Saturday, November 06, 1999
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Jailed optometrist loses Ohio license
Ohio officials this week revoked the optometry license of a Wilder man who was convicted of fondling children during eye exams.
The decision by the Ohio State Board of Optometry means that Muhammad Akhtar, 34, will not be allowed to practice in Ohio when he completes his four-year prison sentence.
Mr. Akhtar went to prison in March after pleading guilty to six counts of gross sexual imposition.
Prosecutors say most of the offenses occurred at an eye care center at a Wal-Mart store in Columbia Township and involved five girls ages 10 to 15.
They say two of the charges involve a 15-year-old who was told by Mr. Akhtar to pull up her blouse and remove her bra. The other counts involved similar conduct during eye exams.
Winton Place man indicted in 3 rapes
A Winton Place man is facing up to 60 years in prison if he is convicted on charges of raping three women during the past year.
Malcolm X. Stinson, 24, was indicted Thursday on three counts of rape and three counts of kidnapping. Prosecutors allege he raped three women on separate occasions between June and September.
In one case, prosecutors say, the victim was raped at knifepoint.
Woman beaten, raped by unknown assailant
A 37-year-old West End woman was in surgery Friday at University Hospital for injuries she received when she was beaten and raped in Over-the-Rhine Thursday night.
A passerby found the woman in the 2000 block of Branch Street about 11 p.m., police said. The woman told police that a man grabbed her but she was unable immediately to give a description because of serious injuries to her jaw and mouth.
Bank robbery try ends with arrest
A Batavia Heights man was arrested minutes after he allegedly tried to rob a Fifth Third Bank downtown Friday morning. It was the second incident at a Fifth Third bank in two days.
Police said Riley Smith, 32, entered the bank at 705 Central Ave. at 9:36 a.m., presented a note and demanded money from a teller. The man left without any money and a teller alerted a police officer. Mr. Smith, who was arrested a short while later at Court and Plum streets, is charged with robbery.
The Fifth Third bank on Montgomery Road in Pleasant Ridge was robbed Thursday about 2 p.m. when a man showed an employee a note and a gun. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.
No shots were fired, and no customers or employees were injured. Cincinnati police are investigating the robbery, which was caught on a surveillance video. The robber, who is still at large, is a black male, 5-foot-6, husky build.
Cincinnati's Homicide Unit is investigating Friday's bank incident, which was the city's eighth this year, and the third in six days.
Police assaulted in separate incidents
Two police officers were assaulted in separate incidents Friday morning. Neither officer was injured.
A Norwood officer was assaulted when he grabbed a suspect's arm during a marijuana arrest. Christopher M. Turner, 21, of Norwood, lunged toward the officer and the officer struck him in the face, police records state.
Mr. Turner grabbed the officer and continued to resist arrest.
The scuffle started about 1 a.m. in the 3700 block of Montgomery Road when the officer said he saw four people smoking marijuana. The officer said he ordered Mr. Turner to place his hands on a vehicle; instead, he put his hands in his pockets and gave the officer false information.
Mr. Turner faces charges of assault on a police officer, possession of marijuana, drug abuse, resisting arrest and obstructing official business.
In the second incident, a 22-year-old Avondale man walked up to a Cincinnati officer and struck him in the back of his neck as he was involved with another person just after 2 a.m. on West Corry Street, Corryville, according to police records.
Garren McDowell ran from officers, struggled with police when he was caught and refused to be handcuffed.
County wants action on riverfront plan
Hamilton County Commissioners will ask the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission next week to begin studying the Central Riverfront Development Proposal, called The Banks.
Commissioner John Dowlin said Wednesday a formal request will be made to the planning commission at the Nov. 10 commission meeting.
The Banks is a massive redevelopment plan for a combination of shops, restaurants, housing and green space between Paul Brown Stadium and the Reds new ballpark.
Suspended student gets cash settlement
MACEDONIA, Ohio — A student received $16,500 as part of a settlement after he was suspended for writing a satirical column that suggested students could release stress through violent acts.
Mark Guidetti was suspended from Nordonia High School after his column appeared in the student newspaper on April 23 — three days after the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo.
His article said students could relieve stress by assassinating the president and blowing up a house. School administrators said the column was “threatening,” removed the newspaper from the building and suspended Mr. Guidetti.
Mr. Guidetti's father sued, claiming administrators violated his son's right to free speech.
Steve Franko, superintendent of the school district near Akron, said Friday that the district's insurance company paid the money.
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