News Stories for July 2005
Stories for Sunday, July 31
House Fire Leads To Scary Discovery
Authorities said firefighters were called to a Dayton home and said they found more than just flames.Police said a man was cooking on a stove when a grease fire erupted. They said he immediately called for help. Firefighters contained the blaze at the home in the 1100 block of Huffman ...
Riverside Residents Struck By Overnight Vandalism
Authorities said it was a difficult morning for people after waking up and finding the windows of their car broken out and shattered.The vandalism happened to several residents living in Riverside on Sunday. Officers said nearly a dozen vehicles had their windows broken out overnight on Forrest Ridge Road and ...
Firing Of Shotgun Concerns Neighbors In Drexel
Residents living in Drexel got worried after a man began firing a shotgun into the street.Authorities said gunshots rang out around 11 p.m. Saturday on Third Street and Lansdown. Investigators said the suspect fired at least two shots before speeding away in a red minivan.Officers said the man later dumped ...
Springfield Shooting
A man dies after someone shoots him in Springfield. Investigators say 30 year-old DeJuan Cobb and 36 year-old Tommy Butler were shot several times early Saturday morning on East Pleasant Street. Cobb died at the hospital -butler's expected to recover.. No word on any suspects.
Stories for Friday, July 29
Shooting Leaves Man Wounded In Arm
Police in Dayton are investigating a shooting that left a man shot in the arm.The shooting happened Friday afternoon inside an apartment building on Cherry Street. Police said the man was being treated at a local hospital. There is no word on his condition.Officers said the victim was shot by ...
Suspect In Elderly Scam Arrested Outside Kroger Store
Police arrested a man they said has scammed several elderly people out of thousands of dollars.Investigators said the man was arrested outside a Kroger store on Gettysburg Avenue Friday afternoon after he allegedly ripped off a victim for $4,000.Off-duty officers who were working security for the grocery store detained the ...
Trotwood Investigating String Of Robberies
Police in Trotwood described a suspected serial robber as desperate. The crime started around 10 a.m. Friday on Salem Avenue in Trotwood.Officers said the robber moved quickly and was targeting mom and pop-type businesses for fast cash.Authorities said that before Friday morning, the suspect had a clean record. Police described ...
Dayton Officer Appears In Court On Conspiracy Charges
A Dayton police officer accused of plotting to steal drugs and money from alleged drug dealers faced a federal judge on Friday.Officer Rick Elworth and his alleged accomplice, a former Germantown police officer, James Gregory, are both facing federal charges of conspiring to possess and distribute drugs.The judge decided Friday ...
Huber Heights Man Reported Missing
Police in Huber Heights are trying to find a missing man.Officers said Melvin Jackson Jr., 32, has been missing since Sunday. They said he was last seen in his car, which is a silver Chevrolet Cavalier.Jackson is a diabetic and may not have his medication. If you have any information ...
Body Found In Remains Of Charred Home
The search continues in a burned-out house in Darke County for possibly another victim or two.The fire happened early Friday morning in the 9700 block of Houschilt Road near the Shelby County Line close to the village of Willowdell.Authorities said the body of an individual was found Friday morning in ...
Residents Seek Support For Fire Station 9
The city's plan to close a neighborhood fire station created a major controversy. People living near Fire Station 9 at Salem and Oxford hit the street Friday expressing their anger.They said residents learned of the city's plan two days ago.A couple dozen people from several neighborhoods along lower Salem Avenue ...
Support Sought To Keep Fire Station In Neighborhood
The city of Dayton's plan to close a neighborhood fire station has created a lot of controversy. People living near station 9 at Salem and Oxford took to the street to express their anger on Friday.A couple dozen people came out to the fire station and want neighboring residents to ...
Rural House Fire Turns Fatal In Darke County
Authorities said smoke and flames took over a rural home and left one person dead early Friday morning.The fire happened in Darke County near the village of Willowdell. Firefighters from five different departments battled the blaze that was reported around 2:30 a.m. on Houschilt Road.Investigators are at the scene of ...
Cox Arboretum: Gardening Tips -- August 2005
GARDEN MAINTENANCE At the risk of sounding like a broken record and repeating the same advice incessantly, the singularly most critical gardening act right now is ensuring adequate water supplies to the landscape as well as any containers. Watering is best done in the cool of the early morning with ...
Police: Robbery Leaves People Without Money, Clothes
Police said a bizarre robbery early Friday morning in Riverside left people without their money and their clothes. They said more than a dozen members of a private club were held up and stripped of their clothing. The robbery happened shortly after 1 a.m. Friday at the club off Valley ...
Dayton Homeowner Startled By Intruder
A couple in Dayton learned it is a good idea to lock up even when they are still at home. Authorities said the couple was sitting on their front porch on Kingsview Avenue in Dayton on Thursday when a man rode by on a bicycle.Officers said the woman who lived ...
Beavercreek Teen Dies In Butler Co. Accident
Authorities said a Beavercreek teenager died in an accident after she lost control of her car.Kathleen Nguyen, 18, was driving on Route 129 near Route 747 in Liberty Township on Thursday when the accident happened. Deputies in Butler County said Nguyen drove into a median.They said she then overcorrected across ...
Victim Questioned About Facts Of Overnight Shooting
Police are questioning a man’s story about how he was shot overnight. Officers said the 42-year-old man told them he was inside a home on Edison Street when he heard a man force his way in through a back door. He said the man was looking for a young woman.The ...
Darke Co. Home Charred In Early-Morning Fire
Authorities said a fire destroyed a home in Darke County early Friday morning.The fire happened at a home on Houschilt Road near Willowdell around 2:30 a.m. It took five fire departments from Darke, Shelby and Mercer counties to battle the fire.Investigators are still searching for the cause of the fire.
Car Slams Into House; Police Search For Driver
Police in Miamisburg are trying to figure out why a car left the roadway and slammed into a house overnight.Officers said it looks like the car sped off the road, hit a parked car and slammed into the home on South Linden Avenue.Authorities said a back-seat passenger was injured in ...
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