Latest local crime and courts photos

• 14-year-old tried for rape
  8:41 p.m.

  Alexis Ramirez, 14, is accused of raping and kidnapping a 64-year-old woman. He is the youngest juvenile to ever be tried as an adult in Butler County.

• Arrest made in SWAT standoff
  3/18/10

  A man who had holed himself inside a Sixth Street residence was let out in handcuffs by SWAT officers just before 6:15p.m. on Thursday, March 18, 2010. The man is a suspect in the robbery of a Third Street market, police said.

• Stabbing leads to police chase
  3/11/10

  A woman was stabbed multiple times in Lebanon on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The suspect fled the scene and led authorities on a high-speed pursuit on Interstate 75. Traffic on the highway was shut down for more than an hour. The pursuit ended with a medical emergency for the driver who started the chase.

• Mayor talks about porn incident
  3/10/10

  Carlisle residents, Marcia and Gary Jones, comment to the news about their mayor, Tim Humphries, after his comments about his recent traffic incident and the pornography that was found on his city-owned computer, during the Carlisle City Council meeting, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in Carlisle.

• Vigil for Trenton shooting victim
  2/27/10

  The Trenton community came together Friday, Feb. 26, for a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of Rhonda Wyatt, who was shot to death in her home Monday.

• Man robs Monroe bank
  2/23/10

  A Chase bank robbery suspect is seen in these surveillance images demanding cash from a bank teller. The suspect allegedly robbed the bank in Monroe around 9:30 a.m. Tues., Feb. 23 and took off East on foot. He was wearing a camouflage cap and may have had a black backpack, witnesses said. The suspect showed a black handgun. The Monroe police said this is the first bank robbery in the city in several decades.

• Wyatt in court; scene of shooting
  2/25/10

  Donald Wyatt, 41, is accused of shooting and killing his wife in front of one of their children on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010.

• Blanda trial, sentencing
  2/22/10

  Hamilton's Vincent Blanda was found guilty of shaking his infant daughter Brooklynn to death Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, in Butler County Common Pleas court. He was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on Monday, Jan. 22, 2010.

• Man arraigned on murder count
  2/16/10

  Calvin McKelton, 32, pleaded not guilty to 11 felony counts next to his attorney Richard Goldberg on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, and will be held without bond until his capital murder trial Oct. 4. McKelton will be tried for the death of Fairfield attorney Margaret "Missy" Allen and key witness Germaine Lamar Evans Sr.

• Shots fired at school bus
  1/22/10

  Middletown police responded to a report of shots fired in the 1300 block of Hood Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. On Friday, neighbor Michael Maloney was arraigned on two counts of felonious assault with a weapon, two counts of endangering children, improper discharge of a firearm and inducing panic.

• Vigil held for rape victim
  1/20/10

  About 50 people attend a candlelight vigil on Jan. 19 offering prayers for Phyllis Mays of Liberty Township. A 14-year-old is charged with raping and robbing the 64-year-old at her home.

• Fake NFL jerseys at flea market
  1/21/10

  The Monroe Police Department is scheduled to meet with officials from the Warren County prosecutors office Thursday, Jan. 21, to determine what charges will be filed against four vendors accused of selling counterfeit sports apparel at Traders World.

• Man shot in Hamilton
  12/15/09

  Hamilton Police investigate at the scene of a shooting at 216 S. Eleventh Street in Hamilton on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.

• Gobran aggravated murder trial
  12/9/09

  Andy Gobran, 28, of Lockland, appeared in Judge Patricia Oney's courtroom, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Gobran is charged with aggravated murder and aggravated robbery in the stabbing death of 30-year-old Alisa Traylor.

• Blankenburg twins at hearing
  11/19/09

  The Blankenburg twins appear for hearings in the Butler County Common Pleas Court in Hamilton, Ohio Thursday Nov. 19, 2009. Staff photo by Pat Auckerman

• Local Marine killed in homicide
  11/15/09

  A Marine, Cpl. Joshua Hartzell (22), from Hamilton and a 2006 graduate of Ross High School was found dead in North Carolina on Friday, Nov. 6, a victim of an apparent homicide.

