Montgomery County News

A Montgomery County Common Pleas jury reached a guilty verdict on all charges Wednesday afternoon in the case of a Dayton man accused of two counts of rape involving a child under 13, seven counts of gross sexual imposition involving a victim under 13 and two counts of importuning.

The Ohio prisons department says an inmate is missing after walking away from his work assignment as an auto mechanic.

A rapid growth in the number of state-issued handicapped parking permits has led to increased abuse, according to advocates for the disabled.

Columbus plans to consolidate its police and fire 911 call centers and replace uniformed dispatchers with civilians, a move that drew a threat of a political "bloodbath" from the firefighters' union president.

Two garbage bags of suspected marijuana and large rolls of cash were seized after a resident reported suspicious activity on Beth Road early Friday morning, police said.

An advisory committee has pushed through seven recommendations for economic development in the Dayton region.

A 30-year-old Riverside man is to be in court Thursday morning for his initial appearance on 40 separate counts accusing him of either pandering obscenity involving a minor or pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor.

Another gas station will be coming on line this summer in north Dayton. Giant Oil just bought the vacant Shell gas station at 110 Shoup Mill Road for $265,000, according to Montgomery County records.

Montgomery County deputies in Washington Twp. responded at 5:38 p.m. to the credit union, 6147 Far Hills Ave.

Heat Nightclub will not be permitted to open for the next two weeks, according to a ruling made this afternoon in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.

The attorney for former funeral director Scherrie McLin has requested that her fraud case be transferred out of Montgomery County courts.

A fast food joint in Harrison Township is getting a complete restart. The Hardee's at 2500 Needmore Road came under new ownership in December and was demolished to make room for a brand new building.

A local disc golf supplies store is relocating down the street into a newly renovated building.

The Dayton Daily News is covering the Jamie Shaffer murder trial. Shaffer, 23, could face the death penalty if found guilty by a panel of three Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judges in the killing of 20-year-old Lisa Spinks.

A West Carrollton KinderCare worker who laid across a child on a cot at naptime and the administrator who took no action after learning about it have been fired, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

The first day of trial against a Gallia County man accused in a 2012 murder began on Monday afternoon in the Gallia County Common Pleas Courtroom.

A New Carlisle mother was arrested Thursday evening after her 4-year-old son was found riding his bike by himself on Ohio 235 in Bethel Township.

Two clerks at businesses in Montgomery County were given citations Thursday for selling alcohol to underage customers, the Montgomery County The RANGE Task Force conducted an underage alcohol sting operation at 18 businesses with liquor permits in Washington and Miami townships.

A Harrison Twp. mother was sentenced to probation and the father pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of endangering children after their 13-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy was found to weigh 57 pounds.

A man who tried to rob a Miami Twp. man with a knife last December was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated robbery.