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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...

Fear of home invasions in Richland Co. ''has people here scared''

6:49am Saturday, February 05, 2005

The Mansfield News Journal has published an update on progress concerning the investigation of a spate of home invastions in Richland County. Once victim, Eunice Wilburn, told the News Journal she lives in fear after being victimized in a recent home invasion. align="right"> "I'm scared every time someone pulls in the driveway," the 57-year-old Washington Township woman told the newspaper. "It...

Resnick avoids charges of ''fleeing''; will change not-guilty plea Monday

7:54am Friday, February 04, 2005

When are multiple 911 calls reporting erratic driving not "reasonable suspicion"? When is a police officer saying "you are not free to go yet" not a lawful order for you to stop? Perhaps when your name is Alice Robie Resnick, and you are an Democrat Ohio State Supreme Court Justice. Matthew Reger, Bowling Green's city prosecutor, announced yesterday that Justice Resnick will not face any...

Another elderly victim at ''no-guns'' business

6:56am Friday, February 04, 2005

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that an off-duty Summit County sheriff's deputy and a witness helped to catch two Canton men suspected in a purse snatching. According to a township police news release quoted by the newspaper, a 69-year-old woman was leaving the Stein Mart on Strip Avenue Northwest on Tuesday morning when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her purse. An...

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Op-Ed writers too optimistic?: ''The last nail in gun control''

6:47am Friday, February 04, 2005

As you read this commentary, there are several things to keep in mind: Nothing in the past has stopped people like John Kerry from reversing course on "firmly held" positions when it was deemed politically necessary. Furthermore, there are already signs U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is bucking his moderate reputation in order to please the fringe left of his party. Bearing...