Rising tempers escalate with crash

Two area men took out their hostilities on Oxford streets at 10:29 p.m. January 23 after a phone call heightened tensions between them.

A resident of a neighboring community, who recently spent time in jail as a result of a domestic dispute with his estranged wife, reportedly tried calling his kids that evening and ended up talking to another man, who lives in another area community. There were several phone calls between them as they both drove to the TRI recreation complex, where one of the men told police they were going to have a fight. Instead, both arrived in their trucks and the second man had his own wife as a passenger as well as the estranged wife of the first man.

The first man was upset about the situation and drove his truck at the second, instead hitting a traffic sign on Fairfield Road, at McGuffey Avenue. As the second man drove off on McGuffey he was pursued by the man in the other truck, tailgating him. The second man hit his brakes, telling police later, he intended to disable the other man’s truck in order to escape. He then drove to the Oxford Police Department.

Officers dispatched to the scene spoke to the man whose truck was unable to move and brought him to the station. Both of the men were charged with three offenses.

The various participants were interviewed and it was learned that the wife of the first man had a protection order against him and a charge of violating that order was placed against him, although he said he was not guilty of that since he did not know she was in the other truck at the time.

Both men were charged with aggravated menacing and willful or wanton operation on a street or highway and the second man was also charged with operating a motor vehicle without a valid license.

It was also learned that another man had been in the first truck but had fled the scene after the truck was disabled because he had a warrant against him.

Drunken visitor makes things worse

A Cincinnati man visiting Oxford passed out in the snow January 26 and was unable to remember the name of a friend he was visiting in Oxford. When police helped him find the friend in order to let him avoid going to jail, he ended up resisting their efforts and the friend was also charged with resisting arrest.

Both men were heavily intoxicated, according to the police report. The Cincinnati man was reported lying in the snow on the first block of East Vine Street, but had left by the time police arrived. They found him wandering nearby and he told them he was going to walk home to Cincinnati. They wanted to find someplace local for him but he was, at first, unable to remember a name of friend he could stay with.

When he finally remembered a name, dispatchers tracked the name to a nearby address but when they took him they got to response at the door. Then, the resident came around the building, also intoxicated.

The Cincinnati man became increasingly belligerent, the report said, and eventually when officers tried to put him in the cruiser, he resisted by blocking with his feet against the door. He refused to sign the ticket for disorderly conduct/public intoxication, a minor misdemeanor, which would require them to arrest him. He was then charged with resisting arrest, as well and the Miami student he was visiting shouted at him to not sign the ticket. He also became belligerent and was charged with resisting arrest.

Both men were taken to the Oxford Police Department and charged, but officers did not take them to the Butler County jail, instead taking them back to the Miami student’s Oxford apartment.

Both came back to the station the following afternoon and officers noticed the Miami student’s knuckles had cracks and cuts on them. He told them that he and the other man fought after getting back to the apartment.

Fake ID found after wallet left on counter

A Miami student who got a 2 a.m. meal at the Oxford Skyline left his wallet behind on the counter January 27 and employees trying to locate him looked for a driver’s license. They found fake one, instead, and called Police, who took it to the station. When the 19-year-old man returned for his wallet, he was told to pick it up at the police station.

When he went for it, he was charged with certain acts prohibited, a first-degree misdemeanor under Ohio law dealing with fake identification.