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Searching for man suspected of shooting up family van

3:16pm Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Edgil Eugene Kimbler is suspected in the kidnapping of 3 children in Dixon, Missouri. Police there say he threatened the kids' mother, Kassy Hadley, and shot into the van carrying 5 kids..3 of them fathered by Kimbler. Kimbler is alleged to have taken the 3: Madison Jean Kimbler, Mackenzie Kyla Kimbler, and Corbin Kimbler in a gold or tan SUV with Alabama plates. align="right"> Dixon police...

Practicing ''safe storage'' results in accident during attempted robbery

11:29am Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Toledo Blade Wednesday, July 16, 2003 Man hurt as gun goes off while confronting burglars A Texas man was shot in the leg yesterday when his brother-in-law was loading a revolver and it went off as the two were trying to ward off three masked burglars, Toledo police said. Alexander Lara, 68, who is visiting Toledo, was in fair condition last night in St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. Three men...

Wisconsin Supremes: Concealed arms ban OK

9:33am Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Those who want to put all their eggs in the Ohio Supreme Court basket (or on a greater level, the US Supreme Court for 2nd Am. interpretation) need to look at the kind of wrangling and dancing the Wisconsin Supremes did on this issue. Concealed arms ban OK But message mixed as court also reverses grocer's conviction The state's prohibition against carrying concealed weapons is still legal despite...

Toledo robberies prove again why ''victim zone'' exclusions are a very bad idea

11:52am Thursday, July 10, 2003
Toledo Blade July 10, 2003 Toledo police have a message for drivers and their passengers: Don’t leave valuables in vehicles. In the last two days, detectives received 15 reports of thefts from vehicles in West and South Toledo with items taken ranging from purses and wallets to golf clubs and computers. Even a King James Bible was snatched in the incidents, which total thousands of dollars in...

Tale of Two Cities: Two Columbus women car-jacked; Baton Rouge woman defends

10:40am Thursday, July 10, 2003
Thursday, July 10, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Two women were abducted at gunpoint and their cars stolen yesterday in what police described as a one-day crime spree by two men. Despite a daylong search and a stakeout at a North Side motel, the men were still at large last night. One of the women was sexually assaulted before being released along Rt. 161 about 5 a.m., police said. She had been...

Did Ohio's self-defense ban force this company out of business?

11:26am Thursday, July 03, 2003
In January, we reported on the plight of drivers for Quality Cab Co., Mansfield's only cab company. After two armed robberies in one week , the cab company considered halting services in part of the city. Quality Cab office manager Brad Walker, 44, says "we need to protect our drivers, and it's the civic responsibility for all of us to do the right thing," Walker said. "I don't want to go to the...

Women should worry about protecting themselves

10:24am Thursday, July 03, 2003
The following was submitted by an OFCC supporter: WBNS in Columbus today is running an article about a flasher they haven't yet caught who is increasingly outgoing: Police warn women about flasher Members of the Columbus Police sex abuse squad are warning women about a flasher striking around town. They say the extent of his attacks and the degree of violating his victims is escalating, and women...

Police stop Levant (ME) man with toy gun on I-95

10:18am Thursday, July 03, 2003
This article illustrates why having guns on our front car seats, as required by amended substitute H.B. 12, is a bad idea. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the full story. Tuesday, July 1, 2003 Police stop Levant man with toy gun on I-95 WATERVILLE — A 20-year-old Levant man was ordered from his car on Interstate 95 at gun point Sunday by a trooper of the Maine State Police after other...

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