Police Section :: Page 24

• Greene County jury indicts local burglars

  By Lauren HeatonMay 20, 2013

  Two local burglary suspects Oliver Simons and Bianca Stone Chappelle were indicted last week by a Greene County grand jury on felony charges related to nine thefts that occurred in Yellow Springs since January. The two former Yellow Springs residents were arrested on May 8 and served today in Greene County Jail, where they are […]

• Police issue arrest warrant

  By Megan BachmanMay 16, 2013

  There have been nine burglaries and two attempted break-ins since January. Police are investigating a possible suspect.

• Xenia police arrest Yellow Springs burglary suspects

  By Lauren HeatonMay 9, 2013

  

  On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, police executed a search warrant for Oliver Simons, who is suspected in the recent rash of burglaries around town.

• Xenia police arrest suspected Yellow Springs burglar

  By Lauren HeatonMay 8, 2013

  On Tuesday night, May 7, Yellow Springs police and the Greene County ACE Task Force raided the home of a suspect they believe is responsible for the series of residential burglaries.

• Police investigate recent burglary

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 2, 2013

  

  Yellow Springs police have been investigating a burglary that took place sometime during the afternoon on Monday at a Marshall Street residence, according to Police Chief Anthony Pettiford today,

• Police investigate burglaries

  By Lauren Heaton

  Last Friday morning, April 19, the Yellow Springs Police Department issued a Hyper Reach alert to all village residents, informing villagers of a rash of burglaries that have occurred in the village with increasing frequency over the past four months.

• Yellow Springs police announce rash of burglaries

  By Lauren HeatonApril 19, 2013

  

  The Yellow Springs Police Department urged villagers to lock their windows and doors after a series of local burglaries that have taken place within the past week and a half.

• The pros and cons of local dispatch

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 4, 2013

  One evening when Teresa Newsome was on duty as dispatcher at the Yellow Springs Police Department, she received a call from a worried villager. The woman’s elderly husband, who had some dementia, had taken a walk and, after several hours, not returned. Newsome knew both the woman and her husband, and she dispatched a police officer to look for the man.

• Village Council— Dispatch on chopping block

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 28, 2013

  How important is it to villagers to have local police dispatchers? Village Council members want to hear from the community.

  “We need to hear from citizens how valued our current system is. Is money more important?” said Council member Rick Walkey at Council’s March 18 ­meeting.

• Police views on gun control vary— Many officers for background checks

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 14, 2013

  On Jan. 28 five young men between the ages of 19 and 23 entered a home on Victoria Avenue in Fairborn to purchase marijuana. During the transaction, one of the visitors threatened the residents with a weapon and attempted to rob them. Instead, the resident pulled out his own gun and shot two of the visitors, injuring one and killing the other, Ta’Vaun Fambrough, a 19-year-old Central State University freshman.