CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities acting on a tip found an alligator being kept as a pet in a Cleveland backyard. The juvenile alligator — 3 to 4 feet long — was discovered in a tub with a metal grate and bricks to keep it from escaping. Animal control officers took the reptile from the home, [...]
By Kevin Dye Staff Writer The Humane Society of Madison County needs the public’s help with a disturbing trend before the shelter is forced into a corner and has to act against their own principles. The shelter has been stretched to its limit with cats and there is currently no room to take in [...]
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) – Police in southwest Ohio are perplexed about why a woman tried to sneak into a county jail before telling authorities to arrest her. Deputies with the Butler County Sheriff’s Office arrested 36-year-old Tiffany R. Hurd on Sunday morning after she was caught trying to climb over a fence into Butler [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Continued overcrowding at Tri-County Regional Jail in Mechanicsburg forced Madison County Sheriff Jim Sabin to move 12 inmates to Mercer County on Wednesday. The 12, 10 men and two women, are each serving sentences of 90 to 180 days with no local court appearances pending, according to Sabin. “It’s inconvenient [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Judge Robert D. Nichols jailed a Grove City resident on Thursday after the man withdrew his previous guilty plea and his attorney quit in apparent disgust. Deputies handcuffed Frank A. Moll IV, 34, 1864 Willow Run Road, and led the man away, following a brief disturbance in the Madison [...]
By Haley Phillippi For The Madison Press An Iraq War veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder was sentenced in Madison County Common Pleas Court Friday to three years of community control instead of prison. Chad A. Boggs, 27, whose last known address is 8595 Smith-Calhoun Road, Plain City, pleaded guilty on May 25 to [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The judge, prosecutor, defense attorney and court reporter were ready, but the defendant was a no-show. As a result, London police are now searching for Donald F. Lemasters, 44, 153 Liberty St., after the man failed to appear in Madison County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday for his jury [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer State and local parks are not the places to unwind with drugs and alcohol on hot summer days. That’s the message officials are driving home, following nine recent arrests at Madison Lake State Park and Prairie Oaks Metro Park. Jennifer E. Cockerham, 23, 2854 LaVista Drive, Columbus; Danyeal Saleh, [...]
