Three Charged In Middletown Drug Bust
Police serving a search warrant on 16th Avenue found three grams of cocaine scales baggies and $129 in Bernisa Mc Gee s residence at 614 16th Ave Antwan McCathron 27 faces drug abuse crack cocaine charge with a 5000 bond and May 13 preliminary hearing McGee 46 charged with permitting drug abuse pled no contest court costs 150 and 30 days jail suspended if no reappearance Rylva Mitchell 51 charged with possession of drug paraphernalia crack pipe hearing May 20 case still under investigation
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Middletown
16Th Avenue
Bernisa McGee
16Th Ave
Antwan McCathron
McGee
Rylva Mitchell
Mitchell
Police probe gunshots in parking lot incident
Middletown police investigated gunshots fired from a gray primer colored vehicle with temporary tags at 600 N Verity Parkway. Four empty casings and one spent round were found after a resident reported hearing shots around 9:45 p.m. No vehicle or driver description could be confirmed.
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Middletown
North Verity Parkway
N. Verity Parkway
Volunteer paints award winning Rainbow mural
A Rainbow Child Development center teacher painted jungle greenery on a building and the school earned an award for the mural. A male stripper accused of killing a female impersonator with a sword has pleaded innocent. psychologists disagree on his understanding of right and wrong, prosecutors say. Call City Editor Kevin Aldridge for more details.
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Franklin County
Ron O’brien
Senior Symposium highlights active aging in Middletown
Joan Lawrence, director of the Ohio Department of Aging, urges viewing aging as the gilding of America as seniors become more active and volunteer. Middletown officials discuss funding a new senior center, with Butler County eyeing $50,000 yearly for a decade amid prior budget limits.
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Joan Lawrence
Ohio Department of Aging
America
Lawrence
Ohio
Butler County
Mike Fox
Middletown Area
Central Avenue
Commission
Building Better Business
Middletown
Dayton teen faces murder charge after party confrontation
Rozelle McCleskey testified Griffin, 17, was in a car during a Sept. 4-5 incident at Lakeridge Center in Dayton. She said the group asked partygoers to leave and Griffin warned, “We’ll be back. We’re going to blow this whole place up.” Ali, 47, a DJ, was shot while loading equipment.
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Dayton
Derek Ali
Elijah D. Griffin
Griffin
Ali
McCleskey
Middletown Permits Soar in April 2005 Building surge driven by schools
April 2005 saw 44 building permits issued with an estimated value around 22 million, far above April 2004’s 23 permits totaling about 0.5 million. Major projects include three new Middletown City Schools at 6.4 million each, plus additions and renovations at First Baptist Church AK Steel and Family Services. Through April 30, 96 permits total value 24.9 million, with demolition work on two garages noted.
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Middletown
McKinley
Wilson
Creekview
Middletown City
First Baptist Church
AK Steel
Family Services
15Th Ave
Garfield St
Mobile meth lab found with body in van in Darrtown
Butler County detectives found a dead man in a van alongside what appeared to be a mobile methamphetamine laboratory. The vehicle held assault rifles, night vision gear, a ski mask, two-way radios, a police scanner, drug paraphernalia and about 600 to 700 dollars worth of crystal meth. The case involves Robert Swope, 31, of Millville, and authorities say drugs may be linked. Deputy Jeff Riegert notes the danger officers face when confronting armed suspects and explains the lab setup likely used to produce methamphetamines on the move.
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Hamilton
Butler County Sheriff’s
Robert Swope
Darrtown
Swope
Millville- Oxford Road
Jeff Riegert
Riegert
Brandon (Roberts
Brandon Roberts
Roberts
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