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Tale of Two Cities: 20th Toledo bank robbery this year; Louisville robber killed

A man with dreadlocks yesterday robbed the National City Bank branch at 3890 Monroe St. of an undisclosed amount of money in Toledo's 20th holdup of a financial institution this year. The man entered the bank about 10:20 a.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money. The teller gave him the cash, and then fled the branch in an easterly direction. No weapon was seen, and the robber didn't...

Bowling Green police provide nightly escort to bank for Burger King employees

Burger King employees here are taking no chances of being robbed again. After the manager of a south side restaurant was robbed June 1, employees at that Burger King and two others in the city have been making a habit of calling local police each night before they close. When Bowling Green police receive the call, an officer heads to the respective Burger King and follows the store manager to a...

Tale of Two Cities: Elderly Cincinnati woman raped, Col. Springs woman defends

A 17-year-old Over-the-Rhine boy who is being prosecuted as an adult on a charge that he beat and raped his literacy tutor has been found competent to stand trial. Next week, Wilkins is scheduled for a hearing where a trial date will be set unless he enters a plea. Wilkins is charged with rape and felonious assault in connection with a March 7 attack against a 57-year-old woman in a basement...

Columbus grandfather saves grandson from pit bull attack

Anthony English, 24, told Columbus police that a pit bull chased him three blocks about 10:40 a.m. before he reached his grandfather’s porch at 682 Stanley Ave. Buford English, 58, who was washing his car, got a 9 mm handgun, came back and fatally shot the animal, Officer Dennis Byrd said. "His grandson said the dog jumped a fence and was on its heels trying to bite," Byrd said. Sonya Garvin said...

Capital University Law School Professor responds to Donohue-will Dispatch print?

A Capital University Law Professor has responded to John J. Dononue III's letter to the editor (which contained at least one blatantly false statement) with a letter of his own. Whether or not the Dispatch's anti-CCW editorial board chooses to print the letter, you can read it here, by clicking on the "Read More..." link below. UPDATE! The Dispatch printed Dr. Mayer's letter in the Friday, June...

The evidence OSHP Superintendant Paul McClellan can't find

At the behest of the Taft administration, Ohio State Highway Patrol leadership has repeatedly voiced its opposition to any concealed carry reform law that allows persons to exercise their right to self-defense in an automobile. In opponent testimony before the Ohio House Criminal Justice committee, Capt. John Born argued in favor of keeping in place a ban on carrying loaded weapons in cars ,...

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

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

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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