Harris was in the back seat of the car Lowery was driving the night Williams died, according to prosecutors.

Woods is expected to get 23 years in prison when he is sentenced March 2.

Randall Lowry, 24, Lowery's cousin, the fourth person accused in the crime spree, is scheduled to go to trial March 15 on two charges of murder and three charges of aggravated robbery.

Goshen man dies as ice on pond cracks

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP - A Goshen Township man died after falling through a partially frozen pond at a mobile home park on Ohio 28 Thursday.

Thomas C. Mitchell, 47, was pronounced dead at University Hospital, Goshen Township Police Cpl. Edward Holland said.

Police and firefighters were called to Lakeshore Estates mobile home park at 1785 Ohio 28 at 11:47 a.m., Holland said. Witnesses said Mitchell had been on the ice when he fell through.

Rescue workers pulled the man from the water, and he was transported to the hospital. Mitchell was a resident of the park, Holland said.

No foul play is suspected.

David Books, the department's fire prevention officer, said authorities did not know why Mitchell was out on the pond, which is six to seven feet deep.