Courts Warn About Possible Spoofing Calls Coming From Judges Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The Hamilton County General Sessions Court has learned of at least two possible spoofing calls in recent days made to defendants from the county cell phone number of a judge. The caller impersonated the judge and requested money to settle an actual open case.
Hamilton County judges do not call defendants directly and will never ask for money over the phone to settle pending matters. Spoofing a phone number occurs when an unscrupulous individual manipulates caller ID to have it appear a phone call is coming from another, legitimate phone number. It is illegal if the intent is to defraud a person.
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Driver Flees The Scene Of Single-Vehicular Wreck With Injuries On Johnson Road At Birchwood Tuesday, May 18, 2021
At approximately 7:30 a.m., Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the 5100 block of Johnson Road for the report of a single-vehicle accident with injuries.
Upon arrival, it was learned that the driver, who was reportedly injured, had fled the scene on foot into a wooded area. The passenger in the vehicle, Matthew Poythress, 36, was transported by EMS for non-life threatening injuries.
The sheriff’s Office s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Unit (UAV) was requested to respond to the scene with a K-9 Unit. A track was attempted, but the driver was not located.
Sheriff: Cincinnati man tried to meet 13-year-old for sexual acts
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CINCINNATI â A Cincinnati man has been arrested and charged with two counts of importuning and one count of disseminating matter harmful to a juvenile after police said he tried to meet a 13-year-old for sexual acts.
According to a press release from the Hamilton County Sheriff s Office, the Regional Electronics & Computer Investigations section (RECI) began investigating 34-year-old Kevin Winterman after an online conversation he engaged in with an undercover RECI agent, whom he believed was a 13-year-old girl.
Officials said Winterman, a registered sex offender, began chatting with the undercover officer and sent the officer nude photos of himself.
Police have said the man was likely an innocent bystander to the shooting that killed him.
Remembering man who experienced homelessness, killed in OTR shooting By Kody Fisher | May 14, 2021 at 10:04 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 10:47 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - A Hamilton County grand jury this week indicted the man accused of killing Douglas Robinson in Over-the-Rhine earlier this month.
Donta Cody, 30, is charged with murder, assault and weapons possession.
The 61-year-old Robinson, who experienced chronic homelessness, was an abiding, mannerly presence in the neighborhood. Now a memorial sits beside the bit of sidewalk on Walnut Street where he took his last breath.