Another knifepoint rape early Wednesday has Cincinnati police detectives looking again for a suspect who forced himself into a woman's apartment, this time in Roselawn.

        Officers responded to the Section Road apartment about 2 a.m. after several hang-up calls to 911 from the address.

        The call taker could hear only static when she tried to call the woman back. After several tries, the woman asked for police.

        The 18-year-old woman said a man entered her first-floor apartment, held a knife to her throat and forced her to perform sexual acts. She was treated at University Hospital and released.

        It was the fourth home-invasion, knifepoint rape reported since July 23, when a 17-year-old was raped in Walnut Hills by a man who broke in through a window.

        The police sketches of that attacker and a man in another rape that same day nearby in Walnut Hills were very similar, but police insist they have nothing that definitively links any of the four incidents.

        The third rape at knifepoint was Aug. 13 in the West End.

Rape suspect under further scrutiny

        Cincinnati police want to know if a Carthage man arrested for rape Tuesday had inappropriate contact with other children.

        Steward Ranshaw, 36, was arrested after his sister called police about 9 p.m. Tuesday and said she had a briefcase of evidence that he had abused a boy. Mr. Ranshaw was charged with two counts of rape for his contact July 15 and July 22 with the 4-year-old child.

        He also was charged with five counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, based upon photos detectives found, according to court documents.

        Spec. Linda Day asked that anyone who knows anything about the case call the Personal Crimes Unit at 352-6474 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.

Shopping at Saks benefits cancer fight

        Supporters of breast cancer research at the Barrett Cancer Center can help the cause by doing some shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue Sept. 18-21.

        As part of efforts to promote October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Saks has agreed to donate 2 percent of its Cincinnati sales during those four days to the Barrett center.

        A kick-off luncheon for the Saks sale, including Enquirer columnist Laura Pulfer and several University of Cincinnati cancer experts, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 18 at the Barrett Center.

        For more information, call 558-8624.

Burglary, assault suspect sought

        The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office has identified a suspect in an Aug. 10 burglary and assault at a Green Township residence.

        Robert Steven Calhoun, 47, is white, 6-feet tall, 165 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and tattoos on his upper left arm, chest and right and left forearm. He is sought on charges of burglary and felonious assault, the sheriff's office said Wednesday.

        The offense occurred when the victim returned to his residence on Cleves-Warsaw Road and found a burglar in the upstairs bathroom, the sheriff's office said. The victim confronted the burglar and a fight ensued.

        The burglar fled in the victim's car and was spotted shortly afterward by an Addyston police officer who cornered him.

        The driver attempted to run over the officer. The officer fired at the fleeing vehicle, hitting two left-side tires.

        The driver abandoned the vehicle a short distance away. .

        Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Mr. Calhoun, who has a lengthy history of assault and burglary offenses, is asked to call the sheriff's office at 851-6000 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.

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