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Fairfield woman’s cause of death may never be known
The long search is over for Katelyn Markham, but the quest for how she died is just beginning for multiple agencies in two states. Markham’s skeletal remains were found Sunday morning in Cedar Grove, Ind., just 30 miles from her Fairfield home. She vanished from her Dorshire Drive residence in ...
Police reports for April 12
Fleeing police lands woman in jailA female Miami University student who was one of a group of people attempting to steal a “Road Closed” sign refused to cooperate with officers after she was caught and landed in the Butler County Jail charged with four misdemeanor offenses.A police officer saw the ...
Skeletal remains of Fairfield woman Katelyn Markham found
The skeletal remains of missing Fairfield person Katelyn Markham have been found in Cedar Grove, Ind., Fairfield Police Chief Mike Dickey told the Hamilton JournalNews. Markham was reported missing on Aug. 14, 2011, from her Fairfield residence. Cedar Grove, Ind., is approximately 30 miles west of Fairfield. Police used dental ...
Plea withdraw denied; Fairfield man sentenced for Oxford assault
A judge has denied a Fairfield man’s request to withdraw his guilty plea in connection with break-ins and a sexual assault last year in Oxford.Following a three-day hearing, in which a new attorney for Fransisco Rivera argued his former lawyer was not truthful about possible deportation and he was not ...
Former Ohio mayor convicted of rape, other charges
A Morgan County Common Pleas jury has convicted former Stockport Mayor Michael Shane Shuster on 21 felony counts including eight counts of gross sexual imposition, seven counts of sexual battery and six counts of rape. A special prosecutor from the Ohio Attorney General’s Crimes Against Children Unit was assigned to ...
Hamilton raid nets $1M in drugs, $200K in cash
A massive drug raid Thursday led to the arrest of three people in Hamilton and the recovery of cash, weapons and more than $1 million in synthetic drugs. Police officers served 19 search warrants on six businesses and nine residences. The warrants were conducted in several jurisdictions in both Butler ...
Police Reports
2 charged in domestic violence caseCharges of domestic violence resulted for both parties following an altercation March 28 after it spilled out of the apartment and onto the sidewalk area and resulted in both being checked out at the hospital.A woman who said she was separated from her husband and ...
White supremacist gangs becoming increased threat in and outside of prisons
White supremacist prison gangs, such as those under suspicion in the recent murders of Colorado’s prisons chief and two district attorneys in Texas, “increasingly threaten our communities” as their members finish their sentences and continue gang activity in the outside world, a national expert on the organizations told the Dayton ...
Oxford settles Taser case for $750,000
The city of Oxford paid a former Miami University student’s family $750,000 after they settled the case involving a 2008 Taser incident.The city and officers who tased Mary and Charles Piskura’s son settled the case March 6.The city’s insurance company will pay the $750,000 settlement, City Manager Doug Elliott said.“Our ...
Hearing set for May in Hamilton dog cruelty case
Animal lovers lined the front row of Hamilton Municipal Court wearing colorful T-shirts showing support for Bruiser, a pit bull that officials say was starved by its owner, Elizabeth Lewis. Lewis, 19, formerly of Timberhill Drive, was escorted before Judge Dan Gattermeyer by police escort. Her attorney, Ramona Daniels, said ...
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