Daycare Worker Rips 1-Year-Old Baby’s Hair Off
child endangerment
Kristian Hemmitt has been charged with assault, child endangering, and tampering with evidence, and the facility where she worked has had its license suspended.
Missing
March 21, 2022
Teen Missing Since July 2021 Is Found Dead Under a Pile of Clothes: Report
An Ohio woman who vanished under suspicious circumstances in July 2021 was reportedly found dead on Thursday. According to WJW, a cleaning person discovered Audreona Barnes’ body while moving a pile of clothes on a balcony in Cleveland. The cleaning person told police that the prior tenant had been evicted on March 11. It is …
Rape
March 3, 2022
Ohio Man Takes Woman’s Prosthetic Leg, Ties Her to a Tree, and Rapes Her: Court
An Ohio man set to go on trial on abduction charges was arraigned Thursday for a 2019 rape in which he allegedly took a woman’s prosthetic leg and kicked her unconscious before the sexual assault. Prosecutors said Yoder was identified as the suspect in the July 2019 rape via DNA testing, WKRC reports. At Thursday’s …
Kidnapping
January 30, 2022
Ex-Boyfriend Hides in Trunk of Woman’s Car, Threatens To Kill Her
An Ohio man was arrested this week after he allegedly hid in the trunk of his ex-girlfriend’s car and assaulted her while she was driving. Jarrod Rodriguez, 40, was charged with kidnapping, aggravated robbery, assault, and aggravated menacing and was ordered held on a $250,000 bond on Friday. The victim told police that Rodriguez hid …
Manslaughter
January 29, 2022
Parents Charged After Their 11-Month-Old Dies From Fentanyl Overdose
An Ohio couple was arrested across state lines in West Virginia this week after they were indicted for their infant child’s fentanyl overdose death in September. Robert L. Filius, 29, and Michaela R. Hupp, 25, were charged with involuntary manslaughter endangering children, possession of fentanyl related compound, aggravated possession of drugs, and being a fugitive …
Shooting
December 30, 2021
Dad Fatally Shoots Teen Daughter He Mistakes for Intruder
A 16-year-old Ohio high school junior was shot and killed early Wednesday when her father mistook her for an intruder. Columbus police said they were called at about 4:30 a.m. by Janae Hairston’s mother, who said the girl’s father thought someone was breaking into the house when their security system was activated. According to the …
Missing
December 8, 2021
FOUND SAFE: 12-Year-Old Ohio Boy Hasn’t Been Seen Since Monday Morning
Update 11:53 a.m.: A 12-year-old Ohio boy who hadn’t been seen since Monday morning was found safe on Wednesday morning, Toledo police said. No details were provided. Original story: Police in Ohio are looking for a 12-year-old boy last seen when his grandmother dropped him off at school Monday morning. Eisghion Thomas’s father told police …
Missing
November 13, 2021
Found Safe! Ohio 5-Year-Old Allegedly Taken by Neighbor Located in Illinois
A 5-year-old Ohio girl who disappeared after going to a store with her 36-year-old neighbor has been found two states away. Authorities issued an Amber Alert for Ana Burke on Friday afternoon, and she was located hours later in Bloomington, Illinois, the Canton Repository said. Jonathan Stinnett, the neighbor, was taken into custody on warrants …
AMBER Alert
November 12, 2021
Amber Alert: Ohio Man Takes Little Girl to Restroom, Vanishes With Her
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 5-year-old Ohio girl last seen on November 11. Ana Burke is described as 3 feet 9 inches tall and 55 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt and rainbow-colored pants, WILX reported. The Jackson Township Police Department in Stark …
Court
October 4, 2021
Ex-Ohio Cop To Go on Trial in March for Shooting Death of Andre Hill
A former Ohio police officer will go on trial next March on murder and other charges relating to the shooting death of Andre Hill last December. Adam Coy, 44, has argued that he mistook a set of keys in Hill’s hand for a gun when he shot and killed him during a non-emergency call. Hill, …
Murder
September 12, 2021
Ohio Investigators Untangle Intricate Cover-Up, Find Remains of Man Who Disappeared 11 Months Ago
Authorities in Ohio say they believe they have recovered the remains of a Wadsworth man who vanished after going out to a club last October. Iron Cannon, 27, reportedly told his nephew he was on his way home, but he never made it, according to WEWS. Initially investigating as a missing person case, detectives later …
Missing
September 5, 2021
18-Year-Old With Autism Missing in Northeastern Ohio
Authorities in northeastern Ohio are looking for an 18-year-old with autism who hasn’t been seen since Saturday afternoon. Daniel Horvath is not familiar with the area, the Lexington Fire Department said. Horvath was last seen at about 4 p.m., officials said, and was wearing a dark blue shirt, blue shorts, and dark gray tennis shoes. …