The Enquirer

A Fort Thomas police officer was injured Monday when he became entangled in the door of a car that sped away during traffic stop.

Sgt. Jamie Gadzala suffered a knee injury when he fell from the car as it fled the BP station parking lot at Highland and Grand avenues, said Fort Thomas Police Lt. Mark Dill. He said police arrested the driver, whose name had not been released Monday night, in Southgate after chasing him by car and on foot.

Indiana girl reported missing

Police are searching for an 8-year-old Lafayette, Ind., girl who was taken from her home Sunday, and have issued a nationwide Amber Alert because they believe she may be in danger. Jacquelin Rodriguez Ortiz was last seen about 6:30 a.m. Police believe she was taken by her mother's ex-boyfriend, 26-year-old Carlos Alberto Ramirez-Gonzales, who also goes by Carlos A. Cordero. She is described as4-feet 6-inches tall and about 100 pounds. She has shoulder-length black hair and was wearing a pink short-sleeve shirt and cream-colored Capri pants with flowers. Ramirez-Gonzales is 5-feet 5-inches tall, 130 pounds. He may be driving a 1991 gray Ford Thunderbird or a red 1987 Pontiac Grand Am. Anyone with information should call police at (888) 58A-MBER.

Lanes closed on Interstate 71

• Watch for various lane closures on both north- and southbound Interstate 71 at Montgomery Road as work crews set structural steel girders. Lanes will be closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. today through Friday.

• Barret Road in West Chester Township, Butler County, will close today 200 feet east of Darlene Drive and 800 feet west of Cox Road for a culvert replacement.

Letter writer misidentified

A June 3 letter from the U.S. Department of Justice to Ohio environmental officials was written by Daniel R. Dertke, senior attorney with the Environmental Defense Section. A story in Monday's Local News about the cleanup of the old Fernald nuclear weapons plant section misidentified the author.