Staff Report
A Quaker City man has been arrested for a 1986 homicide that occurred in Texas, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Guernsey County Sheriff Jeffrey D. Paden said in a press release.
Mark Gatten, 57, became a suspect in a cold case investigation initiated by the Texas Rangers, a division within that state’s Department of Public Safety. In March, the Rangers reviewed the 1986 death of 56-year-old Charles Robert Hardin, which occurred near Canyon Lake, Texas. Evidence in the case led investigators to Gatten and a second suspect, Tracey Loy, 56, of St. George, Utah.
“The combination of modern forensic technology and old-fashioned detective work can solve cold cases, even when there are many years and miles separating the culprits and their crimes,” Yost said. “BCI is proud to partner with law enforcement within Ohio and beyond.”
The Daily Jeffersonian
OLD WASHINGTON A man is dead following a standoff with law enforcement at his camper inside the Oak Hill Mobile Home Village and RV Park late Saturday night.
The body of 39-year-old David O Donnell Reagan was sent to the Franklin County Coroner s Office for an autopsy that is expected to be completed by Wednesday, according to Guernsey County Coroner Dr. Sandra Schubert.
The coroner said she was not able to establish a cause of death from her preliminary examination at the scene.
The standoff reportedly followed a domestic dispute at Salt Fork Lodge and Conference Center on the grounds of Salt Fork State Park and a subsequent pursuit that started on U.S. 22 and ended at the camper just before midnight.
Felony drug charge filed against driver of stolen van
The Daily Jeffersonian
A preliminary hearing for a Carrollton woman facing a felony drug charge stemming from a traffic stop involving a stolen vehicle has been scheduled for May 28 in the Cambridge Municipal Court.
Abigail J. Motz, 33, is facing one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a second-degree felony. She remained incarcerated in the Guernsey County Jail.
Bond for Motz was set at $50,000 with no 10% allowed during an initial hearing in the municipal court. She was also placed in the court s pretrial release program.
Motz was driving a van initially believed to have been stolen from Canton City Schools. It was later discovered the school district had salvaged the van and it was actually taken from a local salvage yard without permission.
ATV crash on Mill Road seriously injures Kimbolton man
The Daily Jeffersonian
A Kimbolton man remained hospitalized at OhioHealth s Grant Medical Center as the result of serious injuries suffered when the all-terrain vehicle he was riding overturned on Mill Road Tuesday evening.
Duane Thomas Ashworth, 42, was transported by United Ambulance to Southeastern Med in Cambridge and later flown by MedFlight medical helicopter to the Columbus hospital.
A spokesperson for the Grant Medical Center said Ashworth remained in critical, but stable condition, as of early Wednesday afternoon.
A 911 caller to the Guernsey County Sheriff s Office reported Ashworth was having difficulty breathing a short time after the crash.