Noted Kidnap Case Ends as Officer Impersonates Son
In Cincinnati a 15 hour kidnapping standoff ends when police officer Steffan Jennings poses as the couple’s son to free seven women and one man held at a Catherine Booth home. Coulter and Rita Gibran, both from Utica Michigan, are in custody after the ruse convinced them to release the hostages.
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Cincinnati
Steffan Jennings
Coulter
Catherine Booth
Rita Gibran
Utica Mich
Police Department
Central Station
Jennings
Mommy
Rhodesia
Rita
Bond set at 2 million for Coulter ex wife kidnapping case
A Michigan couple faced arraignment in Cincinnati on kidnapping charges after holding eight hostages at a Catherine Booth Home for unwed mothers in a 15 hour siege. Judge John H. Ranz set a 1 million bond for Jessie Coulter and 1 million for Rita Gibran. a continuance was granted to Friday.
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Cincinnati
Michigan
Jessie Coulter
Utica
Midh
Fr. Coulter
Rita Gibran
John H. Ranz
Coulter
Catherine Booth
Ranz
Eugene Smith
Local Births and Hospital Discharges List
Vital statistics record multiple births on Saturday and Sunday with names and addresses of families. The list includes three newborns, a girl to Mr and Mrs Harvey Rich and a boy to Mr and Mrs Richard Collier, plus numerous hospital discharges listed by patient and home address. A Middletown hospital patient number appears as 424-1871.
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Harvey Rich
Stanley St
Jonathan O'Connor
Main St
Franklin
Richard Collier
Yankee Road
Willis Bair
Keister
Kenneth Linton
Beatrice
Lawrence Luksic
Monroe
Robert H. Jackson
Carlisle
Steve L. Robinson
Bavarian
Robert Smith
Pearl St
Evalee Harris
Winton
Helen Mulholland
Myrna Stacy
Trenton
James D. Gullett
Kenneth Mann
Waneta
Dwight Carter
John C. Blair
Blaine Deaton
Pershing Ave
Henry Fox
Carolina
Arnold Gibson
Monroe man charged with Sears burglary
Larry Estes of Monroe was held in the Warren County jail charged with burglary after deputies found him inside the Sears garage at Towne Mall east of Middletown about 12:30 AM. An automatic alarm triggered the entry. Lemon Township police and a Middletown canine unit aided in the search for other intruders.
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Larry Estes
Monroe
Warren County
Sears
Towne Mall
Middletown
Cecil Vires
Doug Gosney
Gary Miller
Estes
Lemon Township
Burned man in serious condition after apartment explosion
Dewey Lawson aged 61 of 221 Park St. remained in serious condition at Cincinnati General Hospital after a space heater ignited gas fumes from a table top unit. The blast collapsed a wall, ignited a fire, and caused about $2,000 in damage.
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Cincinnati General Hospital
Dewey Lawson
Park St
Roosevelt School Association cancels meeting on Tuesday
The Roosevelt School Association cancels its Tuesday gathering to support energy conservation in the Middletown School District. The next meeting is scheduled for March 15 at the school. St Patrick was born in what is now Scotland in 385 or 386.
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Roosevelt School Association
Middletown
St. Patrick
Ireland
What
Scotland
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Chicken George
Smith
Cline Adams
Linden Ave
Charles S. Davis
Auburn St
John Harden
Whittier
Francis Steele
Roosevelt
Dazey Drive
Gladys Prater
Franklin Dale M. Strauss
Roosevelt Blvd
U.S
John Howard
S. Breiel
Mediterranean
Tashburton
Zenith
Brilliant Chromacolor
Greathouse
Greathouse’s
Washington
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