WDTN.com (NBC 2 Dayton) is reporting on rash of ATM robberies in the Dayton area.

The most recent hold-up happened Sunday in the Oregon District.

WDTN says this was the third incident in the area since Thursday.

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WDTN.com (NBC 2 Dayton) is reporting on a warning for University of Dayton students after a female student was sexually assaulted on campus.

According to the report, the student says two men approached her outside the mechanical engineering building near Stewart, early Saturday morning. One of them, a white college-age man with blond hair and a plaid shirt, sexually assaulted her.

WDTN says university officials hope the safety alert will keep students on guard.

Joe Melendrez lives in a student dorm near the scene of the assault. "It is shocking. It is very uncomfortable. At the same time, it also...we need to have more awareness for things like that."

Holly Dehaven is a UD student. She told WDTN "it was just a reminder that you have to careful where you go at night and make sure you always stay in a group or that you have someone to walk back with you."

Someone needs to tell Holly avoiding walking alone is not an adequate self-defense measure. Two, ten (or even fifty) people can be subdued by one criminal with a gun.

According to the 2003 National Crime Victimization Survey, 93% of violent crimes against innocent citizens last year were carried out without the criminal use of a firearm. 96% of rapes and 75% of robberies were committed by criminals without firearms.

For all rapes, woman who resisted with a gun were 2.5 times more likely to escape without injury than those who did not resist, and 4 times more likely to escape uninjured than those who resisted with any means other than a gun.” (Southwick, Journal of Criminal Justice, 2000)

Why then does the anti-gunners' answer to violence always points to making it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to obtain firearms, or the right to bear them for self-defense?

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The Fremont News-Messenger reported on November 10 that a Detroit man, who is a suspect in an armed robbery in Chicago, was arrested by Ohio State Highway Patrolmen early Tuesday morning after a high speed chase in Sandusky County.

Police told the News-Messenger that troopers of the Milan Post observed Truman Manning, 42, of Detroit driving a 2005 Ford Taurus eastbound on the Ohio Turnpike at around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday. After leaving the Commodore Perry Service Plaza at milepost 100, Truman was observed driving at 101 miles per hour. The Taurus, which was reported stolen from a business in Chicago, did not stop when officers pursued with emergency lights flashing.

According to the paper, police followed the vehicle for about 24 miles before police deployed stop sticks, puncturing two tires on the Taurus. The suspect continued for another mile before stopping in the south ditch of the turnpike and fleeing on foot. He was apprehended a short time later.

Troopers reportedly found cocaine residue, drug paraphernalia, business checks, numerous sets of car keys along with a black coat and knife, possibly used in an armed robbery in the Chicago area.

Ohio law restricts concealed handgun license (CHL)-holders from carrying concealed inside publicly-owned buildings, such as this rest stop. And although the law does NOT restrict open carry in these places, many of them have signs up stating that ALL firearms are
prohibited on premises.

Until Ohio's Right to Carry law is fixed, and as the following email from the Ohio Attorney General notes, potential victims will be forced to make the choice between self-protection and the potential for false arrest by the anti-self-defense OSHP:

While it is legal for a person to carry a weapon openly some law enforcement agencies have said such actions may prompt an arrest for inducing panic, a misdemeanor.

It is impossible to say if any particular officer will cause problems for any particular person at any particular time, but carrying openly in a rest area – while within the bounds of law – may still result in difficulties.

Mark Gribben
Director of Constituent Services
Office of Attorney General Jim Petro

Ohio law should be amended so as to not render travelers defenseless at rest stops.

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November 9, 2004
WKYC.com (NBC3 Cleveland)

According to the Cleveland police chief, a 21-year-old woman was waiting for a bus on East 120th and Euclid when a man drove up asking for directions Monday.

The unidentified man said he could not hear the young woman and asked her to come closer. She obliged but when she did he reportedly forced her into the vehicle.

The suspect drove the victim around for a long time until finally he settled on a location. They ended up in a park where he sexually assaulted her.

The victim said she was able to fight him off and get out of the car.

That’s when she ran and flagged down a good samaritan. They drove her to East 276th and Euclid.

She then flagged down a Cleveland police officer, who called for an ambulance. She was taken to the Cleveland Clinic for treatment.

Commentary:
The following political subdivisions in Ohio ban CHL-holders from city buses: