Passenger dies in crash; driver hurt

COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - A Miami Township man died Tuesday night when the car in which he was riding hit a tree.

Richard Solomon, 62, was a passenger in a Dodge Viper driven by Stephen Ulrich of Colerain Township. Ulrich was headed east on Lockwood Hill Road about 8:45 p.m. when he lost control of the vehicle. It went off the left side of the road, hit an embankment, went airborne and hit the tree, police said.

Solomon was dead at the scene. Ulrich, 50, was in serious condition at University Hospital.

Suspect sought in two Anderson robberies

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has identified a suspect in two recent convenience-store robberies that occurred in Anderson Township within a 15 hour.

Wanted on two counts of aggravated robbery is Joshua Odell, 27, last known address 15100 block of Hillcrest Road, Mount Orab, the sheriff's office said Wednesday.

Odell is a suspect in the Monday robbery of the United Dairy Farmers at 7197 Beechmont Ave. and the Tuesday robbery of EZ Shop Food Mart, 1184 Asbury Road.

Odell may be driving a 2001 blue, two-door Honda Civic with Ohio plateDBF9256.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff's office at 851-6000, or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.

Officer indicted, accused of assault

A Forest Park police officer indicted Wednesday is accused of harming a 17-year-old boy during an arrest last month.

A Hamilton County grand jury charged Todd Halusek with misdemeanor assault.

The incident was caught by a video system at the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center.

Forest Park police said the charges stem from a March 14 unauthorized use of a vehicle case.

Halusek saw the teen driving a car with a torn temporary license tag and pulled him over. Later, Halusek determined the teen did not have permission to be driving the car, which prompted the boy's arrest 11 days later.

The boy's mother has alleged that the officer assaulted her son after the boy, whose hands and legs were cuffed, argued with the officer at the detention center.

An internal investigation is also being done, Forest Park Police Chief Ken Hughes said.