Firefighters battle two blazes in Monroe area
Monroe crews fought two fires within 12 hours. An unoccupied trailer at 35 Darlington Road Rochester Hills sustained heavy damage around 7 p.m. Wednesday. A log cabin behind a wooded area at 5260 Hamilton-Middletown Road Monroe burned in the early Thursday hours. Officials say the cabin is a summer home and the fire is under investigation with no damage estimate or insurance information yet.
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Rochester Hills
Darlington Road
Monroe
Mark Neu
Hamilton-Middletown Road
Probation for former auxiliary officer in sex case
Joseph Ferguson, 22, of Hamilton, a former New Miami Police Department auxiliary officer, received two years probation after being convicted of two counts of sexual imposition with a 15-year-old girl. He must register as a sex offender for 10 years and perform 200 hours of community service. He resigned last December amid the investigation.
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Hamilton
New Miami
Joseph Ferguson
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Keith Spaeth
Ferguson
Spaeth
New Miami Police Department
Middletown police briefs misidentify purse snatching victim
The Sunday report corrected a prior Middletown police brief naming Helena Leary-Heinz as the victim of a purse snatching. Helena Leary-Heinz was a witness. Also corrected, Ron Kash of Trenton was misidentified in a Thursday Journal article about a city park closure effort.
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Middletown
Helena Leary-Heinz
Ron Kash
Trenton
Journal
Second middle school girl suspended for list of classmates
Carlisle police and Chamberlain Middle School officials say a 12-year-old girl was suspended for creating a list of students she disliked. Unlike a prior 11-year-old, the list had no threats. authorities view it as a response to harassment. She received a three day suspension and both cases are not criminal.
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Carlisle
Chamberlain Middle School
Tim Boggess
Warren County Juvenile Court System
Boggess
Patrick Long
Middletown honors 318 GED graduates in ceremony
Middletown City Schools recognized 318 adults who earned General Equivalency Diplomas during the past year at a ceremony in the Middletown High School Auditorium. Two students, Jessica Sherrick and Jonathan Saunders, shared their perseverance stories as examples of overcoming hardship.
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Jonathan Saunders
Jessica Sherrick
Middletown City
Middletown High School
Sherrick
Western Hills High School
Cincinnati
Bob Evans
Panera Bread
Two-year Peace Corps Mongolia assignment revealed
Middletown High School graduate Jenny Cole announces a two year service in Mongolia through the Peace Corps. She will share periodic updates on her blog at ennycole.blogspot.com detailing her experiences, challenges, and preparations for the overseas assignment.
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Middletown High School
Journal
Jenny Cole
Mongolia
Ennycole.blogspot.com
Resignation of Butler County Mental Health chief
John Staup longtime executive director of the Butler County Mental Health Board resigns effective June 30 in a letter to board members he cites pursuing career interests elsewhere Associate Executive Director Terry D Royer will assume management pending further direction Staup unavailable for comment Royer called him dedicated and well respected and said the board will continue with the work ahead as noted by County Commissioner Michael Fox
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Hamilton
John Staup
Butler County Mental Health Board
Staup
Bers
Royer
Roger
Butler County
Michael Fox
Middletown man faces robbery and resisting charges
Michael Todd Thompson, 31, of 214 Lylburn Road, awaits a preliminary hearing in Middletown Municipal Court on robbery and resisting arrest charges. Police link him to a May 26 purse snatching outside Dill One Foods and the May 2 burglary assault on a 91-year-old neighbor, with DNA tests under way to confirm identity.
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Middletown
Michael Todd Thompson
Lylburn Road
Thompson
Margaret Moore
Dillone Foods
Roosevelt Boulevard
Specht
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