News Stories for August 2005
Stories for Tuesday, August 30
DEA, U.S. Attorney General Crack Down On Meth Labs
Seven people have been charged after last week’s methamphetamine raids in Montgomery, Preble and Greene counties.On Tuesday, the U.S. attorney general announced that the raid was part of a nationwide meth crackdown. He said there were DEA raids in nearly 200 cities around the United States.Authorities said 96 search warrants ...
Students Get Late Start After Bus Accident
Dozens of students in Clark County got a late start to class on Tuesday morning when their school bus was struck by a car.The accident happened around 8 a.m. on Route 235 at Mussellman Road near New Carlisle.Authorities said a car traveling northbound crashed into the back of another car, ...
Victim Identified In Fatal Trotwood Accident
Authorities have released the name of the woman who was killed in a car accident on Monday in Trotwood.The victim has been identified as 62-year-old Ernestine Steiner, of Dayton. Police said she was killed when her car was struck by another car driven by 38-year-old Chaya Fields.Witnesses said Fields ran ...
Man Wanted In Car Wash Theft
Authorities in Clark County said someone tried to break into a car wash and it was all caught on tape. The burglary happened early Sunday morning at the North and Bechtel Car Wash in Springfield.Investigators said the thief was after change from the coin machines. The owner of the business ...
Parents Questioned In Death Of 3-Week-Old
A 3-week-old girl is dead and now Dayton police are questioning her parents. Authorities said the child died at Children’s Medical Center on Tuesday morning of severe burns.Now, Dayton homicide detectives are investigating the child’s death.Authorities said the parents of the child took her to the hospital around 7 a.m. ...
More Volunteers Leave For Storm-Ravaged South
Several people from the Dayton chapter of the American Red Cross are headed south to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.Katrina has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it is still have devastating effects of several states. The people in those states need help just surviving, and the Red ...
3-Week-Old Girl Dies From Severe Burns
Authorities said a 3-week-old baby is dead after suffering severe burns.Police in Dayton are now questioning the child’s parents and do consider the death suspicious.Investigators said the child lived in an apartment on Hall Avenue with her parents and other siblings. They said around 7 a.m. Tuesday, the parents took ...
Van, Car Collide On Route 4; Highway Shut Down
Authorities said a van and a car collided along Route 4 near Keowee Street, causing one person to be rushed to a local hospital by Careflight.Police said the driver of the car was ejected and the passenger was trapped in the car that was pinned against a wall. The victim ...
Hit-And-Run Leaves Dayton Street Littered With Damage
Authorities said a runaway pickup truck left a Dayton street littered with smashed vehicles, car parts and glass.Police said two men ended their wild ride by jumping out and running. Police were able to track them down with the help of people in the neighborhood.The incident happened in the 200 ...
Suspect In Bank Robbery Accepts Plea Bargain
A Darke County man, scheduled to go on trial in Miami County Tuesday as the getaway driver in a January bank robbery, accepted a plea bargain.Alec Frawley, 24, of Arcanum, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery. The holdup took place at the U.S. Bank branch on South Miami Street in West ...
Report: Delphi Moves Closer To Bankruptcy
The Dayton Daily News reported that Delphi could be moving closer to bankruptcy.Delphi is GM’s largest supplier of auto parts. The paper said a letter distributed to union members claimed changes need to be made in the company’s cost structure within two weeks.Delphi wants to make changes to current wages, ...
Firefighter Injured In Adelite Fire
Authorities said a Dayton firefighter was injured while battling a basement fire on Monday.The fire happened at a home in the 500 block of Adelite. Investigators said the fire was confined to the basement area of the home.Investigators said a firefighter received minor injuries and is expected to recover.The cause ...
Bus Service Returns In Fairborn
The first day of school brings a bonus in Fairborn, as it will be a little easier for some parents to send the children to school.The district brought back bus routes that were eliminated in the 2004-2005 school year. School officials said budget restraints forced the district to eliminate busing ...
Damaged Vehicles Lands Two Men In Custody
Authorities said it appears that a driver played bumper cars with real cars.A person living on Huron Street in Dayton reported that someone had damaged nine vehicles parked on the block. Police said a neighbor helped officers find the driver.Officers took two men into custody on Monday night.
Stories for Monday, August 29
Troy Woman Enters Not Guilty Plea To Child Endangering Charges
A Troy baby sitter entered a plea of not guilty Monday afternoon in what appears to be a case of a shaken baby. Juliette Hoffman was first arrested in mid-February by Troy police. Investigators said Hoffman was baby-sitting 5 1/2-month-old Trevor Nash , of Troy. Police said that Trevor suffered ...
Police: Chase Suspect Armed,Dangerous
He is considered armed and dangerous and Clark County authorities want him behind bars. Springfield police said that Terrance Wilson, 34, led them on a chase Saturday afternoon that was called off because of high speeds. Authorities said that a short time later, Wilson smashed his car into another vehicle ...
Suspected Bank Robber Taken Into Custody
A suspected bank robber is behind bars after police arrested him Monday. Police said Stephen Jefferson is one of two men who held up the Key Bank near Salem and Park Hill on Friday. He was arrested on Valerie Arms Drive in Dayton. The other suspect remains at the large.
Motorist Killed In Salem Avenue Accident
A woman is dead and three others injured after a three-car accident in Trotwood. The accident happened around 11:30 a.m. Monday on Salem Avenue.Witnesses said a white Toyota was driving erractically and running red lights. Authorities said a woman pulling out of a parking lot was in the wrong place ...
Opening Statements Held In Caddy Trial
Opening statements were held Monday in Montgomery County in the trial of Matthew Caddy.Caddy was charged with abuse of a corpse and possession of criminal tools. He was arrested after police found 43-year-old Daniel Everson dead in the basement of Caddy’s Dayton home last summer.Authorities said Everson traveled from Minnesota ...
Man Faces Charges Following Weekend Chase
A Springfield man faces more than a dozen charges after reportedly leading Clark County deputies on a chase and then trying to shoot himself.Andy Lewis, 45, faces 13 charges, including felonious assault, resisting arrest and failure to comply. Investigators said Lewis crashed into a vehicle in German Township Saturday morning ...
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