Director Annette Chambers-Smith talked about the Christmas attack by Rashawn Cannon, who is accused of taking the life of Corrections Officer Andrew Lansing.
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A Youngstown man was indicted by a federal grand jury for sexually abusing a female while she was in police custody.
Evidence in a 40-year-old murder case could be reexamined for possible DNA that could exonerate the person convicted of the crime. Van Wert County judge Martin Burchfield has ordered that an inventory of the evidence in the case against 78-year-old John Spirko be made by the Van Wert and Hancock County Sheriff's Offices and the United States postal inspectors. The agencies have until the end of January 2025 to comply with his order.
November 7, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — At the request of the Dayton Police Department, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is conducting a cold case review of the unsolved 2009 homicide of 85-year-old Army Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) North Woodall, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. “The military has an ethos that you don’t leave a teammate behind,” AG Yost said. “We’re hoping on Veterans Day that someone remembers something — they heard something or saw something — and will reach out to help us get justice for this American hero.” Woodall, a decorated veteran of World War II and the Vietnam and Korean wars, was killed on July 27, 2009, inside his home on Walton Avenue. Even though authorities collected fingerprints and DNA from the scene, the case went cold.
November 5, 2024, Press Release from the Van Wert County Sheriff's Office: The information provided allows for a timely snapshot of events in our community. The crimes reported here are preliminary investigations, taken in the field by deputies, and may or may not be assigned to a Detective for further investigation. The information provided may be found after further investigation to be incorrect or false. Certain details of these incidents have been removed due to potential follow-up investigation into the incident and/or for privacy rights.
September 27, 2024, Press Release from the Southern District of Ohio United States Marshals Service: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 3,421 violent fugitives, including 216 for homicide, 803 for assault and 482 for weapons offenses, during the latest phase of its high impact fugitive apprehension initiative called Operation North Star FY 2024 (ONS FY24). ONS 24 enforcement activities covered 74 operational days, from May 10 to September 13, and targeted fugitives and violent offenders in 10 metropolitan areas, prioritizing those who used firearms in the commission of crimes or signaled high-risk factors for violence. ONS FY24 resulted in the arrest of fugitives on charges to include homicide, forcible sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and firearms violations. During the operation, investigators also seized 534 firearms, more than $508.000 in U.S. currency, and 456 kilograms of illegal narcotics. In the Dayton area, ONS FY24 investigators arrested 187 fugitives, including six for homicide, four for forcible sexual assault, 12 for robbery, 36 for aggravated assault and 25 for firearms violations. Local investigators seized four firearms, more than $5,000.00 in U.S. currency, and almost half a kilogram of illegal narcotics. The other 10 metropolitan areas selected for ONS FY24 were identified using data from the National Crime Information Center and the FBI Uniform Crime Report, as well as DOJ priorities, and included Dallas, Texas; North Charleston, South Carolina; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Little Rock, Arkansas; Phoenix, Arizona; St. Louis, Missouri (to include East St. Louis, Illinois); Birmingham, Alabama; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and San Antonio, Texas.
A 39-year-old Hocking County woman was sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison for raping two children, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. Irene Marie Day of Logan pleaded guilty on Aug. 1 to two counts of rape, both first-degree felonies, and two counts of gross sexual imposition, third-degree felonies. Her sentence requires her to register as a Tier 3 sex offender upon her release from prison.
August 28, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Public Safety: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – The Office of Criminal Justice Services announces nearly $5.5 million in grant funding has been awarded to support efforts to reduce the impact of opioids, stimulants, and other substances on individuals and communities and to promote substance use awareness, prevention, and recovery. Funding from the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) will provide resources supporting the development, expansion, or enhancement of substance use deflection and pre-arrest diversion programs in diverse Ohio communities that are disproportionately challenged by high fatal and nonfatal overdose rates.
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to locate a wanted man. In a Facebook post, Sheriff Brian Siefker's office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Mark Christopher Ruvoldt. Ruvoldt was released from jail on bond for misdemeanor charges with a GPS monitoring system. Ruvoldt let the GPS battery die and failed to appear for court. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has a warrant out for arrest with possible felony charges pending.
The U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies captured a fugitive sex offender Friday afternoon at a home in the 400 block of Cornell Drive. 38-year-old Quinntel Bagley is accused of kidnapping the same Grove City woman twice since June.