Shooting near AlterFest
Seventeen-year-old Kylen Jamal Gregory is due in court Wednesday for a hearing to decide whether he will be tried as an adult on murder charges in the Sept. 4, 2016 shooting death of a Fairmont High School sophomore.
It’s been nearly nine months since the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ronnie Bowers shortly after he and friends left AlterFest.
Body found in Kettering
The two men were arrested Sunday in connection with the investigation into the death of Tiffany Lynn Argo. David A. Detrick, 39, and Charles E. Hall, 65, are being held on charges of abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. According to Kettering Police, Detrick and Hall are believed to have moved Argo's body after finding her deceased in their residence. Preliminary findings from the police department indicate Argo may have died from a drug overdose.
Dayton children shot in the head
A Dayton Municipal Court Judge entered a not guilty plea Monday on behalf of Claudena Helton, the 30-year-old mother accused of killing two of her children who died Sunday after from gunshot wounds to the head inflicted Thursday.
The judge set her bond at $1 million and scheduled a preliminary hearing for May 30, but the judge said that likely won’t happen because the case will be bypassed to a grand jury. Helton is in the Montgomery County Jail.
James Manley, Pike County mass murder case
Manley, a brother of one of the eight Rhoden family members killed April 22, 2016 in Pike County, is charged with evidence tampering and vandalism. Investigators are pressuring Manley into talking about the case, his attorney alleges. Manley's case was dismissed Monday from Pike County Court and will go directly to grand jury for an indictment, perhaps as soon as within the next two weeks.
The tampering with evidence and vandalism charges stem from allegedly destroying a GPS tracking device state investigators placed on his truck.
Traffic cameras: Dayton vs. State of Ohio: The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments in January including from Dayton's assistant city attorney who argued that a state law passed in 2014 restricting the use of traffic enforcement cameras by municipalities is unconstitutional.
A decision by the justices is expected soon.
Earlier this month, the Dayton City Commission approved restarting a traffic camera enforcement program. It will require a full-time officer to be present to record all violations, a stipulation of the controversial law at the center of the court case.
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Family battle over Coldwater Café
The founder of Coldwater Cafe in Tipp City — who is suing her son, the current owner of the restaurant — was fined $250 for missing a May 11 hearing.
Restaurant founder Betty Peachey said through her attorney that she had recently moved from Arizona to upstate Michigan to start a new job and could not take leave on short notice without jeopardizing her employment.
Peachey’s lawsuit in Miami County Common Pleas Court claims that her son, Nicholas Hoover, reneged on a 2011 oral agreement to pay Peachey $40,000 per year for the rest of her life in exchange for her turning over full ownership of the restaurant to Hoover.
Hoover, the current chef-owner of Coldwater Cafe, is seeking the dismissal of the lawsuit.
Construction company sues garden center
A local construction company has sued North Dayton Garden Center claiming it did not disclose that asbestos was included in debris the company hauled away from the garden center.
The attorney for Dan Powers Construction has asked for $10 million in damages against the garden center, alleging that Powers’ business is now banned from multiple dump sites.
Laith Waleed Alebbini
Arrested last month at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport by FBI agents, Alebbini remains in federal custody without bond awaiting a trial in Dayton's U.S. District Court. The government alleges Alebbini was attempting to get to Syria to provide material support to ISIS, the international terrorist group.
Alebbini, 26, is a legal permanent U.S. resident who came from Jordan in 2014. He faces one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, lifetime supervision and possible deportation.
During the investigation, Alebbini’s Northlake Cooperative apartment in Dayton was raided by an FBI terrorism task force, but the search warrant affidavit documents have been sealed.
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