Ohio Politics

Another police officer's gun stolen from car

It was little more than a week ago that the Dayton SWAT team announced several firearms had been stolen from an officer's vehicle . And now this: Thief steals undercover officer’s gun November 17, 2004, Columbus Dispatch A veteran Columbus police detective will be investigated after losing his service pistol to a thief on the East Side yesterday. The thief was at large and likely armed with the...

It Can Happen to You, Mr. & Mrs. Ohio

As the following stories prove, no one leaves home expecting to be attacked, and no CHL-holder should plan to carry only when going into an area they deem to be high risk. Newark man injured in attack Nov. 7, 2004 - Heath: A Newark man is recovering in a Columbus hospital after an attack Friday night that left him with a fractured skull and broken nose. The 26-year-old was approached by two...

Off-Duty Officer Charged In Road Rage Incident

An apparent road rage incident on a local interstate led to charges being filed against an off-duty Columbus police officer, NBC 4's Duarte Geraldino reported on November 11. The incident occurred at 9:50 a.m. along Interstate 270 North at Westerville Road. Police told NBC 4 that Kristopher Montgomery, 25, of Newark, and off-duty Officer Mark Nelson, 33, of Johnstown, had a dispute while driving...

RAPIST PROTECTION ZONE: UD Student Raped On Campus

WDTN.com (NBC 2 Dayton) is reporting on a warning for University of Dayton students after a female student was sexually assaulted on campus. According to the report, the student says two men approached her outside the mechanical engineering building near Stewart, early Saturday morning. One of them, a white college-age man with blond hair and a plaid shirt, sexually assaulted her. WDTN says...

FLASH: Republican Sen. Spada's anti-CCW mailer paid for by OhioGOP

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has obtained a political mailer sent to voters in Senate District 24, which attacks a Democrat candidate for his support of concealed carry. On the eve of the election, an 8 ½” x 11” full color mailer bearing the name of the Ohio Republican Party, and Chairman Robert Bennett, was mailed to residents in Republican Sen. Bob Spada’s Senate district. The mailer attacked...

FAILURE: Gun control laws don't stop black market SWAT weapons transfers

WDTN.com (Dayton 2News) is reporting that police have recovered several of the weapons stolen from a SWAT team officers' car last week. 2News reports a phone tip led police to the stolen weapons and to three suspects that are under arrest. But the suspects are not believed to be the ones who broke into the SWAT team members vehicle . According to a quote attributed to Dayton Police Department Lt...

VICTIM ZONE: Butler coroner beaten, robbed leaving church

The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that while voters were casting ballots that made him Butler County's top vote getter, Coroner Richard P. Burkhardt was being attacked Tuesday. According to the report, the 65-year-old coroner had just attended services at St. Joseph Church on Washington Street around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when a man approached him in the church parking lot and asked for a ride...

''Life after legislature''? Doug White on short-list for Taft job appointment

November 04, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer (click to read entire story) Deters win brings speculation about possible GOP shuffle State Treasurer Joe Deters won the job of Hamilton County prosecutor Tuesday, positioning Republicans for a round of political musical chairs that could extend from Washington to all corners of Ohio. Can you say Gov. Portman? How about Lt. Gov. Womer Benjamin, or even...

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