• Prostitution sting nets 6
  11/11/09

  View the 6 people arrested in a prostitution sting conducted by the Hamilton Police Departments vice squad on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.

• Warren Most Wanted
  1/20/10

  Here is a list of suspects with outstanding warrants at the Warren County Sheriff's Office as of Sept. 21.

• Shooting at Fort Hood
  11/24/09

  An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, November 5, authorities said, a rampage that killed 13 people and left 30 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

• Dr. Mark Blankenburg sentenced
  1/8/10

  Hamilton pediatrician Dr. Mark Blankenburg was sentenced to 21 to 27 years in prison Friday, Jan. 8, 2009. Just over a year after first being indicted for molesting former patients, Blankenburg was classified as a Tier II sexual offender in Butler County Common Pleas Court.

• Woman charged with killing teen
  10/30/09

  Portia Hudson appeared in Fairfield Municipal Court with her attorney Mark Krumbein Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, for a pre-trail hearing in front of visiting judge Jack Rosen. Hudson, 58, of Hamilton, was charged with vehicular manslaughter, a second-degree misdemeanor, and disobeying a traffic control device after an accident Sept. 8 when police say she struck 16-year-old Kevin Le.

• Bodies found shot to death
  10/26/09

  The bodies of a man and woman found shot to death in the parking lot of Jellybean Junction daycare facility in Fairfield had gunshot wounds to the head. The bodies were discovered by a lawncare service employee in a Jeep Cherokee at Mack and Winton Roads around 9:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26 -- three hours after the daycare center opened.

• Raymond Tanner hearing
  9/25/09

  Raymond Tanner, who admitted to decapitating his wife in 1990 but was found not guilty by reason of insanity, appears in court Friday, Setp. 25. A judge ruled that he must remain under court supervision.

• Susan Best sentenced
  9/24/09

  Susan Best was sentenced to four years in prison by Judge Keith Spaeth for stealing $361,000 from her employer, Middletown Medical Group.

• West Chester fatal stabbing
  3/11/10

  Amber Robinson, 15, was killed during a large fight in West Chester, Thursday, Sept. 10. Khrendon Gray, was been charged in her death and a $1 million bond set.

• Funeral for stabbed teen
  9/17/09

  Hundreds gathered for the funeral service for Lakota West High School sophomore Amber Robinson, 15, held at Zion Global Ministries in West Chester, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Robinson was fatally stabbed outside North Pointe Townhomes Sept. 10.

• Widmer released from jail
  9/4/09

  Accused bathtub killer Ryan Widmer was released from jail today, Sept. 4, after posting a $400,000 bond and a day after an appeals court ruled he deserved a new trial.

• Biggest heroin bust in county history
  9/2/09

  The Butler County Sheriff's department narcotics unit in conjunction the Clermont County Sheriff's department arrested three suspects Tuesday, September 1, 2009, in the biggest heroin bust in Butler County history. The arrest confiscated around $200,000 worth of heroin, $66,000 in cash and 2 hand guns.

• Prostitution sting nets 6
  8/28/09

  Fairfield undercover agents assisted the Hamilton Police Vice Section in making six arrests as part of a prostitution sting on the East Side, according to Hamilton police spokesman Rich Burkhardt.

• Adams found guilty
  8/14/09

  Jerry Adams III has been found guilty of aggravated murder in the shooting death of Raymond Davis, 30, on Feb. 10 at the intersection of 15th Avenue and Vermont Street in Hamilton.

• Intruder robs local museum
  8/11/09

  An intruder is videotaped robbing a second floor display case at the Soldiers, Sailors and Pioneers Museum in downtown Hamilton. The intruder was able to get away with four civil war swords, a model Thompson sub machine gun and two rifles.

• Driver reportedly flees crash
  8/1/09

  The driver of a pickup truck reportedly fled the scene of an accident Saturday Aug. 1 on Radabaugh Road in Madison Twp.