Tag: crime
Two Ohio men face federal charges in deer smuggling scheme
A West Virginia hunting ranch manager and two Ohio men face federal charges for a multi-state conspiracy to illegally transport deer without health certificates.
Ohio Amish woman found not guilty by insanity in son’s drowning...
Ruth Miller, of Millersburg, Ohio, was found not guilty by reason of insanity after experts cited severe mental illness. She was charged in the drowning death of her 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake campground last summer.
Columbus woman charged in online auction bid-rigging scheme
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced the indictment of Lindsay Klein (aka Lindsay Leslie) following a joint investigation into her business, Priceless Discoveries. Klein is accused of running a shill bidding scheme that artificially inflated online auction prices.
Police investigating remains of four horses found in Salem, Ohio stables
Skeletal remains of four horses were found at Ohio’s former Pure Gold Stables, sparking an animal cruelty investigation and community outrage.
Suspect arrested for Sippo Lake fire
A male suspect is being charged with one count of felony arson and two counts of felony vandalism for setting a fire at Sippo Lake Park March 25.
W.Va. man charged with felony over bacon theft
According to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, Cody J. Lucey, of Glen Easton, West Virginia, was caught on surveillance video switching tags from the grand champion bacon with that of another student’s.
Owner of Pa. livestock auction faces charges
The owner of the Millers Mercer Livestock Auction is facing charges after an investigation by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture uncovered malnourished and deceased animals on the property.
Ohio woman mauled in fatal pig attack
A 75-year-old woman who died on Christmas Day after being attacked by her neighbor’s pig succumbed to extensive blood loss, according to the Licking County Coroner’s Office.
Beaver County farmer gets probation for killing geese
A federal judge sentenced farm operator Robert Yost, 52, of New Galilee, to a year of probation and 100 hours of community service.
Wooster man arrested in Holmes Co. cattle thefts
The Holmes County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Wooster man Aug. 11, in connection with cattle thefts in western Holmes County.
