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Athens County Sheriff’s Office Reports for Oct.16-17: Theft of a deer feeder and damage to a trial camera
Athens County Sheriff’s Office Reports for Oct. 16-17: Date/Time Street Name Incident Disposition — reports are posted online too at athensmessenger.com Date/Time Street Name Incident Disposition OCT. 16 The Athens County Sheriff's Office responded to Ervin Road for a report of an alarm. Units found the building to be secured with no signs of forced...
Zanesville man's life sentence upheld after appeal of rape, kidnapping convictions
ZANESVILLE − 34-year-old Keith D. Hostottle Jr. of Zanesville had his life sentence upheld in a recent appeal ruling by the Ohio Fifth District Court of Appeals in Canton. In February 2024, Hostottle was found guilty of two counts of gross sexual imposition, third-degree felonies; one count of kidnapping and three counts of rape, all first-degree felonies, by a Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas jury. ...