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Police investigate 4 robberies, 1 week

Jill Drury — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:14:51 GMT

Surveillance video from inside Sammy's Food Mart on Smithville Road clearly shows the robber pointing a gun at the clerk's head and forcing him to walk on his knees to retrieve cash.

Locals charged in federal heroin case

Pam Elliot — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:56 GMT

A team of local and federal officers make arrests after a federal grand jury charges 18 people in a two-year conspiracy to deliver heroin from Dayton to Portsmouth.

Help catch stolen credit card suspects

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:50 GMT

Police in Kettering asking for help in finding two suspects they said are making purchases using stolen cards.

Ohio court declines bathtub case appeal

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:38:57 GMT

Widmer's first trial in 2009 ended in a mistrial over juror misconduct, while the second jury was hung. A third jury found Widmer guilty.

Effort to equip inmates for real world

Pam Elliot — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:45:40 GMT

2 NEWS Investigates is denied access to key decision makers, but is invited to a reintegration facility designed to give prisoners the life skills they need to succeed.

Youth coach jailed on sex crimes

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:38 GMT

A former youth softball league commissioner in northeast Ohio has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for possessing child pornography and inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl.

Murder for hire plot revealed

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:38:44 GMT

A Warren County woman was arrested after sheriff's deputies say she tried to hire a hit man via Facebook.

Man shot after he picks up pizza

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:14:37 GMT

Police told 2 NEWS man came down from his second story apartment to pay for a pizza. When he was walking back inside, they said someone fired three shots in his direction, hitting him twice.

Credit card number thieves sought

Jill Drury — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:05:05 GMT

The video was recorded at the Toys R Us store on Route 725 back on April 10.

Armed suspect knocks clerk to floor

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:51:22 GMT

An office clerk was roughed-up during an armed robbery in Trotwood Thursday afternoon.

Task Force raids net one arrest

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:45:02 GMT

Detectives seized several thousand dollars in cash, 10 guns, one of which was stolen, approximately 280 ounces of cocaine, approximately 50 grams of heroin, 20 grams of crack cocaine and marijuana.

Riverside man indicted on porn charges

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:23:14 GMT

Justin Steele is accused of sending images of juveniles to the Internet Crime Task Force Against Children.

2 stabbed in Middletown, 1 charged

Dan Edwards — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:44:38 GMT

When police arrived in the 3100 block of Elman Court around 11:30, they found a bloodied woman lying on the sidewalk, suffering from a serious stab wound.

Crime Stoppers search for tattoed man

Mark Allan — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:03:25 GMT

Edward Powers, 28, was shot to death in the 4500 block of Germantown Pike on May 6.

Monday's Most Wanted for May 13, 2013

Mark Allan — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:39:18 GMT

Call Crime Stoppers at 222-7867 if you know anything about these most wanted suspects.

Accused killer cuts deal to avoid death

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:18:43 GMT

UPDATE: Prosecutors said Jamie Shaffer lured 20-year-old Lisa Spinks to a secluded area in Miamisburg, stabbed her to death, then dumped her body along railroad tracks.

1 stabbed, 1 arrested in Richmond

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:22:51 GMT

Police in Richmond Ind. are investigating a stabbing that occurred in the 200 block of South 6th Street Sunday afternoon.

Kidnapping house's future debated

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:21:05 GMT

An imposing, 10-foot privacy fence will soon guard the home of Cleveland rape and kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro, with windows and doors boarded shut to keep people out of the place that police say was once meant only to keep people in.

Four dead in shooting

Mon, 13 May 2013 01:04:21 GMT

Sheriff Mark Gorbett says the bodies of the three men were found Saturday night in the living room, and Katheryn Burton was in a bedroom.

Prayer vigil held for shooting victim

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:02:03 GMT

Religious leaders, law enforcement officials, and those who knew Powers gathered in the 4300 block of Germantown Pike in front of Powers' house to pray for him Saturday.

Big Lots safe cracking suspect sought

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:29:01 GMT

Investigators said the man hid inside a Big Lots store as it closed on May 8 and remained in the store after employees left.

Car crashes out of Clark Co. dealership

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:18:42 GMT

A nearby resident called the Clark County Sheriff’s Office at 10:41 to report hearing a loud crash coming from Motorsports of Dayton at 2135 S. Dayton Lakeview Rd., then seeing a white and maroon Buick Park Avenue driving away from the scene.

Hoe swinging suspect appears in court

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:44:11 GMT

A man arrested after an altercation on a Springfield street appeared in Clark County Municipal Court Thursday morning and pled not guilty to a charge of criminal damaging.

Man arrested after resisting deputy

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:15:15 GMT

A Medway man was arrested Wednesday after an altercation with a Clark County Sheriff's deputy.

Custody dispute leads to arrest

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:42:36 GMT

A Springfield man is a accused of taking his in common child from his ex-girlfriend without her permission.

Police find meth lab in Wayne County

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:56:53 GMT

Members of the Pendleton District Meth Squad along with the New Castle Police Department searched the home and property at 734 N. 20th St. in New Castle where they said they found the lab in a camper parked in the backyard.

Ohio man charged with kidnapping, rape

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:23:42 GMT

Kidnapping and rape charges were filed Wednesday against a man arrested after three women missing for about a decade were found alive at his home.

Jury finds Arias guilty of murder

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:41:23 GMT

Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the gruesome killing of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona after a four-month trial that captured headlines with lurid tales of sex, lies, religion and a salacious relationship that ended in a blood bath.

Police capture burglary suspect

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:45:42 GMT

Police said Oliver Simons is the number one suspect in the burglaries, but more charges are pending with other suspects that have also been involved.

Man sentenced in attacks on 2 females

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:21:33 GMT

A 23-year-old central Ohio man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for attacking two females last year -- including the rape of a 15-year-old girl.