Mar. 4—Embattled Middletown Police Chief David Birk said he expects a voluntary separation agreement with the city will be considered at Tuesday’s council meeting. Birk said he signed the agreement last week. On Dec. 20, Birk was placed on paid administrative leave “until further notice” by City Manager Paul Lolli. When Birk was placed on […]
Mar. 2—While juniors were nervously taking the ACT, Middletown High School freshmen, sophomores and seniors learned lessons outside the classroom during Experiential Learning Day. More than 350 freshmen traveled Tuesday to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, where they applied what they had learned from their World Studies class. Sophomores embarked on college […]
Feb. 27—A Middletown man indicted in federal court for drug trafficking and gun crimes allegedly had bulk amount of narcotics near a school and park in Middletown. Christopher Michael Doerr, 32, of Middletown, and Raymond Gerard McClure, 42, of Dayton, are accused of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine from October 2023 to February. […]
Feb. 27—A Dayton man and a Middletown man were indicted in federal court for drug trafficking and gun crimes. Raymond Gerard McClure, 42, of Dayton, and Christopher Michael Doerr, 32, of Middletown, are accused of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine from October 2023 to February. The drugs included at least 50 grams of […]
Time for Middletown to walk away from school bond So, what does it really mean when a bond ballot question is approved by voters? It means the voters give their Town or City Council “permission/authority” to put the community into debt and sign bond (“loan”) documents. The voters promise that the community will be responsible […]
Feb. 22—Two Middletown men are facing multiple felonious assault counts for a September shooting incident on Aaron Drive that injured three people. The shooting happened about 3:10 a.m. when officers heard multiple gunshots and were dispatched a short time later for a person being struck in the 2000 block of Aaron. A victim was found […]
Feb. 21—MIDDLETOWN — The state lawmaker representing Middletown confronted some of the criticism he received from two City Council members on social media because the city did not receive any of the $350 million in state capital funding that was allocated to hundreds of local projects across the state.. State Rep. Thomas Hall, R-Madison Twp., […]
Feb. 20—MIDDLETOWN — The city of Middletown has opened the bid process for the operation of the senior and event center, according to city documents obtained by the Journal-News. Last year the city purchased Central Connections for $1.8 million with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the Middletown Area Senior Citizens Inc. City officials […]
Feb. 14—A week after a postponed trial was set to begin, a Middletown man has pleaded guilty Tuesday to a lesser charge for the shooting death of a woman last summer a Howard Avenue residence. Richard Shelby Adkins, 38, was initially charged with felonious assault on June 11 after shooting a woman when a disagreement […]
Feb. 8—On Feb. 4, 2023, two 25-year-old roommates were gunned down in their Middletown home. A year later, the slayings remain unsolved with no arrests, but Middletown police say the case is not cold. Daniel Fitzgerald and Marvin Tyrone Davis II returned to their 15th Avenue home after an evening at an Elliott Drive bar. […]
Jan. 31—A Middletown man arrested in December after the search of a residence is now facing multiple felony indictments, according to a Butler County grand jury report. Cyon L. Spicer, 22, was indicted Wednesday for possession of fentanyl-related compound, a felony, and failure to comply with the order or signal of police officer and failure […]
Jan. 31—A Middletown man pleaded guilty to causing a crash last summer that killed a Franklin woman and seriously injured her fiancée and 8-year-old son in German Twp. Cristian Jesus Villajuarez-Castillo, 20, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated vehicular assault. […]