By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A London-area man was charged on Thursday with four counts of forcible rape involving a child younger than 13. David A. Scott, 28, 5225 Fourth Ave. N.E., in Plumwood, appeared before Madison County Common Pleas Judge Robert D. Nichols, who appointed Nick Adkins to represent the man at a [...]
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A horrific scene awaited officers responding to an emergency call at a New Mexico home — five family members dead, all with multiple gunshot wounds. The victims were later identified as parents and their three young children and the suspected attacker as their 15-year-old son. Investigators trying [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The owners of the former Beachy Cabinet Company near Plain City pleaded guilty on Thursday to reduced charges of fraud, involving the state workers’ compensation system. Randall Beachy, 51, 6120 Taylor-Blair Rd., and wife Linda Beachy, 49, same address, were convicted in Madison County Common Pleas Court of defrauding [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer A vibrant member of the community was laid to rest on Thursday. William “Bill” Hanusik died Saturday, Nov.10. He was 79. Hanusik, a retired seed merchant, involved himself in St. Patrick parish. “He was always eager to bring a joy and excitement to parish life,” said Dan Hann, St. [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge’s offer to allow a drug defendant the chance to stay out of prison if he’d give up marijuana might have just gone up in smoke. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Melba Marsh says she was astonished by the response to her offer from 19-year-old Damaine Mitchell. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported [...]
PEEBLES, Ohio (AP) — Authorities are seeking people they say vandalized an ancient snake-shaped Serpent Mound by burying what may be hundreds of small muffin-like resin objects at the southern Ohio earthworks. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the objects buried at the 63-acre Native American site in Peebles were embedded with aluminum foil and quartz [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer A Baptist youth minister from West Jefferson was arraigned Friday in Madison County Common Pleas Court on child pornography charges. Corey A. Wilson, 21, formerly of 916 Kirkwood Drive, pleaded not guilty to four counts of using minors in nudity-oriented material and one count of possessing criminal tools. Two [...]
Madison County Sheriff’s office will start using ankle bracelets
