Articles About police investigation

• Outside investigation complete— Officer violated no policies

  By Megan BachmanDecember 20, 2020

  

  At issue was whether YSPD Officer Dave Meister violated Village policy and state law by allegedly telling a citizen that a fellow officer, Paige Burge, referred to some attendees of the weekly Black Lives Matter rallies as an “angry mob.”

• Independent review clears YSPD chief

  By Megan BachmanAugust 13, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson was cleared of wrongdoing by an outside investigator in June after a formal complaint was lodged against him by a village resident in May.

• 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.

• Citizen review complete, police officers disciplined

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 16, 2020

  

  A citizen group investigating a Yellow Springs Police Department disciplinary matter has completed its work, according to the Village last month.

• Citizens review police actions

  By Megan BachmanNovember 28, 2019

  

  An ad hoc citizen committee is reviewing a disciplinary matter involving two officers of the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Two suspects arrested in deaths of Brown, Mendenhall

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 25, 2017

  

  At a press conference on Wednesday, Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer announced the arrests of two suspects in the local double murder case.

• 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.

• Investigation finds fault with Greene County major

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 19, 2014

  

  The Montgomery County Sheriff’s office released the findings of a seven-month investigation of the shooting event that occurred in Yellow Springs in July.