News Stories for April 2006
Stories for Sunday, April 30
Meth Explosion Badly Burns Man
An explosion rocks a Cedarville neighborhood and seriously injures a man. Firefighters called to 48 West North Street around three o'clock Sunday morning to discover flames shooting out of the back of the house and a disoriented man in the street. Investigators believe that man was cooking methamphetamines inside and ...
Wright State University Honors
Several members of the Dayton community are honored for keeping African American Culture alive. Saturday night three Dayton community members were recognized at Wright State University for preserving the African American traditions in the community. Dr. Yvonne Seon, director of the Bolinga Black Cultural Resource Center at Wright State University ...
Truck Flips Over Guardrail On I-75
Traffic on I-75 Northbound in Downtown Dayton comes to a stand still Sunday morning after a truck flips over the guardrail. Two Cincinnati men inside the rented truck were amazingly unhurt. Several large trees caught the truck and prevented it from falling 30 feet down an embankment.
Firefighters: Computers May Have Accelerated House Fire
Fire tore through a Miami Township home Saturday night, and investigators said computers may have accelerated the blaze.The fire happened in the 5000 block of Holly Hock Drive around 8 p.m. The homeowner said he thinks he may have left the stove on when he left to go shopping.He said ...
Dayton Man Recovers After Pit Bull Attack
Police in Dayton said a man is recovering after he was attacked by a pit bull. The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of Xenia Avenue.Neighbors said the man was out for a walk when two pit bulls came running out of their cages and chased ...
Arrest Made In Connection With Pleasant Hill Robbery
Three days after a gas station was robbed in Pleasant Hill, police made an arrest with help from the public.Investigators said the Sunoco station on South Main Street was robbed on Tuesday night. Sheriff’s deputies released surveillance video of the suspect and someone recognized the person and helped detectives track ...
Stories for Saturday, April 29
3 Seriously Injured After Car Slams Into Tree
Investigators in Miami County said a driver crashed head-on into a tree early Saturday morning, sending three young men to a local hospital in serious condition.The accident happened several miles west of Troy on Stilwell Road at about 1 a.m.Authorities said the car missed a 90-degree turn, went off the ...
Police: Couple Shot During Home Invasion
Police in Dayton said a husband and wife are both in the hospital after being shot in front of their children during a violent home invasion.The shooting happened Friday night on Brownell in Dayton. Police said two men armed with guns broke into the home, shot the couple, then took ...
Moorefield Twp. Seeks Votes For New Police Force
Residents in Moorefield Township could soon be under the protection of a new police force.Voters will decide May 2 on a proposed 1.5-mill property tax increase that would raise $400,000 a year for a new police department.Moorefield Township trustees said they would be able to hire a full-time police chief ...
Car Smashes Into Grocery Store
Police said no customers were injured Friday when a car smashed into a Dayton grocery store.The incident happened at about 6 p.m. Friday at the Groceryland store near the intersection of Troy and Stanley.The cashier said she heard a loud crash and then saw shattered bottles, broken boxes and red ...
Stories for Friday, April 28
Police Investigating Double Shooting In Dayton
Dayton police are investigating after two people were shot in a home Friday night. It happened shortly before 10:00 on Brownell near Smithville Road. Police said two men entered the home and shot a husband and wife that were in the home. The gunmen then fled the scene. Both victims ...
Police: Suspect In Robbery At Antioch College Now In Custody
Yellow Springs police said late Friday that a man wanted in connection with a robbery at Antioch College had turned himself in. The robbery happened early Friday morning. Police said 19-year-old Jamie Stallworth and 38-year-old Kenneth Freeman trespassed on the Antioch campus, choked, then pistol-whipped a man inside a dorm ...
Registered Sex Offender Now Charged With More Crimes
A registered sex offender on parole from a previous child-pornography case faced more charges Friday. Robert Talty, 33, of Dayton pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. Police confiscated Talty's computer a year ago and said they found thousands of pornographic pictures of children. Talty was on parole following a 1998 ...
Police Ask For Help In Solving Robbery Cases
Dayton investigators are asking for community members' help to capture a suspected serial robber they said is targeting Kroger and Meijer stores. Police said in a little more than two weeks, one man has tried to rob four different stores. Friday they released surveillance video of the robber in action. ...
Hazmat Incident Shuts Down Interstate In Clark County
The State Highway Patrol shut down Interstate 70 east of Springfield after a tanker truck overturned Friday evening. The incident happened on the Clark-Madison county line. The driver of the truck was not seriously injured. Traffic was rerouted for several hours while crews worked to transfer the load from the ...
Medics Rush Victim Of Motorcycle Accident To Local Hospital
Paramedics rushed a man to a local hospital after he lost control of his motorcycle. The accident happened Friday afternoon near the intersection of Belmont Avenue and East Main Street.According to witnesses, the motorcyclist was heading west on Main Street when another vehicle in front slowed down. They said the ...
Police: Semi Slams Into Motorcycle
Investigators said a semi pulled into the path of a motorcycle, sending the cyclist to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. The accident happened Friday on Route 36 at R.M. Davis Drive near Piqua.Britt Coburn , 48, of Covington, remains under treatment at the hospital.Police said officers cited the trucker for ...
Tony Hall Returns To Dayton For Tour
Former U.S. Rep.-turned-author Tony Hall returned home to Dayton on Friday.Hall toured the Victor J. Cassano Health Center in Dayton on Friday morning. The facility provides medical care for those in need regardless of their ability to pay.The facility is a project that Hall worked on to get funding for ...
Dayton Motorist Shot With BB Rifle
There has been another case reported of a BB gun causing real fear among residents in the Miami Valley.A man driving his car in Dayton said he was shot in the face waiting at a red light. Dayton officers said they have arrested two juveniles on assault charges.This was one ...
Fundraiser To Be Held For Kettering 5-Year-Old
A 5-year-old boy from Kettering is suffering from a very rare form of lung cancer, and his family needs help.Kaleb Montgomery loves to play video games and play ball with his father and friends.Kaleb was diagnosed with plueropulmonary blastoma. Health experts sy less than 200 children in the world suffer ...
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