Latest local crime and courts photos

• Local Marine killed in homicide
  11/15/09

  A Marine, Cpl. Joshua Hartzell (22), from Hamilton and a 2006 graduate of Ross High School was found dead in North Carolina on Friday, Nov. 6, a victim of an apparent homicide.

• Prostitution sting nets 6
  11/11/09

  View the 6 people arrested in a prostitution sting conducted by the Hamilton Police Departments vice squad on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.

• Warren Most Wanted
  11/9/09

  Here is a list of suspects with outstanding warrants at the Warren County Sheriff's Office as of Sept. 21.

• Xanex pills found in drug raid
  11/9/09

  Officers from the Butler County Undercover Regional Narcotic Task Force and The Warren County drug task force raided the house at 6738 Hendrickson Road in Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio where tens of thousands of Xanax pills were found Monday, Nov 9, 2009.

• Dr. Mark Blankenburg on trial
  11/19/09

  Dr. Mark Blankenburg is facing trial in Butler County Common Pleas Court on more than 40 felony charges.

• Bodies found shot to death
  10/26/09

  The bodies of a man and woman found shot to death in the parking lot of Jellybean Junction daycare facility in Fairfield had gunshot wounds to the head. The bodies were discovered by a lawncare service employee in a Jeep Cherokee at Mack and Winton Roads around 9:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26 -- three hours after the daycare center opened.

• West Chester fatal stabbing
  9/16/09

  Amber Robinson, 15, was killed during a large fight in West Chester, Thursday, Sept. 10. Khrendon Gray, was been charged in her death and a $1 million bond set.

• Widmer released from jail
  9/4/09

  Accused bathtub killer Ryan Widmer was released from jail today, Sept. 4, after posting a $400,000 bond and a day after an appeals court ruled he deserved a new trial.

• Pipe bomb detonated
  8/5/09

  Photos: A suspected pipe bomb was detonated at 12:16 p.m., Aug. 5, by the Dayton bomb squad in an abandoned lot on South Pioneer Boulevard across from the temporary Springboro City Hall. The suspected bomb was found in the backpack of two teens pulled over about 3 a.m. on the north side of town.

• 6 arrested in Internet sex sting
  7/10/09

  Butler County Sheriffs deputies posing as a 14-year-old girl, collected enough evidence to arrest six area men for allegedly showing up to meet a minor for sex. The arrests were made from March 24, 2009 to July 9, 2009.

• Business owner shot
  6/11/09

  Two masked men barged into a Hamilton car dealership Wednesday morning, June 10, held a gun to the heads of customers and sales people before apparently shooting the owner.

• Sheriff moves inmates, closes jail
  6/5/09

  Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones moved inmates to the county jail on Court Street from the Resolutions jail, in Hamilton, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Jones says the move could save the county "hundreds of thousands of dollars."

• 7 arrested in sex sting
  5/29/09

  Undercover officers arrested several individuals, including two Hamilton residents, during an undercover prostitution sting at a hotel in Cincinnati Thursday, May 28, 2009.

• Warren Co. Drug Task Force make arrests
  5/22/09

  The Warren County Drug Task Force made multiple arrests across the area in an undercover roundup May 22, 2009.

• Former UC star sentenced
  5/13/09

  Former NBA player and University of Cincinnati center Corie Blount was sentenced to a year in prison Wednesday, May 13, 2009 on drug possession charges.

• 16 arrests during Felon Fest
  4/30/09

  An array of charges, mostly drug-related, were filed against 16 people arrested in early-morning raids in Oxford Wednesday, April 29.

• Prostitution sting nets 8 arrests
  4/28/09

  Eight women have been arrested in a prostitution sting by the Warren County Sheriffs Office using listings on the popular Web site Craigslist.

• Photos: Vigil held for Widmer
  7/22/09

  A candlelight vigil is held for Ryan Widmer at Cincinnati Printers in Fairfield on Thursday, April 23, 2009. Widmer is currently in the Warren Correctional Institution serving his sentence in the murder of his wife, Sarah. A judge will consider if juror misconduct took place, leading to the conviction.