Weston trial opens amid defense motions and hypnosis concerns
The Weston murder case opened in Judge John L. Watson's court with multiple defense motions led by Public Defender R. Daniel Hannon. Weston faces trial Jan. 10 for the aggravated murders of Billy Stevenson, Lynda Stevenson, their five year old son Billy Lynn, and Lynda's brother Edward Dowell. The first day focused on hypnosis and photo identification issues raised by the defense, including testimony about interviews with Carol Thompson and Jeffrey Jenkins.
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Jo Kemp
Richard L. Weston
John L. Watson
Common Pleas Court
R. Daniel Hannon
Weston
Billy F. Stevenson
Lynda
Billy Lynn
Edward Lawson Dowell
Lynda Stevenson
Carol Thompson
Amelia
Thompson
Jenkins
Carl Zugelter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paul Russo
Clarence Pennington
Ron Thomas
Brookville
Ind
Billy Stevenson
Thomas
Stevenson
Zugelter
David Feldhaus
George C. Schramm
Columbus
Feldhaus
Watson
Hannon
George E. Pattison
County ready for winter weather with salt and snow routes
County engineer Walter Carter announces 9000 tons of salt, 15 trucks and 14 drivers stand by for 400 miles of county roads. Weather officials forecast colder than normal temperatures with less precipitation. Annual winter costs average 350000, and 14 priority snow routes guide plowing. State garages near Batavia Felicity Milford and New Richmond deploy 42 employees and 25 vehicles to clear 758 lane miles after an Ice and Snow Inspection.
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Walter Carter
Filager Road
Carter
National Weather Service
Batavia
Felicity
Milford
New Richmond
Walter
Mark Bowen
Cater
Mt Carmel business group protests sign zoning changes
Clermont County Mt. Carmel businessmen oppose new zoning rules limiting portable signs to 30 days per year with a one year permit for new businesses. They urge alternative sign schedules and individual signage for co located businesses while criticizing process delays and unresolved conflicts in the zoning resolution.
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Fran Schwiermann
Mt. Carmel
Union Township
Julia Sharp
Ms. Sharp
Clermont County Planning Commission
Rocco Spinelli
Linda Wuerdemann
Howell
West Virginia Air Crash Kills Pierce Township Officer and Father
Pierce Township policeman Lucian Colangelo and his father, Lucian Colangelo Sr., 48, died when their Piper Warrior overshot McDonald Field near Logan during a Thanksgiving landing attempt. The younger officer, a five year veteran, left from Clermont County Airport to visit an ill relative. the outsiders from Boardman Ohio were killed when the plane hit a footbridge and trees after a II approach. Authorities noted prior incidents at the same airport, and the bodies were moved to a state medical examiner in Charleston.
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John Perin
Pierce Township
West Virginia
Lucian L. Colangelo
Lucian Colangelo Sr
McDonald Field
Logan
West
Clermont County
Gilbert Colangelo
Wharncliffe
Guyandotte River
Angelo
Logan General Hospital
Charleston
Colangelo
Amelia High School
United Insurance Companies of America
Boardman
Ohio
Youngstown
Rings theft leads to charges against Montgomery Matthews
Montgomery Matthews, 19, faces theft charges filed Nov 17 in Clermont County after allegedly selling one stolen ring and gifting another to a girlfriend. The rings were part of $995 in jewelry stolen from Linda Walsh on Nov 9 while Matthews babysat Walsh's 17 month old. Walsh later identified a cat’s eye ring on the girlfriend and recovered it. A second ring, a gold band with three diamonds, was recovered from jewelry buyers Blaylock seeks extradition from Virginia to Clermont County.
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Montgomery Matthews
Lightning Drive
Hampton
David Blaylock
Clermont County
Linda L. Walsh
Amelia Estates Dr
Amelia
Matthews
Walsh
Blaylock
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