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    137 animals removed from Ohio home due to severe neglect
    Ronnie Reed, 70, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for aggravated vehicular homicide in connection with the 2022 death of a Middletown man. CONTRIBUTED/BUTLER COUNTY JAIL
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    Middletown man on the run for 2 years gets 8 years in prison for vehicular homicide
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    Watch: Man could face death penalty for Middletown double homicide
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    Tip leads to arrest of Butler County woman on child obscenity charges
    Butler County grand juries
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    47 people were indicted in Butler and Warren counties
    Hamilton Police Officer Stephen Heffernan was found to have violated the department's use of force policy after injuring Michael Yordy, 62, of Hamilton. Yordy was arrested on an active warrant. The officer was suspended for 20 days and Yordy had his charges dismissed. CONTRIBUTED/CITY OF HAMILTON PD
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    Hamilton police officer on paid leave after indictment in booking room assault case
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    Man charged in sexual assault of 6-year-old in Warren County store restroom
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    WATCH: Footage released from Caleb Flynn’s arrest for wife’s killing
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    WATCH: Early moments of Ashley Flynn homicide investigation released
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    Defense in Ashley Flynn homicide: Hearing delay is to ‘receive actual facts’
    Natrone Kakaris, 28, was arrested Friday on three murder charges stemming from a February 2023 double homicide. CONTRIBUTED/MIDDLETOWN DIVISION OF POLICE
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    Arrest made in 2023 Middletown double homicide
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    Hamilton man pleads guilty to sexual assault at Warren County halfway house
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    Lebanon man gets year in prison for election fraud
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    Ashley Flynn murder case: Preliminary hearing rescheduled for Caleb Flynn
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    A timeline of the Ashley Flynn murder case, husband’s arrest
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    Who was Ashley Flynn? What to know about the woman killed in Tipp City
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    Who was Ashley Flynn? What to know about the woman killed in Tipp City
    Approximately 150 female inmates were transferred from the Dayton Correctional Institution recently as the facility grapples with the lowest level of correctional officer staffing in Ohio. STAFF
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    150 female inmates transferred from Dayton prison amid staffing shortage
    Police tape surrounds a home on Roosevelt Boulevard in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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    49-year-old man is victim of fatal Middletown shooting
    Police tape surrounds a home on Roosevelt Boulevard in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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    1 dead, 1 injured after Middletown shooting
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    Ashley Flynn case: Video released of husband’s arraignment for murder
    The Warren County courts building houses Warren County Common Pleas Court. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Warren County man convicted of murder in alleged ‘mercy killing’ of companion
    Caleb Flynn was arraigned Friday morning for murder, two counts of felonious assault and tampering with evidence, according to Miami County Municipal Court records. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Ashley Flynn murder case: Husband’s attorney questions thoroughness of investigation
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    LISTEN: ‘There’s blood everywhere’: 911 call released in Ashley Flynn murder case
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    Preble County man gets up to life for attacking motorcyclists with machete, killing woman
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    2 suspects arrested after pursuits end in Middletown
    Jalen Peck, 26, of Hamilton, was arrested Feb. 16, 2026. He has been charged with burglary and two counts of public indecency following a series of incidents occurring Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, according to Hamilton police. CONTRIBUTED
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    Police arrest Hamilton man accused of exposing himself and robberies
    The door to a Grand Jury room. ISTOCK
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    26 people indicted in Butler and Warren counties
    James Robert Rothenbusch, 52, was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison on count of complicity to tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, in connection to a woman who was found dead in a plastic tote in Jackson Twp. BUTLER COUNTY JAIL
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    1 of 3 suspects sentenced in case of pregnant woman found dead in container
    Phillip Lovely was arrested following the stabbing of a Butler County Sheriff's Office deputy Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.
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    Man accused of stabbing Butler Co. deputy indicted for attempted murder, assault
    The Butler County Coroner’s Office has identified human remains found in a Hamilton sewer last August as a resident reported missing since 2022. CONTRIBUTED
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    Remains found in Hamilton sewer are local resident missing since 2022
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    Man indicted after reportedly stabbing man multiple times in Eaton
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