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Published: 04/27/11

Arson That Killed 8 Horses Investigated as Hate Crime Against Gay Owner

By  Lauren Frayer - AOL News
Arson That Killed 8 Horses Investigated as Hate Crime Against Gay Owner

Firefighters in rural Ohio are offering a $5,000 reward today for information about who was behind an Easter arson attack that killed eight horses, including a week-old colt, in a blaze being investigated as a hate crime against the animals' gay owner. Brent Whitehouse said he noticed an orange glow coming from the barn near his farmhouse in McConnelsville, Ohio, just before midnight Sunday. He ran out to the barn, but the door jammed -- its hinges likely melted from the fire's heat. "I couldn't get the door open," Whitehouse told the Ohio news website WhizNews.com. "I could still hear the ...

Published: 04/26/11

Floodwaters Threaten to Overrun Midwest Levees

By  not in system - AOL News
Floodwaters Threaten to Overrun Midwest Levees

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Floodwaters threatened earthen levees protecting thousands of homes in the nation's midsection Tuesday, rising so fast in some places that panicked residents didn't have time to pile up sandbags. Storms have unleashed more than a foot of rain across the region, and the forecast offered little hope for relief. Another, larger system was brewing along the same path, bringing several more days of rain and the possibility of tornadoes. The greatest flooding threat loomed in the southeastern Missouri community of Poplar Bluff, a town of 17,000 residents about 130 ...

Published: 04/25/11

Storms Could Spawn Tornadoes, Life-Threatening Flooding This Week

By  Paul Yeager - AOL News
Storms Could Spawn Tornadoes, Life-Threatening Flooding This Week

The final week of April will be similar to the first three, with dangerous thunderstorms over a large portion of the U.S. The forecast includes the potential for tornadoes, life-threatening flash flooding and large hail in highly populated regions from the southern Plains to the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic region from today through Wednesday. Potential tornado-spawning thunderstorms will stretch from eastern Oklahoma and northern Texas to Pennsylvania today and tonight, encompassing the cities of St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Dallas. The greatest risk within this larger area appears to be in ...

Published: 04/21/11

Convicted Murderer's Wife: I Slept With Defense Attorney During Trial

By  Tori Richards - AOL News
Convicted Murderer's Wife: I Slept With Defense Attorney During Trial

An Ohio man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his parents 15 years ago is seeking a new trial because of evidence that just surfaced --- documents that say his wife had been involved in an affair with his attorney throughout the trial and beyond. Those documents, revealed Wednesday in Columbus, outline a sexual relationship between Celeste Caulley Bowman and attorney James Owen in 1997 and 1998, an affair that ended when Owen refused to leave his wife, the documents say. Lynn Ischay, Columbus Dispatch / MCT Celeste Caulley, wife of defendant Robert Caulley, and his ...

Published: 04/13/11

Ohio Woman Found Dead, Lodged in Basement Window

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Ohio Woman Found Dead, Lodged in Basement Window

LEBANON, Ohio -- Police say an Ohio man found his wife's body lodged in a basement window at their home when he returned from an out-of-state trip. Investigators in Lebanon in southwest Ohio do not suspect foul play in the death of 44-year-old Esther Kline. Police say in a statement that there are indications she may have locked herself out of the home and was trying to get in through the window when she got stuck. David Kline called 911 Tuesday night to say he found his wife not breathing. Firefighters removed the body from the window. Authorities have not said how long the woman was ...

Published: 04/12/11

Man Steals Judge's Gavel From Courtroom [VIDEO]

By  Ben Muessig - AOL News
Man Steals Judge's Gavel From Courtroom [VIDEO]

Here's one way to show your contempt of court. Investigators say an Ohio man was caught on tape stealing a judge's gavel from a courtroom in Lorain. Footage shows a man identified as Christopher Collins, 39, entering Municipal Court Magistrate Chris Cook's courtroom on March 30 and approaching the bench. ...

Published: 04/12/11

California Bombing Suspect Appeared to Be 'Innocent Old Soul'

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California Bombing Suspect Appeared to Be 'Innocent Old Soul'

Ron Hirsch appeared to be an "innocent old soul," said one man who saw him arrested Monday night by Cleveland Heights, Ohio, police and the FBI. The suspect in a Santa Monica, Calif., synagogue bombing last Thursday was arrested around 6 p.m Monday at the Agudath Israel, Kollel Torah L.I.F.E. building at 1861 South Taylor Road, said Jerry Elliot, a Cleveland Heights resident who witnessed the arrest. Elliot thought Hirsch, 60, was just studying there, as everyone else was, and the only indication that he was not a regular member was the fact that he was wearing "beach clothes," not a suit ...

Published: 04/12/11

Ohio to Execute Man for Killing Fellow Jail Inmate

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Ohio to Execute Man for Killing Fellow Jail Inmate

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio plans to put a man to death Tuesday who killed a fellow Cincinnati jail inmate over the changing of a TV channel as he awaited sentencing for the aggravated murder of a fellow drug trafficker over stolen money, drugs and incriminating documents. Clarence Carter, 49, is to be executed by lethal injection at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. He is to be the second inmate killed using the surgical sedative pentobarbital as a stand-alone execution drug. AP Clarence Carter, who beat to death a fellow Cincinnati jail inmate, is scheduled to be ...

Published: 04/8/11

Stripper Who Ran Over and Dragged Man to Death Sentenced to 10 Years

By  David Lohr - AOL News
Stripper Who Ran Over and Dragged Man to Death Sentenced to 10 Years

Kristina Hensley, the 35-year-old stripper from Ohio who killed a client by knocking him down with her car and dragging him more than a mile, has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars. Butler County Common Pleas Judge Keith Spaeth handed down the maximum sentence, citing victim Jae Cho's "ghastly" and "horrible death." "I think this defendant, in her way, is remorseful, but at the same time, I think [her actions were] extremely callous," the judge said, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. The charges in the case stemmed from an August incident in which Hensley, an exotic dancer from ...

Published: 04/2/11

Thunderstorms, Possible Tornadoes Threaten Plains and East Coast

By  Paul Yeager - AOL News
Thunderstorms, Possible Tornadoes Threaten Plains and East Coast

A powerful spring storm system will spawn dangerous thunderstorms over a large area from the Plains to the East Coast, starting later Sunday and continuing through Tuesday. The system includes the threat of large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. The storm will also produce more late-season snow in the Northern Plains and cause additional flooding problems from the Plains to the East. The stretch from Chicago southward to Dallas will be the region at risk for dangerous thunderstorms from later Sunday through Sunday night, with the greatest risk area in Illinois, Missouri and ...

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