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Mark Gokavi is a reporter for the Dayton Daily News covering Courts and public safety.
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Viral beating video ‘not our guy,’ county prosecutor’s office says
An online viral video showing a man hitting two girls with cable cords is not the man prosecutors have indicted on child endangerment charges, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office. “After having the prosecutor look at the video, that is not our guy,” office spokesman Greg Flannagan said. Greg ...
Court to decide if candidate can appear on Dayton ballot
The Second District Court of Appeals heard testimony Thursday from witnesses including would-be Dayton City Commission candidate William Pace and the Montgomery County Board of Elections about whether Pace should be allowed onto the ballot. The Board of Elections ruled March 14 that Pace did not qualify to run for ...
Tax refund ID theft hit local communities
Tax-related identity theft is surging across Ohio and the United States, with a national taxpayer advocate telling Congress that the IRS has nearly 650,000 active cases. In Ohio, Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office is investigating 46 tax-related ID theft cases, including some in Butler, Greene, Miami and Warren counties. The ...
‘Internet pimp’ stung by cops convicted by jury
A man Dayton police call an “Internet pimp” was found guilty Thursday of crimes related to promoting prostitution. Police called it a rare conviction for a top-level person tied to online prostitution advertisements.Kevin J. Barker, 50, of Dayton, was found guilty Thursday on all six counts by a jury of ...
Jury sides with Cracker Barrel in discrimination trial
A Montgomery County Common Pleas jury sided with Cracker Barrel in a disability discrimination lawsuit field by a former manager.The jury of five men and three women voted 6-2 in favor of Cracker Barrel’s parent company that Johnny Wills was not involuntarily discharged from his position. The same 6-2 margin ...
More patrols expected on Super Bowl night
State and federal highway officials hope all drives are successful on Super Bowl Sunday and that collisions only happen on the field as they announce their Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk initiative. More than 80 Ohio law enforcement agencies will use funding from federal grants to conduct more than ...
Zwick pleads no contest, found guilty of child rape
Jason M. Zwick pleaded no contest Tuesday morning to one count of raping a boy younger than 13 years old just minutes before his trial was to begin in Miami County Common Pleas Court. Wearing a dark suit, Zwick said only “no contest” when asked for his plea by Judge ...
Cop deaths up for third straight year
New FBI statistics show that 72 law enforcement officers were killed criminally in the line of duty in 2011, making it the highest number of police deaths nationally since 1995. The numbers rose from 41 in 2008 to 48 in 2009 to 56 in 2010 Four of the officer deaths ...
Fatal crash rate up after record low
Deaths on Ohio’s roads are on pace to surpass 2011’s full-year total during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Counting provisional, unverified deaths, there have been 1,004 traffic fatalities in 2012 through Nov. 20. In 2011, there were 1,015 traffic deaths – an all-time low. During last year’s Thanksgiving four-day holiday stretch, ...
Area bars sued for lack of music licenses
Dozens of Ohio businesses have been sued and made to pay tens of thousands of dollars for playing music without proper licensing. Broadcast Music, Inc. has sued hundreds of establishments across the country, including bars and restaurants in southwest Ohio, for playing BMI-licensed songs without a proper license. A Hamilton ...
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