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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Medic reports multi-car accident in Trotwood
TROTWOOD- Emergency vehicles are responding to the intersection of Salem Avenue and Turner Roads about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12 on reports of a multi-car accident.
First reports were a medic was involved in the accident, but turned out those inside witnessed the accident, police said.
It is unclear if anyone was injured the crash, though there were at least two vehicles involved, according to police scanner traffic. Additional medics and Trotwood police officers were responding to the, according to county dispatchers.
TweetAlleged shooter of two teens turns himself in
DAYTON - The man who police said shot two teenagers as they sat in the front of a Chevy sedan has turned himself in.
Rondell Donlow, 42, turned himself in at the Dayton Police Department’s downtown headquarters about 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, according to police and jail records.
It was Donlow, police said, that shot Dorian Frazier, 19, and a 17-year-old boy from the back seat of the car as traveled in the 300 block of Lorenz Avenue last week.
Residents in the area saw said they noticed a man matching Donlow’s appearance flee from the car after it crashed into some parked vehicles. Police said Donlow is suspected of firing shots during a drug deal that went bad.
Homicide detectives were called to the scene, but both victims survived the shooting. The 17-year-old remains in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back. Frazier’s head wound was treated by doctors and he is expected to be OK.
TweetCoroner’s office releases name of homicide victim found in house
DAYTON - Detectives are investigating the homicide of a Vietnam veteran found dead in a home on the city’s northeast side Tuesday morning, Jan. 12, after an apparent robbery.
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office late Tuesday afternoon identified the victim as Daniel Johnson Jr., 58.
Police responded to 23 N. Monmouth St. about 8:30 a.m. on the report of a person inside not breathing and found the white man dead inside, police said.
It appears the man was beaten about the head, investigators said. There are no suspects in his death.
“He suffered a head injury and it doesn’t appear the injury was accidental,” Dayton Sgt. Gary White said. “We will need to wait for the coroner’s official ruling, but right now we are considering it a homicide.”
White said the home where the body was found is a “rooming house” with separate rooms that contain as many as five people. All those renting rooms are military service veterans, neighbors said.
A man who claimed to the know the victim called 911 about 8:30 a.m. and said his friend was “stiff as a board” and not breathing, according to 911 audio released by police.
The 911 caller lives at the house, White said, but left for work before police arrived. Detectives are trying to locate him in hopes of garnering more details about his roommate’s death.
A few people inside the home said they heard some loud noises and movement coming from the victim’s room, but did not investigate, White said. It appears the victim was killed inside his bedroom and some items, including a television, were missing from the home, police and friends said.
Detectives said they were hoping an autopsy would help them determine how long the man had been dead before being found by his friend. White said authorities are having trouble locating any of the victim’s family and hope those who knew him can help.
Jeanie Blankenship said the victim was her friend, was well liked in the neighborhood, but often hung around prostitutes and people who took advantage of him.
“He had a major alcohol addiction but he was a nice guy who treated people well,” Blankenship said. “He would let people stay there if they needed and use his shower. He even fed them. It’s just a real shame he’s dead.”
Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call (937) 333-COPS.
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TweetFire crews responding to person trapped in burning house
DAYTON - Fire crews have extinguished a house on the city’s northeast side that was reportedly on fire with at least one person trapped inside.
Medics were called to the scene at Kiser Street and Protzman Avenue about noon, Tuesday, Dec. 12.
There were no injuries but a man who was inside the house was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
Debra Comer, owner of the house, said she returned home after receiving a call from a neighbor that her house was on fire. Her 3-year-old grandchild got a hold of a lighter and accidentally lit something on fire, Comer said.
There is significant damage to the second story of the house. Firefighers had the fire out within a matter of minutes of responding to the scene.
TweetWoman walks into gas station, creates bizarre scene
DAYTON - Police on the city’s northeast side are looking for a woman who walked into a Shell gas station and urinated on the floor in front of the cash register.
Officers responded about 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 11, to 3406 E. Third St. where employees there said a woman walked into the store 10 minutes before and asked to use the restroom, the report stated.
When told there was no public restroom at the business, employees said the woman dropped her pants and urinated in front of the cash register, the report stated.
Employees said the woman then jumped into a 2001 or similar model Ford van that looked like it was used for business purposes, the report stated.
One employee, who was mopping up in front of the registers as police investigated, said he would recognize the woman if he saw her again.
Anyone with information about the incident should call 333-COPS.
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