Ohio police chase ends in Indiana
Law enforcement officers nationwide are warning people to break down boxes of high-priced Christmas gifts to ward off thieves.
Officers stress that people should use caution in the way they package their trash.
Too often, packaging for big ticket items — like televisions, video game consoles and other electronics — left by the curb alert thieves what they can expect inside a home, officers said.
Officials advise residents to drop off bigger boxes at the nearest landfill to help get them off their property faster.
Another tip: Obscure smaller boxes for small, expensive items and put them in the trash in a way where they are not easily accessible.
Speeds reached over 100 mph in an early Christmas police chase that began in Ohio and ended in Indiana.
Union City, Ohio, officers tried to stop the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck on East Main Street, but he drove off after the officer activated his overhead lights, police said.
The chase lasted several minutes until the driver lost control and crashed into a tree near the intersection of Ansonia-Hunchbarger and the Ohio-Indiana border.
The driver then ran away before he was captured in a field in Indiana.
Union City, Ind., police arrested the driver ,Anthony Weimer, 37, who was booked into the Randolph County Jail. He also faces several charges stemming from the pursuit in Ohio, police said.
A Madison Twp. man facing 101 felony counts involving child pornography had his $500,000 bond posted Monday and was released from the Butler County Jail on Thursday after being fitted with a GPS monitor.
Trevor Fraley, 24, of Dickey Road, was indicted Nov. 22 by a grand jury on multiple counts each of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a child and illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges on Nov. 26 and was held without bond until the ruling last week by Common Pleas Judge Michael Oster set bond at $500,000. Fraley is scheduled to be back in court for a hearing on Jan. 6.
At the time, Oster said if Fraley makes bond, he must wear a GPS monitor, have no contact with any children including his own, have no internet access and report twice weekly to pre-trial services.
The GPS compliance is monitored by the sheriff ’s office, and Deputy Chief Anthony Dwyer said it takes several hours of work before a person is released. That delayed the release of Fraley until after the Christmas holiday.
In a motion requesting bond for Fraley, his attorney Chris Pagan wrote that his client is “moored” to the area by children services cases involving his three children, ages 5, 3 and 1. His sister, who lives in southern Montgomery County, has temporary custody of his children.
Pagan said Fraley’s father owns and manages a successful Butler County business, and Fraley voluntarily surrendered to sheriff ’s detectives when new charges were brought by the sheriff ’s office. The attorney also pointed out Fraley has no prior felony record, and his family has retained an attorney.
Prosecutors requested a high bond, noting he faces more than 300 years in prison if found guilty.