Moonda Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder for Hire
Donna Moonda, 48, was sentenced to life in prison for hiring her drug‑dealing lover to kill her husband, Dr. Gulam Moonda, 68, near the Ohio Turnpike. The jury spared the death penalty. triggerman Damian Bradford received 17 plus years. Moonda apologized and plans to appeal.
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Akron
Donna Moonda
U.S. District Court
David D. Dowd Jr
Moonda
Hermitage
Damian Bradford
Monaca
Cleveland
Dr. Moonda
Bradford
Drug Busts Tie Texas Truck to Ohio Cookies Route
Roundup reports more than 600 pounds of marijuana found in a sleeper section of a Texas to Ohio Chips Ahoy truck. Three men from southern Texas jailed on federal drug trafficking charges as part of a three month investigation. Police suspect Mexican origin of the marijuana in both this case and a prior broccoli haul.
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Cleveland
Texas
Ohio
Thomas Stache
Fortal
Mexico
Boy 10 charged in fatal home fire murder arson
In Darke County a 10 year old boy Timothy Douglas Byers confessed to starting a two story duplex blaze that killed his mother Chanan Palmer 31 and sister Kaysha Minnich 8 as well as Kayla Winans 6 JoShawn Davis 5 and Jasmine Davis 3. He faces delinquency counts of aggravated arson and five counts of murder. He will be held at West Central Juvenile Detention Facility in Troy.
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Greenville
Timothy Douglas Byers
Darke County
Richard Howell
Dayton Daily News
Howell
Timothy
Dennis Butts
West Central
Troy
The
Daily News
Chanan Palmer
Kaysha Minnich
Kayla Winans
JoShawn Davis
Jasmine Davis
Christy Winans
Palmer
Winans
Ohio
Gregory Fraley
Fraley
Dayton
Broadway
Dan Coffey
Ohio lawmakers seek student input on new statue for Capitol
Columbus lawmakers push for schoolchildren to nominate an Ohio figure to replace William Allen in the National Statuary Hall. Committee members note Allen’s controversial history and call on the Ohio Historical Society and the Department of Education to collect ideas. They cite Jesse Owens and Michael Owens as possible candidates and will launch a state historical site for voting and nominations.
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Columbus
U.S. Capitol
William Allen
Ohio
Allen
National Statuary Hall
Washington, D.C
James Garfield
Capitol
Mark Wagoner
Toledo
Wagoner
Jesse Owens
Michael Owens
Senate Committee
Ohio Historical Society
Department of Education
The
Historical Society
Ex-BWC official pleads guilty to gifts report lapse
Former Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation investment chief James McLean pleaded guilty to failing to report $500 in gifts from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Franklin County Judge Anne Taylor fined him $500 and costs. McLean faced up to $1,000 and six months in jail for the ethics lapse. McLean defended his actions as a technical error and said he cooperated with prosecutors.
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Columbus
Ohio
Insurance Fund
New York
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Bob Taft
James McLean
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc
Franklin County
Anne Taylor
McLean
Bureau
David Freel
Ohio Ethics Commission
McLean 59
Dublin
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