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Taxi cab robbery charge comes months after the crime

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012, 2:27am
Taxi cab robbery charge comes months after the crime

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) – Cincinnati Police say DNA evidence led them to a 19-year-old suspect in an armed taxi cab robbery 6 months after the robbery happened.

The Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team arrested Macarthur Jackson of Evanston on Thursday,  March 22, 2012. 

Jackson was identified by the Hamilton County Crime Laboratory after examining a .44 caliber Marlin rifle and a jacket that were ditched near the robbery scene and recovered by a Cincinnati Police K-9 Unit on September 19, 2011.  A police court filing says DNA from Jackson was found on the jacket.  Police say he aimed the rifle at the cab driver during the robbery.

Cincinnati Police have charged him with the aggravated robbery of the taxi cab driver.   He is also facing a felony cocaine possession charge from last September.

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Butler taking charge of Park District Rangers

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Monday, March 26th, 2012, 4:40pm
Butler taking charge of Park District Rangers

 

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) -

The Hamilton County Park District Rangers have a new Ranger Chief. Following the retirement of Chief Steve Newsom, who spent after 32 years with the Rangers, Ed Butler will take over duties as Chief at the end of March.

Butler has been a member of the Kenton County, Kentucky Police Department since 1991 and has served as its Police Chief since 2006.

While at Kenton County he has also served as its Public Relations Officer, Police Officer/Narcotics Detective, Sergeant and Captain.  He holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Northern Kentucky University, a Masters of Business Administration from Xavier University, and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.  Ed is a native of western Hamilton County and an Elder High School graduate.

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Hamilton County OVI checkpoint will be somewhere on Friday

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012, 11:15pm
Hamilton County OVI checkpoint will be somewhere on Friday

 

BLUE ASH, OH (FOX19) - The Hamilton County OVI Task Force is announcing that an OVI checkpoint will be conducted this Friday, March 23, 2012 in Hamilton County. The exact location and times will be released on Friday. 

Announcements regarding OVI checkpoints, saturation patrols, and other Task Force activity are posted on their Facebook page and distributed via Twitter:

www.facebook.com/HCOVITF

www.twitter.com/HCOVITF

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Police investigate robbery at Zip's Cafe

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012, 12:14pm

MOUNT LOOKOUT, OH (FOX19) - Cincinnati Police are investigating a robbery at a business in Mount Lookout.

The breaking and entering occurred at Zips Cafe on Delta Avenue on Feb. 24.

According to reports, a man entered the business just before 8 p.m. wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans.

The man removed three empty beer kegs valued at $90 dollars.

Any information please contact Crimestoppers at 513-352-3040 or Det. Gina Scott District 2 Investigative Unit at 513-979-4427.

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Man robs store of over $1000 dollars worth of Oxycodone

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012, 1:26am
Man robs store of over $1000 dollars worth of Oxycodone

CINCINNATI (FOX19) – Cincinnati Police are looking for a man who stole more than 750 Oxycodone pills from the Walgreen’s store in the Hyde Park Plaza.

According to the police report, the suspect handed the teller a note stating that he had a gun and would shoot the victim.

The suspect fled the scene with the prescriptions worth $1006 dollars.

He was described as a white male, 35, with a “sickly thin” build, walking with a cane, with a dark scarf and bandana. 

He was last seen walking north on the sidewalk toward the front of the plaza on Paxton Road.

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Armed robbery of Madisonville restaurant caught on tape

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Thursday, March 8th, 2012, 2:06pm

MADISONVILLE, OH (FOX19) - Police are searching for two men wanted in an armed robbery of a Penn Station restaurant.

The men entered the Penn  Station located on Red Bank Road on Feb. 29.

Both men dressed in all black, showed their guns and robbed the clerk of an unknown amount of cash.

The suspects were both tall and medium build. Any information please contact Crimestoppers at 513 352 3040 attention District 2 Det Kinney.

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Suspects wanted for passing bad checks at local store

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Monday, March 5th, 2012, 3:44pm
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