Articles About Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation

• Plea deal reached in Clark stabbing death

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 29, 2021

  

  A Yellow Springs native accused in the stabbing death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal with the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office.

• Merrick brothers indicted— Death sentence a possibility

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 13, 2017

  

  A Greene County Grand Jury has returned indictments of aggravated murder, murder, aggravated burglary, felonious assault and tampering with evidence against the two brothers charged with the killings of two local residents on Jan. 15.

• Murder case advances to grand jury

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanFebruary 16, 2017

  

  The brothers charged with the Jan. 15 murders of William “Skip” Brown and Sherri Mendenhall appeared at a preliminary hearing at the Xenia Municipal Court on Thursday.

• Two arrested in double homicide

  By Audrey HackettFebruary 2, 2017

  

  At a press conference Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 10 a.m., Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer announced the arrest of Dustin M. Merrick on two counts of aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of William “Skip” Brown and Sherri Mendenhall.

• Double homicide shocks village

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanJanuary 26, 2017

  

  The Yellow Springs community faced the most difficult of tragedies beginning on Sunday afternoon, when two local residents were discovered at a duplex located at 4444 East Enon Road, dead of apparent gunshot wounds.

• Sheriff seeks help from community in double murder

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 17, 2017

  

  The Greene County Sheriff’s Department is seeking help from villagers in solving the murders of Skip Brown and Sherri Mendenhall, who were shot and killed on Sunday.

• Trip to Walmart ends in tragedy

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 21, 2016

  

  Second article in this series: A detailed look at the events around the Crawford shooting.

• Nipper to return to YSPD — Prosecutor drops charges

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 12, 2016

  

  A special prosecutorstated he has concluded his review of charges against a Yellow Springs police officer, and found a lack of evidence to move forward.

• BCI’s fact finding in misconduct charges is finished

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 18, 2016

  

  The fact-finding investigation by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, or BCI, into alleged misconduct by a longtime Yellow Springs police officer has ended and the results turned over to a prosecutor.

• Greene County sheriff major relieved of job

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 20, 2014

  

  Greene County Sheriff Major Eric Spicer was relieved from his position with the department last week, according to Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer this week.