Thursday, September 16, 1999
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Paddock Hills man gone almost a month
His church has set up a 24-hour prayer vigil until he is found, and Cincinnati police are renewing a request for information about his whereabouts.
Benjamin Oglesby, 73, a Paddock Hills man in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease, has been missing for almost a month.
The Calvary United Methodist Church member would have celebrated his 41st wedding anniversary this week with wife Mary.
Ordinarily, they might have gone to dinner with friends Chris and Laura Crawford of Finneytown, whose wedding anniversary also falls this week. The Crawfords sent a greeting card, but there's been no celebration.
“As time goes along, it seems there's an element of uncertainty or doubt,” said Mr. Crawford, 71.
Friends wonder whether Mr. Oglesby could have been the type to abandon his family, or whether his health deteriorated enough to make him lose his way.
“He left with half a tank of gas in a red Ford Ranger pickup truck and about $150,” said Cincinnati Police Officer Denise Neu, a missing person investigator. “I think he's still around somewhere. The problem we have is we don't know where to look. Unfortunately, he's Mr. Ordinary.”
A retired supervisor for the Ford Motor Co., he left home Aug. 20, saying he was going to have his glasses repaired and then play golf.
He is a 5-foot-8, 160-pound black man with thinning gray hair. He was driving a dark red Ford Ranger pickup with Ohio license CAE 7445.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040. Callers may remain anonymous.
Man indicted in fraud that cost firm $1.7M
A Florida man is accused of defrauding a Tristate company out of $1.7 million through a phony invoice scheme.
Federal officials announced Wednesday the indictment of James A. Stone, 53, of Kissimmee, Fla., on a charge of conspiracy to commit fraud. He is accused of submitting phony invoices over the past six years to defraud Super Food Services Inc. of Blue Ash for goods and services never provided.
A transportation manager at Super Food approved the phony invoices and split the money with Mr. Stone, according to U.S. Attorney Sharon J. Zealey. The transportation manager has admitted his part and is cooperating with investigators, officials said. His name was not released Wednesday night.
None of the money has been recovered.
No charges have been filed against the transportation manager, but the invoice scheme remains under investigation, Ms. Zealey said.
Mr. Stone was arrested on Sept. 3 and is in federal custody. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine up to twice the loss to the victim.
Police think father killed son, then self
A father and son were found dead Wednesday afternoon in a College Hill residence, apparently the result of a murder-suicide.
Police went to the home in the 7900 block of Knollwood Lane at 3:47 p.m. and found Gary Burgin, 51, and his father, Ralph Burgin, 88, dead from apparent gunshot wounds.
A preliminary investigation indicates Gary Burgin was apparently shot while sleeping and Ralph Burgin died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Anyone with information regarding the shooting is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040 or the Cincinnati Police Division's homicide unit at 352-3542.
OSU seeks dean for medical college
COLUMBUS — Ohio State University has formed a search committee to recommend candidates for a new top position in its medical program, university officials announced Wednesday.
The new post, senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the College of Medicine, was created by combining two positions as part of a department reorganization.
“In these days of constant changes in health care, having a single point of management at the top provides the speed and flexibility needed to maximize opportunities for improving our medical education and patient care programs,” OSU President William Kirwin said in a statement.
Dr. Bernadine P. Healy, the former medical college dean, left the post last month to become president of the American Red Cross.
Dr. Manuel Tzagournis, the current vice president for health sciences, plans to retire from the position.
Ohio court rules on bar liability
COLUMBUS — Bars and other state liquor permit holders can't be held liable if customers under the legal age of 21 but over 18 become intoxicated and then later injure or kill themselves, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The unanimous decision overturned an appeals court ruling involving a 19-year-old Canton man who died in an auto accident following a wedding in January 1996. Jeffrey M. Klever's mother sued the Canton Sachsenheim social club following her son's death, claiming the club's employees negligently sold him alcohol while knowing he was under the state's 21-year-old drinking age.
The trial court dismissed Patricia Klever's claim, but that decision was reversed on appeal. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Mr. Klever, as an adult, was responsible for his own actions.
Other court decisions have held bars liable when employees have continued to serve customers who were intoxicated, and then a customer injured someone else.
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