Tag: 87yearold

Metro bus driver charged in crash that killed 87-year-old woman

The Metro bus driver involved in a fatal crash in January that killed an 87-year-old woman while she was crossing the street has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide. Five first-degree misdemeanor charges against Deon Willis were filed Tuesday in Hamilton County Municipal Court, court records show. Willis was operating a Metro bus on the […]

Closing arguments set in slaying of 87-year-old Edgewood mother

Apr. 23—Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the murder trial of an Edgewood man accused of stabbing his adoptive mother to death in 2021. Brian Farley, 53, told the judge he did not wish to take the stand in his own defense and his attorney said the defense will present no evidence or other witnesses […]

In the Spotlight 87-year-old man says delivering newspapers ‘keeps me busy’

Jan. 21—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — For 17 years, Joe Czyrnik has climbed snowbanks and trudged through pelting rain delivering The Tribune-Democrat throughout Greater Johnstown. He is up at 4 a.m. five mornings a week, delivering newspapers to 178 daily subscribers. Czyrnik, 87, is timely and dependable. “I can hardly believe I’ve been delivering papers this long,” […]

Local man sentenced for 2011 murder of 87-year-old man

A local man has been sentenced for the 2011 murder of an 87-year-old man. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Jury finds defendant guilty of aggravated murder, other felonies in 9-year-old homicide Josiah Matthews, 32, was sentenced Thursday in Champaign County Common Pleas Court to 25 years to life for aggravated murder and other felonies, Ohio Attorney General Dave […]

Springfield man sentenced in 2011 murder of 87-year-old Urbana man

Jan. 4—A Springfield man was sentenced to prison for 25 years to life in the 2011 murder and robbery of an 87-year-old Urbana man. Josiah Mathews, 32, was sentenced Thursday morning in Champaign County Common Pleas Court to 25 years to life, including 15 years to life for murder and 10 years for aggravated robbery, […]