Latest local crime and courts photos

• 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.

• 12 dead, 31 hurt in shooting
  11/6/09

  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 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

• Dr. Mark Blankenburg on trial
  11/19/09

  Dr. Mark Blankenburg is facing trial in Butler County Common Pleas Court on more than 40 felony charges.

• 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
  9/16/09

  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.

• 6 arrested in Internet sex sting
  7/10/09

  Butler County Sheriffs deputies posing as a 14-year-old girl, collected enough evidence to arrest six area men for allegedly showing up to meet a minor for sex. The arrests were made from March 24, 2009 to July 9, 2009.

• Exotic dancers in court
  9/21/09

  Rawnica Dillingham, former County Commission candidate and owner of V's Night Club, was in Butler County Municipal Court Friday, July 10, 2009, for a pre-trial hearing in the exotic dancer bust at the club back in the February.

• Seized cars to be auctioned
  7/1/09

  The Butler County Sheriff's Office will be auctioning off several cars seized by drug officers. The cars were on display Tuesday June 30, 2009, during a press conference at the Butler County Engineer's office.

• Rapist sentenced to two life terms
  6/12/09

  Stephen Rader, 40, received two life sentences without the possibility of parole Friday, June 12, 2009, in Butler Common Pleas Court. Rader was convicted in May of raping two boys and a girl younger than 10, and 22 counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor.

• Business owner shot
  6/11/09

  Two masked men barged into a Hamilton car dealership Wednesday morning, June 10, held a gun to the heads of customers and sales people before apparently shooting the owner.

• Sheriff moves inmates, closes jail
  6/5/09

  Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones moved inmates to the county jail on Court Street from the Resolutions jail, in Hamilton, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Jones says the move could save the county "hundreds of thousands of dollars."

• 7 arrested in sex sting
  5/29/09

  Undercover officers arrested several individuals, including two Hamilton residents, during an undercover prostitution sting at a hotel in Cincinnati Thursday, May 28, 2009.

• Police investigate shooting
  5/27/09

  Middletown police investigate a shooting that occurred near the intersection of Yankee Rd and Elvidere Ave Wednesday, May 27, 2009 in Middletown, Ohio.

• Butler jail inmates
  11/10/09

  Booking photos of persons currently held in the Butler County Jail. Updated every hour.

• Warren Co. Drug Task Force make arrests
  5/22/09

  The Warren County Drug Task Force made multiple arrests across the area in an undercover roundup May 22, 2009.

• Former UC star sentenced
  5/13/09

  Former NBA player and University of Cincinnati center Corie Blount was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday, May 13, 2009 on drug possession charges.

• 16 arrests during Felon Fest
  4/30/09

  An array of charges, mostly drug-related, were filed against 16 people arrested in early-morning raids in Oxford Wednesday, April 29.

• Prostitution sting nets 8 arrests
  4/28/09

  Eight women have been arrested in a prostitution sting by the Warren County Sheriffs Office using listings on the popular Web site Craigslist.

• Photos: Vigil held for Widmer
  7/22/09

  A candlelight vigil is held for Ryan Widmer at Cincinnati Printers in Fairfield on Thursday, April 23, 2009. Widmer is currently in the Warren Correctional Institution serving his sentence in the murder of his wife, Sarah. A judge will consider if juror misconduct took place, leading to the conviction.