Stories

Off-Duty Officer Charged In Road Rage Incident

11:10pm Friday, November 12, 2004

An apparent road rage incident on a local interstate led to charges being filed against an off-duty Columbus police officer, NBC 4's Duarte Geraldino reported on November 11. The incident occurred at 9:50 a.m. along Interstate 270 North at Westerville Road. Police told NBC 4 that Kristopher Montgomery, 25, of Newark, and off-duty Officer Mark Nelson, 33, of Johnstown, had a dispute while driving...

Read more about Off-Duty Officer Charged In Road Rage Incident
1655 reads

Letter to the Editor: Cleveland Free Times' "trifecta of political failure"

11:01pm Friday, November 12, 2004

November 10, 2004 Cleveland Free Times edited to topic PUT THAT IN YOUR QUIXOTIC PIPE I am writing now for two reasons. First, I'm a procrastinator and kept forgetting. Second, I was awaiting the last of three events to take place. Those three events are the passage of concealed carry in Ohio, the expiration of the sham “assault weapons” ban, and finally the reelection of George Bush. You not...

Why do some banks disarm customers who wish to patronize their business?

7:52am Thursday, November 11, 2004

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. Related Stories: Cincinnati's Northside Bank posts ''no-guns'' sign on outdoor ATM! Medina victim sues man who robbed her at First Merit ATM Victim Zone: Armed robbers strike on &...

RAPIST PROTECTION ZONE: UD Student Raped On Campus

7:28am Thursday, November 11, 2004

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...

Read more about RAPIST PROTECTION ZONE: UD Student Raped On Campus
1400 reads

Why does Ohio law prohibit self-defense at rest stops?

7:20am Thursday, November 11, 2004

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...

Woman kidnapped from bus stop, raped

7:06am Thursday, November 11, 2004

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...

Read more about Woman kidnapped from bus stop, raped
1665 reads

FLASH: Republican Sen. Spada's anti-CCW mailer paid for by OhioGOP

8:44am Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has obtained a political mailer sent to voters in Senate District 24, which attacks a Democrat candidate for his support of concealed carry. On the eve of the election, an 8 ½” x 11” full color mailer bearing the name of the Ohio Republican Party, and Chairman Robert Bennett, was mailed to residents in Republican Sen. Bob Spada’s Senate district. The mailer attacked...

OFCC PAC Endorsee Jon Husted chosen as next House speaker

7:44am Wednesday, November 10, 2004

The Associated Press is reporting today that majority Republicans in the Ohio House have selected Rep. Jon Husted of Kettering as speaker for the 2005-2006 legislative session. Husted, 37, will succeed Speaker Larry Householder in January. Householder is leaving because of term limits. The wire report says Husted, a former vice president of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, is completing his...