A Hamilton man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute.
Shannon Ivy, 25, of the 1100 block of Elm Street, was charged with possession of crack cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Oakley said Mr. Ivy was caught with five ounces of crack and five ounces of powder cocaine.
He was charged after the Hamilton Vice Section and SWAT team found drugs, two guns, cash and an electronic scale in his house. U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel also fined Mr. Ivy $1,000.
Driver rams parked truck, dies
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP -- A 51-year-old Colerain Township man died of injuries he suffered when he drove under the rear of a truck trailer on the berm of Interstate 275 near Ronald Reagan Highway early Thursday, Hamilton County sheriff's deputies said.
Officers said Hubert Rengers, of Zocalo Drive, was westbound on the interstate at 6:25 a.m. in his 1994 Ford Ranger pickup. Officers said he drove into the rear of a 1995 Freightliner tractor trailer parked in the emergency lane.
Mr. Rengers, who was alone in the truck, was flown by helicopter to University Hospital, where he died.
The tractor-trailer driver, John J. Skroch, 29, of Knoxville, Tenn. was asleep in his truck when it was struck. He was not charged. Mr. Skroch is employed by Youngblood Transport Systems of Fletcher, N.C., deputies said.
The accident remains under investigation. Anyone with information should call the sheriff's office, 825-1500.
Campground resident missing two weeks
Anita M. Jackson, 40, who has no known address, has been missing since the Labor Day weekend and the Ohio State Highway Patrol post at Batavia has asked for help in finding her.
Troopers said they were contacted over the holiday weekend by a family member of Ms. Jackson, who reported the woman was staying at the East Fork Lake State Park campground and had disappeared, abandoning her two dogs at her campsite. Relatives said Ms. Jackson would not voluntarily abandon her dogs.
"Troopers have exhausted all leads and there is no evidence at this point to determine if (Ms.) Jackson was the victim of foul play," Lt. John Born said. "Her only known vehicle, which was being repaired prior to her disappearance, remains in the repair garage."
Ms. Jackson is white, 5 feet tall, 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a light colored long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans, officers said.
Anyone with information should call the patrol at 732-1510.
Boy who threatened bus still detained
LEBANON -- An 11-year-old boy accused of threatening to blow up a school bus Sept. 2 will be kept in the Warren County Juvenile Detention Center at least until his expulsion hearing today at Berry Middle School. Andrew Sievers, an assistant Warren County prosecutor, said Juvenile Court Judge Mark Clark has received psychological assessments for the boy. At a juvenile detention hearing Thursday, Judge Clark determined he will wait to decide whether to release the boy until after the expulsion hearing, Mr. Sievers said.
The sixth-grade Berry Middle School student allegedly refused to get on a school bus Sept. 2, a Lebanon police officer has said. While in the principal's office, he allegedly threatened to blow up a bus and to jump from a second-story window.
Man makes plea deal in tax-evasion case
On the eve of his trial, James L. Wright cut a deal with federal prosecutors in Cincinnati and pleaded guilty to evading taxes in 1992.
In turn, they will dismiss similar charges for 1993 and 1994 when Mr. Wright is sentenced on Jan. 15 by U.S. District Judge Herman J. Weber.
Mr. Wright, 43, of Germantown, Ohio, was to go to trial on Monday. U.S. Attorney Sharon Zealey said Mr. Wright, who operated Wright Financial Services, an insurance agency, used several trusts to conceal income and assets.
Earlier this week, federal prosecutors in Cincinnati won convictions against three Ohioans who also used trusts in the same way.
Ohio high court may get dove hunting issue
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Opponents of State Issue 1, which would make the hunting of mourning doves illegal in Ohio, said they may ask the Ohio Supreme Court to have the issue removed from November's ballot. The 10th Ohio District Court of Appeals on Wednesday approved placing the issue before voters statewide on the Nov. 3 ballot, but with a slightly longer wording than Secretary of State Bob Taft and the Ohio Ballot Board recommended.
The original language specified that passage of the issue would make the hunting of mourning doves illegal. The court-approved wording also removes doves from the legal definition of game birds. A spokesman for the pro-hunting group Ohioans for Wildlife Conservation, Rob Sexton, said the group's lawyers were meeting Thursday to decide whether to take the issue to the Supreme Court. The appeals court also upheld the legality of the Save the Doves movement's initiative petition to put the proposed change in state law before voters.
Woman gets 5 years for hostage incident
XENIA, Ohio -- A woman convicted of holding her friend and a baby at gunpoint in a Yellow Springs shoe store last September has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Jalyn Scott, 25, of Yellow Springs, must serve at least a year in prison because a gun was involved.
Her attorney, John Rion, said he plans to ask Judge M. David Reid of Greene County Common Pleas Court to release her early. She has spent the last year in the custody of Greene County authorities, much of that time in a psychiatric hospital for treatment for severe depression and other psychological disorders, Mr. Rion said. Assistant Prosecutor Steve Wolaver said he doesn't believe Ms. Scott is eligible for early release because a gun was used.
Ms. Scott also must serve five years of probation after she is released from prison.
