Police Section :: Page 11

• Village Council— Blacks get more citations

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 28, 2017

  

  African-American villagers received citations from the YSPD at a significantly higher rate than to white villagers, according to a statistical study of local police data sponsored by the Justice System Task Force.

• Lawson indicted on assault

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 16, 2017

  

  Villager Barry Lawson remains in the Greene County Jail following an Oct. 25 incident in which he allegedly attacked a female, causing injuries.

• Local pleads ‘not guilty’ to rape, drug charges

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  Michael M. Gentile, 20, pleaded not guilty Friday to rape, drug and vandalism offenses. The Yellow Springs resident was arraigned Nov. 3 at the Greene County Court of Common Pleas.

• Scam calls threaten arrest

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 3, 2017

  

  An older local woman received a phone call today, Nov. 3, from an unidentified source stating that “you will be taken under custody by the local cops” because there were “four serious allegations” against her. She was advised to call a phone number in order to not be picked up by police.

• Local man charged with assault

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 27, 2017

  

  A local man has been charged with felonious assault following an incident on South High Street on the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 26

• Witnesses help stop reported attack on South High Street

  By YS News StaffOctober 26, 2017

  

  Yellow Springs residents helped stop an apparent attack on a woman yesterday, Oct. 25, in the 300 block of South High Street. Two women were reportedly attacked, with non-life-threatening injuries.

• White nationalist fliers removed from village stop signs

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 1, 2017

  

  Five stop signs on and near the Antioch College campus were defaced with white nationalist fliers overnight between Sunday, Aug. 27, and Monday, Aug. 28, according to Yellow Springs police.

• Alleged killers’ rights were violated, attorneys state

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 10, 2017

  

  Judges in the upcoming murder trial of the alleged killers of Yellow Springs roofer Skip Brown and his friend and neighbor Sherri Mendenhall must first decide whether critical evidence should be allowed.

• Attorney General’s office seeks numbers from scam “IRS phone calls

  By YS News StaffJune 22, 2017

  

  The Yellow Springs Police Department has issued a warning about a spate of reported scam “IRS” phone calls.

• Carlson named new police chief

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 5, 2017

  

  Interim Police Chief Brian Carlson was named the new police chief of Yellow Springs at Village Council’s June 5 meeting.