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Tale of Two Cities: Columbus man kidnapped/robbed; CA jeweler foils attempt

11:40am Saturday, June 07, 2003

Saturday, June 07, 2003 Police were searching for three men who kidnapped a North Side man yesterday and forced him to drive to his Westerville workplace, where they made him open the safe. Authorities were also looking for a fourth man, who drove the getaway car. The four got away with an undisclosed amount of money. The kidnapped man escaped uninjured. The three kidnappers grabbed the man just...

Columbus homicide rate climbing

10:52am Saturday, June 07, 2003

Murder is on the rise in the capital city. There have been 5 murders in 2 weeks in the Columbus area. Since January, 47 people in Columbus have been the victim of a homicide. If the violence continues as this pace, the murder rate will top last year's numbers. Eighty-one people were murdered in Columbus in 2002. After months of record-setting pace in Cincinnati homicides, a bit of reprieve has...

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Dispatch: Trooper went too far, Zanesville motorist says

5:45pm Friday, June 06, 2003

Melody Butts concedes she deserved a ticket for unthinkingly passing a stopped school bus on Rt. 40 east of Zanesville. However, the nurse says she did not deserve the face full of Mace and night in jail that followed the arrival of a state trooper at her home later that day to write her up for the offense. "She was treating me like a criminal for a traffic violation,’" Butts said of her May 28...

Enquirer: Cincinnati's record pace of homicides slows

11:48am Friday, June 06, 2003

Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher is crediting that city's tougher stance on criminals who use guns in the commission of their crimes for slowing what was a record pace of homicides this year. The program, known as Project Safe Neighborhoods, was created nearly two years ago in response to the city's most violent summer in decades. Streicher says the homicide numbers, while only a modest...

Tale of Two Cities: Akron deliverymen robbed; Pittsburgh robber shot

6:11pm Thursday, June 05, 2003

As the weather warms, crime against restaurant delivery workers tends to rise. Robbers are more comfortable lurking outside in the shadows, waiting at a phony address, having provided a bogus phone number, police say. ``Although there hasn't been a significant change, there does seem to be a rise in restaurant delivery robberies,'' said Capt. Daniel Zampelli of the Akron Police Department. ``Our...

Loud and Clear

10:51am Thursday, June 05, 2003

As the hour of Senate adoption of a substitute House Bill 12 approaches, we thought it'd be healthy to review the circumstances under which HB274 died, as well as the major moments for HB12 in the days leading up to now. This exercise will serve to remind all involved in the State House that it would be a serious mistake to repeat history with HB12. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more...

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Public hearings scheduled for Youngstown 'assault weapons' ban

7:09am Thursday, June 05, 2003

On June 11th, the Youngstown City Council will be holding public hearings on the so-called assault weapons ordinance being considered by the safety committee. Detailed info provided by clicking "Read More." There will be two separate sessions the first will be held from 2:20 - 4:30, the second from 5:30 - 7:30. I am told that as this is a public hearing interested parties will be given ample time...

Two new ''shall issue'' states report firearms sales and training on the rise

2:51pm Wednesday, June 04, 2003

In recent weeks, both Colorado and Minnesota legislatures revised their concealed carry laws from "may issue" to "shall issue". Even though these states laws previously recognized SOME citizens' right to self-defense, their law had been abused in many places by the political whims liberal sheriffs. And despite their experience with concealed carry, anti-self-defense extremists in those states are...