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Loveland gun range on ballot Feb. 8!

7:24pm Monday, February 07, 2005

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Saturday that residents will decide Tuesday about the fate of a proposed indoor shooting range on Loveland-Madeira Road. The owners of Shooters Supply, a 16-year Loveland business, are proposing a new retail store and indoor shooting range on Loveland-Madeira. The newspaper reports that Loveland council last year passed an amended gun law that allows the range,...

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Patron subdues would-be armed robber at Fremont Wal-Mart store

7:15pm Monday, February 07, 2005

The Fremont News Messenger is reporting that a Columbus man was arrested Saturday night after he was accused of trying to steal merchandise and threatening store employees with a knife when they tried to stop him. According to a report from the Fremont police which as refernece by the newspaper, about 7 p.m. Saturday, Ian Wilson, 24, of Columbus, attempted to steal two pairs of scissors, a box...

Letter to the Editor: Resnick's run-in raises questions

6:59pm Monday, February 07, 2005

February 7, 2005 Toledo Blade I was born on a Wednesday, but not last Wednesday. I may be a little naive, but not that naive. After reading the account of Justice Alice Resnick's run-in with the law, I cannot believe the back-tracking of Bowling Green city prosecutor Matt Reger. I ask all law-abiding citizens of Ohio: What if it had been you approached at the BP gas station and you gave your...

Police say criminals casing Fremont homes as prep for burglaries

6:40pm Monday, February 07, 2005

Time and again, when told that publishing lists of gun owners (CHL-holders) would provide criminals lists of homes from which to steal guns, or would let potential attackers know who isn't able to defend themselves, the media responded by saying that criminals just weren't smart enough to utilize the newspaper to premeditate their crimes or select their targets. The Akron Beacon Journal has...

Gary Nasal's 8 mo. "investigation" yields no indictment of Sheriff O'Leary

3:41pm Saturday, February 05, 2005

by Chad D. Baus “Quis custodet ipsos custodes?”, Juvenal Who will guard the guards themselves? That is the question many Ohioans are likely to be asking themselves in the wake of two current events in Ohio. Last week, Democrat Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick was arrested in Wood County for driving with a blood alcohol content 2 ½ times the legal limit. It was later revealed that despite...

New video proves Resnick lied to police officers in initial stops

1:59pm Saturday, February 05, 2005

As can be seen in the first three traffic stop videos released by law enforcement, anti-CCW Ohio State Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick repeatedly denied having consumed alcohol or taken medication when first approached by police at a gas station in Bowling Green and later when pulled over on I-75 South near Cygnet in Wood County. However, the Toledo Blade is now reporting that law, just...

Elderly female customer robbed outside Fifth Third bank

7:54am Saturday, February 05, 2005

The Brown County People's Defender is reporting that on Feb. 1, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an elderly woman carrying a moneybag from the Fifth Third Bank in Peebles was assaulted and the moneybag stolen. The thief was described in the newspaper as a tall, thin man with black hair, facial stubble, wearing a navy blue, nylon hooded jacket with white pin stripes down the sleeve, tan jeans and white...

In wake of actress' murder, CNN offers mugger safety tips

7:45am Saturday, February 05, 2005

In response to the shooting of off-broadway acctress Nicole duFresne by Manhattan mugger last week, CNN.com has published tips on "How to survive a mugging". The story is based on a press release by the Washington-based National Crime Prevention Council, which is now circulating a list of tips on how to survive a mugging. "It demonstrates that confronting an attacker is probably the worst thing...