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Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley says she will try to unseat Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. It is the second time the 45-year-old Democrat will try to make Ohio history by becoming the first female major-party governor nominee.
Here are your morning headlines for Tuesday, April 20:
Dayton Mayor announces run for governor
Columbus leaders call for protests to stay peaceful
GOP Rep. Steve Stivers resigns to run Ohio commerce chamber
Ohio House Dems propose gun legislation
Ohio board OKs large increase in medical pot dispensaries
Abortion telemedicine ban remains on hold
Akron adding 28 “speed tables”
Route 8 bridge replacement delayed to 2025
A man who served prison time for impersonating a police officer is now accused of claiming to be a special agent with Homeland Security and an employee of the Department of Defense.
David Lomache, 61, was arrested April 16, and an indictment was unsealed Monday in federal court in Cincinnati.
According to court documents, in January, Lomache produced fake identification documents for both Homeland Security Investigations and the Defense Logistics Agency, which is the Defense Department s combat logistics support agency.
Court documents also say Lomache fraudulently obtained a badge in order to impersonate a civilian contractor for the Defense Logistics Agency.
Lomache is charged with two counts of fraud, in connection with the identification documents. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. He also is charged with impersonating a federal officer, which is punishable by up to three years in prison.
Ohio Auditor: Wendell Young indictment âstep toward holding elected officials accountableâ Cincinnati City Council member Wendell Young (FOX19 NOW/file) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | April 19, 2021 at 12:01 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 12:01 PM
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Ohio Auditor Keith Faber said Monday the indictment of Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young âis a step toward holding elected officials accountable.â
âOhioans deserve transparency in their governments and Iâm proud of the experienced law enforcement arm of our office, the Special Investigative Unit, who brought this crime to light,â Faber said in his first remarks since Young was indicted.
Meanwhile, an investigation by Faberâs Special Investigative Unit within the state auditorâs office remains ongoing and will not be available until itâs closed, a spokeswoman for the office said Monday.
A man who faced felony charges after a crash in North College Hill that badly injured a 9-year-old boy, has been cleared of those charges, court records show.
At a bench trial this week in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, Judge Wende Cross found Santi Estill not guilty of failing to stop after an accident.
Estill s attorney Clyde Bennett II said the then-21-year-old never knew he was involved in an accident. He didn t fail to leave the scene, because he didn t know his car was involved in a collision with the child, Bennett said.
The crash happened July 16, 2020 at about 1:30 p.m. near the intersection of Betts and Cordova avenues.
They didn’t have a plan, but the two young women knew they had to get out fast.
It was after dark when they ran from a suburban Cincinnati hotel room. Cody Jackson had been gone for hours. They didn’t know where they wanted to go. They just knew they had to go.
The decision seemed dangerous. Cody had made it clear: Nobody leaves him.
Cody’s designated babysitter, a young woman from his hometown who stayed with him in motel rooms and made sure the girls he slept with followed his rules, said she wouldn’t alert Cody immediately. She would give them a head start.