BY The Cincinnati Enquirer
MOUNT WASHINGTON -- While a Mount Washington man spent Christmas in serious condition after being shot in the arm at close range, Cincinnati police Friday identified two suspects.
The victim, Delroy Lackey, 32, of the 1800 block of Sutton Avenue, was upgraded, a University Hospital nursing supervisor said. He initially was listed in critical condition following the Thursday shooting.
Police say Mr. Lackey was home at 12:41 p.m. when two men entered his apartment and a confrontation ensued.
After Mr. Lackey was wounded with a sawed-off shotgun, the men fled on foot on Sutton Avenue, police said.
Police identified the suspects as Christopher Kinney, 39; and Kareem Foster, 18.
No descriptions were available.
HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP -- A Washington, Ky., man was killed Thursday just north of Aberdeen, Brown County, in what police are calling an alcohol-related accident.
Scott Morgan, 28, was pronounced dead at University Hospital Medical Center at 7:30 p.m, more than two hours after the car he was riding in hit several trees.
Police said Faron Allen, 29, of Aberdeen was driving the car on Ohio 41 when he missed a left curve and veered off the right side of the road. Mr. Allen, who was not injured, was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide. Police said alcohol was involved.
A second passenger, Mike Thompson, 29, of Manchester, Ohio, suffered minor injuries.
Police said no seat belts were used.
A 59-year-old man was charged with two counts of aggravated arson Friday after allegedly setting fire to a bed in his room at University Hospital, Cincinnati police said.
Jerry Michaels faces one count of arson involving a person and one count of arson involving property.
The Cincinnati Fire Division investigation unit arrested Mr. Michaels at 3:30 p.m. Friday. He allegedly used a cigarette lighter at 8:59 p.m. Thursday to set fire to bedding at the hospital at 234 Goodman Ave., University Heights, police said.
It was not immediately known why Mr. Michaels was at University.
LANCASTER, Ohio -- Mike Mulholland is used to seeing customers with celebratory causes. They stride into his Emporium-Downtown to buy cigars, proud about new babies, promotions and graduations. But the person -- or people -- who could make it all pale by comparison remained elusive on Friday. No one stepped forward to claim the $45 million from the second-largest Super Lotto jackpot.
"I'd just like to see 'em come through that door," Mr. Mulholland said of his store about 30 miles southeast of Columbus.
He sold the ticket for Wednesday night's drawing, so he gets a $10,000 windfall.
State lottery officials said the winner picked a lump-sum payment, which means the payoff after taxes will be roughly $14.7 million. Jim Mulholland, Mike's brother, floated the idea that the winner was oblivious. Come to think of it, he said, it could be him.
"Mike sent me 10 Super Lotto tickets through the mail in my Christmas card," he said. "I haven't gotten it yet, so I guess that means it might be me."
Just in case, here are the winning numbers: 13, 22, 23, 29, 36 and 43.
Pollution and health will be the topic Jan. 19-20 at the Cincinnati Museum Center.
The program is free and open to families, neighborhood leaders, scientists and public health officials, regulatory agencies and others.
The Tuesday town meeting will address local environmental health concerns and community-based responses, and how communities can obtain relevant information.
Participants will include Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls, lawyer David Altman, community activists Linda Briscoe, Pauletta Hansel and Edwa Yocum, and Jim Lockey, a member of Cincinnati's Environmental Advisory Council.
The Wednesday symposium is aimed more at the scientific - medical community. Topics include genes that are susceptible to environmental influences, asthma and other respiratory diseases, lead-related diseases, and ethical - legal - social issues arising from the study of environmental genetics.
Sponsors are the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Society of Toxicology, and three University of Cincinnati programs: Department of Environmental Health, Center for Environmental Genetics, and Superfund Basic Research Program.
Registration details, 558-5654.
TOLEDO -- A disbarred lawyer has been sentenced to six months in prison for stealing a client's money.
David Gatwood, 45, could have received up to 18 months in jail at his sentencing Wednesday.
Mr. Gatwood apologized at his sentencing. He said was having family problems and needed the money because he was suffering from depression, which made working difficult. Mr. Gatwood deposited $17,000 of a client's $18,000 check
into a personal account, but didn't help resolve the child-support case he was hired for, said Prosecutor Jim Vail. Mr.Gatwood returned $7,700 after the client confronted him, and later wrote a check for $10,300 that didn't clear the bank, Mr. Vail said.
DAYTON, Ohio -- Careless smoking may have caused a house fire Friday that killed a bedridden 85-year-old woman, a coroner's investigator said.
The body of the woman, whose name was not released, was found where the fire started in the living room of the single-story home on the city's west side, said Gene Brown, an investigator for the Montgomery County Coroner's Office.
