Gunman fires at three men; no one hurt

COLERAIN TOWNSHIP - Three people escaped injury Wednesday in a shooting.

Three men were sitting in front of a residence in the 8700 block of Planet Drive about 2:20 p.m. when a man got out of a vehicle and started firing a small-caliber pistol at them, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said.

The gunman fled in a large sedan with four passengers, the sheriff's office said.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the sheriff's office at 825-1500 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.

Man found shot in head dies at hospital

WEST CHESTER TWP. - Police Wednesday were investigating the shooting death of a 25-year-old Hamilton man.

Chad Re, of the 7000 block of Hearthside Court, died about 2:10 p.m. Wednesday at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, police said.

Monroe officers responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 1000 block of Main Street about 9:05 p.m. Tuesday found Re inside with a gunshot wound to the head. The victim told police he had been shot in the area of Cincinnati-Dayton Road and West Chester Road in West Chester.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call West Chester Police Department tip line at (513) 759-7272 or the police at (513) 777-2231.

Three arrested in robbery and beating

MADISON TWP. - Butler County Sheriff's deputies said Wednesday that they arrested three suspects in the April 22 robbery of a drive-through beverage store, during which a clerk was beaten.

Tracie L. Burns, 31, of Hamilton, was charged with aggravated robbery and felonious assault in the incident at the Woodsdale Drive-Thru. Clerk Melody Emerson, 45, of Middletown, suffered serious injuries to the head and face, police said.

Jason Boedicker, 26, of Hamilton, and his wife, Michelle, 28, were each charged with complicity to aggravated robbery. Police said they were in the vehicle at the time of the robbery.

The three were in the Middletown city jail.

Worker recovering from electrical shock

HAMILTON - A workman was listed in good condition Wednesday after suffering an electrical shock while working on an air-conditioning unit.

Just before 2 p.m., emergency crews were called to a B Street utility plant that serves Smart Papers LLC.

Chris Whitlock, 22, of Hamilton, was pulling a fuse from a 480-volt unit when it flashed, said Milton Lewis, a vice president at Smart Papers.

Whitlock is an employee of Reading-based Viox Services Inc., which has a contract to perform work for Smart Papers, Lewis said.

A medical helicopter flew Whitlock to University Hospital. A spokeswoman said he was likely to be treated and released.

Man convicted for Liberty St. shooting

A Hamilton County Common Pleas Court jury found a Kennedy Heights man guilty of killing David Brown, 29.

The jury convicted Pele Bradford, 25, on Wednesday of murder and having a weapon. Bradford had a prior felony conviction.

Prosecutors say on Jan. 2 at 3:30 p.m., Bradford chased Brown through traffic on Liberty Street, firing shots at him with a .380 handgun because he had seen Brown talking to his girlfriend.

Brown was hit with bullets several times and died in the street, prosecutors told the court.

At sentencing in June, Bradford faces up to life in prison with eligibility for parole after 23 years.