Gunshot wound reported at armory
A military veteran was injured at the Miami Armory on Friday afternoon with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the buttocks, said owner David Becker.
Becker said the man shot himself while reholstering a semi-automatic weapon he was showing an armory employee. He said the man, who he declined to identify, was alert before being taken by medic to an area hospital.
Becker said no other individuals were near the location where the gun discharged.
The victim is also the range safety officer who purchases items at the armory on Kingsridge Drive frequently, Becker said.
The holster’s “leather grabbed the trigger and he shot himself in the buttocks,” Becker said. “So I’m sure his pride hurt a little more than his buttocks do.”
A Middletown mother is in the city Jail after two of her children, 3 years old and 16 months old, tested positive for methamphetamine.
Sarah Ramsey, 25, appeared in Middletown Municipal Court recently after she was charged with two counts of child endangering, permitting drug abuse and for probation violation. She pleaded guilty to child endangering.
Middletown Municipal Court Judge James Sherron sentenced her to 26 days in jail for her probation violation and suspended the 180 days for child endangering and 90 days for permitting drug abuse.
“You have to do some time,” Sherron told her.
She also was placed a oneyear probation.
Prior to her sentence, Ramsey’s drug screening came back negative. She told the judge that she had used drugs a couple of times, but they were “not an issue” she said. was identified by the Ohio Highway State Patrol Marysville Post as the victim in the crash.
According to a press release, Cowan was traveling east on U.S. 33, exiting onto Ohio 347 around 3:40 p.m. when he failed to yield at the stop sign at the end of the exit ramp. This caused Cowan to pull into the path of a 2017 Chevrolet express van, driven by Thomas Klopfenstein, 50, of Wapakoneta, who was traveling north on Ohio 347. After impact, Cowan, who was driving a 2013 Kia Optima, continued into the southbound lane of Ohio 347 when he was struck head on by a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, driven by Melissa Ragland, 38, of Springfield.
Cowan was transported to Union County Memorial Hospital where he passed away. The drivers of the other two vehicles were not injured in the crash, police said.
Alcohol or drugs are not believed to be a factor in the crash that remains under investigation by State Patrol. murder, but the case was represented to a grand jury on Feb. 15, said Mike Huber, court bailiff.
Majo is now formally indicted on one count of aggravated murder, two counts murder, one count rape, one count aggravated burglary and one count aggravated robbery.
The two murder counts have a sexual motivation specification, Huber said.
The aggravated murder count carries three specifications: felony murder, murder to escape, and sexual motivation, Huber said. If Majo is found guilty of any specification, he will be eligible for the death penalty.
Majo pleaded not guilty Friday, and bond remained at $1 million.