OhioCCW can't come soon enough for defenseless victims...

AP: Where Are They?
January 18, 2004 - At least 40 inmates who escaped from Ohio prisons, some decades ago, remain at large and in some cases are no longer the subject of arrest warrants, the Akron Beacon Journal reported on Sunday. The two
agencies most accountable for prison escapes -- the State Highway Patrol and
the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction -- can't agree on the number
of escapees they're looking for. Ohio's fugitive list, as detailed by the
prison system, includes seven convicted murderers, three sex offenders and
nine robbers. All walked away or escaped between 1952 and 1999.

Lakewood woman shot under a bridge near East 55th
January 14, 2004 - A Lakewood woman who was shot on her way to work Tuesday morning was apparently the victim of a robbery. "...He just stepped right in front of me, pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot and demanded my purse," Mencke said. One bullet hit her arm and then moved to her chest, barely missing her vital organs.

Man steals from Columbus
department store, carjacks driver
January 19, 2004 - Police said that a man stole several clothing items from a Lazarus store Sunday before carjacking a driver to help him get away. Security officers attempted to stop the man, but he threatened them with a gun and then ran out to Hamilton Road, Dal Ponte reported. The man then hopped into a car that was stopped at a traffic light and ordered the driver to take him to Wilson Road and Main Street, where he got out of the car and ran away, police said.

Two face charges in Akron robbery

January 20, 2004 -Police responding to a report of shots fired found a Cuyahoga Falls man who said two men robbed him at gunpoint, taking his wallet and cash at the Elks Lodge 1594 on Moore Street.

Cincinnati women practice arts of defense
January 18, 2004 -Practice dummy "Scum Bag Bob" received his share of kicks and punches at the Landen Station Police Station Tuesday evening during the first Deerfield Township Women's Self-Defense class. "It was absolutely great,'' said Fran Klatte, a Deerfield Township resident who took the class. "It dealt with punches and kicks and being aware of where you are.'' Scum Bag Bob...hmmm, now why is that name so familiar?