Articles About homicide

• 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.

• Prosecutor: evidence supports self defense in Grinnell Road double fatal shooting

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 2, 2020

  

  The Greene County Grand Jury’s recent conclusion concerning the double fatal shooting Feb 12 outside a home on Grinnell Road — which the county sheriff described at the time as a “shootout” — confirmed the initial impression of law enforcement at the scene that gray winter morning: self-defense.

• No charges in Grinnell shooting

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 1, 2020

  

  No charges will be filed in the double fatal shooting that occurred Feb. 12 outside a home on Grinnell Road, just south of Yellow Springs, the Greene County prosecutor has announced.

• Grinnell Road ‘shootout’— Investigation continues in double fatal shooting

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 27, 2020

  

  Greene County authorities say that the investigation into the double fatal shooting outside a home on Grinnell Road, just south of Yellow Springs, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, could take weeks to complete.

• More details on suspect charged with murder in Clark case

  By Carol SimmonsNovember 12, 2019

  

  A 26-year-old Greene County resident with family ties to Yellow Springs and who attended Yellow Springs Schools was arrested Friday, Nov. 8, on charges of murder and felonious assault in connection with the death of local resident Leonid “Lonya” Clark earlier this year.

• Reward offered in Clark case

  By YS News StaffJuly 4, 2019

  

  More than two months into the homicide investigation in the death of villager Leonid “Lonya” Clark, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

• Village is rocked by homicide

  By Carol SimmonsMay 2, 2019

  

  The two-punch news last week that the body of villager Leonid “Lonya” Clark was found in Glen Helen Nature Preserve, followed by the announcement that his death is being investigated as a homicide, has left the community reeling and seeking answers.

• Body in Glen identified—Villager’s death investigated as homicide 

  By Carol SimmonsApril 25, 2019

  

  A body found Friday afternoon, April 12, in Glen Helen Nature Preserve has been identified by  authorities as missing Yellow Springs resident Leonid “Lonya” Clark.

• Merrick brothers— Plea would avoid execution

  By Carol SimmonsSeptember 20, 2018

  

  In a move that allows them to avoid the death penalty, the two defendants accused in the homicides early last year were in court Wednesday morning, Sept. 12, to accept a plea deal.

• 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.