A Mifflin Township police officer was injured Sunday night after an altercation near a disabled vehicle. The incident occurred around 7:50 p.m. on the 2900 block of Perdue Avenue, according to information provided by the Fraternal Order of Police Capitol City Lodge No. 9. A Mifflin Township officer, who has not been identified, was with […]
Feb. 17—Miami Twp. trustees on Friday approved internal disciplinary charges against assistant police chief Jason Etter and put him on paid administrative leave. Etter originally was scheduled for a Tuesday disciplinary hearing, but that hearing has been postponed, with a new date not yet determined. Etter could not be reached for comment. Miami Twp. Trustee […]
Firefighters responded to a fire at an apartment complex in Miami Township Sunday morning. Crews were called to respond to the fire in the 10000 block of Landing Way shortly before 9:30 a.m., according to initial reports. > ‘Silent killer;’ Fire crews detect high levels of carbon monoxide in Dayton apartment building;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>>> ‘Silent […]
Feb. 5—Police arrested two juveniles on Sunday who led police on a car chase in a stolen vehicle from Miami Twp., officers said. Miami Twp. police said officers spotted the stolen vehicle on Ohio 741 near Miami Village Drive after 7 a.m. The vehicle did not stop for officers and drove into Springboro where officers […]
Feb. 5—The man who died in a shooting last Monday outside a Jefferson Twp. bar has been identified as a former law enforcement officer. Darnell Pate, 30, was pronounced dead Jan. 29 at Napoleon’s Bar, at 4150 Germantown Pike, according to Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger. Pate previously worked in law enforcement for multiple […]
One person was hospitalized, and one person is dead after a crash in Washington Township Friday night. Centerville police officers were dispatched around 8:17 p.m. on reports of a crash on Social Row Road and Yankee Street. When crews arrived on the scene, they determined that a pickup truck and a sedan were involved in […]
Feb. 2—A man accused of hitting a woman with a car and severing her foot in Harrison Twp. earlier this week has been charged. Darius Thomas, 30, of Dayton, is facing two counts of felonious assault and one count of vehicular assault in Vandalia Municipal Court. The charges stemmed from an incident reported just before […]
Feb. 2—Fairfield Twp. police responded in the early hours of Friday morning to a report of a stabbing on Tuley Road. Police and township paramedics at 12:29 a.m. found two 28-year-old males with knife wounds in the 1600 block of Tuley Road. Police eventually arrested 31-year-old Leonidas de Jesus Marquez on two counts of felonious […]
A Trotwood man was convicted this week of raping a woman at gunpoint in 2022. A jury found Ronald Spells, 56, guilty of rape, attempted rape, and aggravated burglary this week, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records. > 2 Ohio officers arrested, federally charged for allegedly stealing, selling cocaine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>>> 2 Ohio […]
Feb. 1—A jury Wednesday night reached a guilty verdict on all counts accusing him of entering a woman’s Miami Twp. apartment in September 2022 and raping her at gunpoint. Ronald Terrance Spells, 56, of Trotwood was convicted as charged of rape, attempted rape and aggravated burglary following a trial that began Monday in Montgomery County […]
Jan. 30—The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a person of interest in an alleged felonious assault in Harrison Twp. where a man reportedly intentionally hit a woman with a vehicle. Darius Thomas is believed to be involved at the assault, which was reported around 9:55 p.m. Monday at […]
Jan. 29—A Dayton man indicted Monday is accused of crashing a stolen car into an RTA bus and critically injuring three people, including the bus driver, in December 2021 in Harrison Twp. The 20-year-old man was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury for three counts each of aggravated vehicular assault and vehicular assault and […]