Prosecutors say it was an argument over money that led an Ohio man to assault his mother earlier this year in a brutal attack that included rape and an array of physical injuries. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported the 46-year-old defendant’s trial began this week with opening statements delivered Tuesday in a Hamilton County court. Police …
A Westlake, Ohio, babysitter who admitted to giving Xanax to an 18-month-old baby girl who later died was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison. Cleveland.com reports that Summer Susan Shalodi, 32, gave the drug to Nadia Gibbons on December 12, 2015, then went to the movies with a friend. She returned to find Gibbons unresponsive and …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A 7-year-old boy was shot dead and his body apparently hidden in a home where three adults were found fatally shot and a fourth was stabbed, a sheriff said Thursday as a manhunt for the suspect focused on a wooded area near Ohio’s southern tip. Authorities had issued a missing-child alert after …
The family of an 18-year-old Ohio woman who allegedly burned and buried her newborn child is speaking out about the harrowing ordeal. As CrimeOnline reported in August, Brooke Skylar Richardson was indicted on charges of aggravated murder, gross abuse of a corpse, involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, and tampering with evidence. The teen is accused of giving birth to …
Ohio police have arrested a middle school football coach and accused him of providing a minor with alcohol before raping them, as reported by 10TV. The Newark Advocate reports that Gary Stratford, 36, of Thornville, was charged Monday with first-degree rape. Court records indicate that Statford is accused of giving a juvenile alcohol before having …
A quick-thinking Ohio man is being applauded for thwarting an alleged kidnapping. FOX 19 reports that surveillance video captured the suspect, later identified as Jessie Woodard Jr. (pictured right), pulling an 11-year-old girl by the arm down a road in Golf Manor on Saturday. That’s when Nazier Elahee (pictured left) said he noticed something that prompted him to take …
An Ohio firefighter was suspended indefinitely after allegedly posting a Facebook comment saying he would rescue a dog from a burning building before a black person, according to FOX 8. WHIO reports that Franklin Township’s fire chief suspended Tyler Roysdon, 20, Tuesday after being alerted to the racially-charged statements. Township Administrator Traci Stivers said it’s unclear how …
Authorities found two deceased bodies at a luxurious apartment in north Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday, and after hours of investigation, determined that the incident was an apparent murder-suicide. NBC4i reports that authorities identified the bodies found inside the apartment as Kyle Lafferty, 25, and Heather Campbell, 22. According to detectives, the tragedy happened inside an apartment …
Police arrested an Ohio couple after officers allegedly found the man’s 4-year-old twin boys bound, gagged, and duct taped to a wall in their College Hill home, as reported by WLWT. According to KGMH, James Howell, 26, and girlfriend Jamie Carver, 30, are charged with two counts of kidnapping and child endangering. Cincinnati police Detective Janette …
A 10-year-old Ohio boy passed away on Sunday, following a fiery car crash in August that left him critically injured while his father fled the scene. WCPO reports that the little boy, Ariyonte “Tay-Tay” Grace Holloway, passed away at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital after his father, Adriel Holloway, 27, crashed his vehicle in Walnut Hills while his …
A Reynoldsburg, Ohio, babysitter who gave an 8-month-old baby boy a fatal dose of Benadryl last year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Lori A. Conley, 45, was sentenced to 11 years for involuntary manslaughter, three years for child endangering, and one year for tampering with evidence. In …
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