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Coroner reveals New Lebanon teacher's cause of death
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- The Montgomery County Coroner's office has identified the teacher who was killed in a car crash in May and died late last month. Dr. Kent E. Harshbarger, coroner, said that Kaleb Gauvey, 30, died about 1:16 a.m. June 30 at Kettering Medical Center. PREVIOUS COVERAGE |...
1 killed in early-morning shooting on South Conover
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — One person has died in an early-morning shooting in Dayton Tuesday. Police responded around 3:15 a.m. to South Conover and West Fifth streets on a shots-fired call. Officers found a man, 37, on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head. They administered first aid, but he died on the […]
Person shot in hand on Saturday afternoon in Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Montgomery County Sherriff's Office confirmed a person was shot in the hand near the 2000 block of Auburn Avenue of Dayton at roughly 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13. According to a Montgomery County Dispatch Sergeant, Dayton Police and medics quickly arrived on the scene. The Montgomery...
WCPO meteorologist accused of sparking altercation
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A local celebrity and his family are under fire Monday night following an incident at a popular restaurant east of downtown Cincinnati. A Covington family accused Channel 9 meteorologist Steve Raleigh of causing a fight in the Montgomery Inn Boathouse parking lot after a car wreck. The...
Suspect in custody after reported shooting in Kettering
KETTERING, Ohio (WDTN) — A person is in the Montgomery County Jail after a shooting reportedly occurred over the weekend in a Kettering neighborhood. Around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 14, officers were dispatched to Irelan Street in Kettering. A spokesperson confirmed to 2 NEWS that a shooting took place. Although individuals were not hit […]
Ohio jail deaths: Twice inmates overpower guards at hospitals, took guns, died by suicide
Shortly before 10 a.m. on June 1, 2022 inside a Dayton hospital, Montgomery County Jail inmate Brian Booth overpowered a 78-year-old contract security guard, who used a cane. Booth, 30, fought with Darrell Holderman, took his gun, shot him in the neck, and then ran through the hospital hallways, pointing the Glock handgun...
Charges Held for Court in Pottsville Car Dealership Theft
Charges were held for court after a preliminary hearing against a former employee for stealing from a Pottsville car dealership. On May 31st, 2024, Mark Douglas Hall Jr., 34, of Vandalia, OH was charged by Pottsville Police Detective Joseph Krammes with felony theft by deception, receiving stolen property, theft by unlawful taking, theft by failing to make required disposition of funds, and criminal use of a communication facility and misdemeanor misapplication of entrusted property and property of government or financial institutions.
Dayton man accused of stealing semi arrested in Georgia
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A Dayton man accused of stealing a semi is now in a Georgia jail. Officers from the West Point Police Department were called on July 11 to the Love’s Travel Stop in 1900 block of Highway 18 in West Point, Georgia. Authorities claim they were responding to the location for a […]
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