Pleasant trip turns to gunpoint hijack in rest stop
Three travelers from Detroit to California were woke at a Monroe I 75 rest stop by a gunman demanding money. Sandra Jones was threatened by a suspect while Nickola Kassis and Raja Shahin were wounded. Sandras vehicle aided their escape to Midleton hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J. Bosnak Journal
Detroit
Nickola Kassis
Raja Shahin
Sandra Jones
Shahin
Monroe
California
Sandra
Raja
Middletown Hospital
Nick
Knoxville
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Arizona
Tennessee
U.S
Ford Motor Co
Oakland
Calif
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown and Area
Mrs Minnie Jane Lowe 79 of 1619 Lafayette St died after a heart attack at Middletown Hospital. Survived by husband Elbert two sons Russell and Herman two daughters Helen Fultz and Wanda Frisby and extended family. Services at Meadowlawn Church of God with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Arnold Skinner 81 of Long Beach formerly Middletown died in California. Surviving wife Mildred son Donald daughter Bernice sister Myrtle brother Father of Middletown. Franklin memorials note Lexie Miller 48 of 3682 Village Dr died at Jewish Hospital Cincinnati. Survived by two daughters Patricia Zornes Catherine Miller and others. Burial and services listed across multiple funeral homes. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Robbins of Goshen N Y was stillborn at Arden Hill Hospital. Tressie C Smith of 617 S River St died Friday after extended illness.
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Minnie Jane Lowe
Lafayette St
Middletown Hospital
Lowe
Rogers
Middletown
Elbert
Russell
Franklin Rt. 1
Herman
Houston
Tex
Helen Fultz
Grove City
Wanda Frisby
Trenton
Nannie Lowe
Edna Russell
Grassy Creek
Charles Russell
Grass Creek
Meadowlawn Church of God
Charles Miller
John Williams Eee
Woodside Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Arnold Skinner
Long Beach
Calif
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Skinner
California
Armco Steel Corp
Elks Lodge
Mildred
Donald
Charlotte
N.C
Bernice Askins
Miamisburg
Myrtle McCandless
Red Lion
Franklin
Lexie Miller
Village Drive
Jewish Hospital
Cincinnati
Thomas Robbins
Goshen
N.Y
Arden Hill Hospital
Mae Ashworth
Carl Robbins
Eaton Funeral Home
Recruiter Sgt Vaughan killed in Butler County crash
Sgt Vaughan 31 of Hamilton was killed when his car left a road near Trenton at 7 45 pm. He had been a recruiter at the Middletown Army office and is survived by his wife Barbara and possibly several small children. Fatalities in Butler County rise to 42 this year. Funeral arrangements await at Klaus Weigel Funeral Home.
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Van
Trenton
Toiddletown Hospital
Vaughan
Revere Drive
Hamilton
Army
S. Main St
J.C. Clyde Morrison
Middletown
Barbara
Butler County
Klaus-Weigel
Record rainfall floods Middletown as park closes
Middletown faced heavy downpours with a likely record 12 hour rainfall of 4.14 inches. Sebald Park water covered the entrance and Elk Creek rose to two feet over a cement bridge while Weatherwax Golf Course also closed. The city prepared cleanup as officials warned openings depend on future rain and debris removal.
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Middletown
C. T. Morningstar
Sebald Park
West Middletown
Elk Creek
City Parks and Recreation
John Paschal
Caa
Paschal
Weatherwax
Robert Watts
Ohio Bell
Franklin
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Ohio
Second burglary charge filed against Dennis Sorrell
Dennis Sorrell, 19, of 253 Yankee Road, was charged yesterday with a second burglary. Investigators say he admitted breaking into the Castell Building on Central Avenue with offices entered and two safes opened last weekend. A previous charge stemmed from breaking into the Middletown Sand and Gravel Co. nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Sorrell
Yankee Road
Butler County
Sorrell
Castell
Central Avenue
Middletown Sand & Gravel Co
Middletown
Man guilty in drive in shooting at Loveland theater
An Indiana man Douglas Willis 24 of Muncie and Brookville was found guilty of second degree murder for the March 10 shooting death of Paul Cole at the Academy Drive-In Theater in Loveland The jury found intent to kill but not premeditation and the charge was reduced Sentencing is set for 1 pm Monday and an appeal said to be planned
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Lebanon
Indiana
Loveland Drive-In
Douglas Willis
Muncie
Brookville
Willis
Paul Cole
Sharonville
Academy Drive-In
Thomas Kirby
Robert Olson
Paul Harrison
William W. Young
Kirby
Richard A. Wenzel
Franklin
Cole
Franklin Man Shot While Fishing Remains Hospitalized
Daniel Gilkeson age 20 of River Street Franklin reported to Warren County sheriff that he and Larry Scearce were fishing on Lower Springboro Road when a shot was fired striking Gilkeson in the back. He was hospitalized in Middletown.
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Franklin
Middletown
Daniel Gilkeson
River St
Warren County Sheriff’s Office
Larry Scearce
Lower Springboro Road
Middletown man gets six months for May 5 fatal crash
Thomas Easterling, 29, of 1113 Forrer Street Middletown, found guilty of vehicular homicide and DUI in Butler County Common Pleas Court. Judge Fred B. Cramer sentenced him to six months in jail and costs, with a three year license suspension for the Monroe Street crash that killed 75 year old Dorothy Schneider and injured driver J Henry Hayes. Easterling asked to be allowed to leave the state but the judge refused.
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Hamilton
Thomas Easterling
Forrer St
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Fred B. Cramer
Dorothy Schneider
Marshall Road
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I-75
Sheckler
McCoy-Leffler
Lewis Thompson
Springboro
Myrtle Cox
Josephine Pierce
Catherine Kirby
Carlisle
Anglesby Funeral Home
H. S. Gessner
Woodhill Cemetery
Tressie Smith
Tressie C. Smith
S. River St
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkwy
14Th Ave
Charles
Bud) Steller Moor
Feli
Kentucky
Johnn Pheanis
Deardoff Road
Carmody Boulevard
Hook Drive
Pheanis
Norman Phillips
Elm St
Tenth Avenue
Sylvester Richard
Tenth Ave
Jasper McGuire
Grove St
Enn
FALE
Rodgers
Hammerstein
SUN
Franklin Man
S. Breiel Blvd
Shopping Plaza
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