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85 Yr old veteran of 3 wars killed in home invasion www.privateofficer.com
July 29, 2009
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DAYTON OH July 29 2009 — Homicide detectives are looking for the person or persons who brutally attacked an 85-year-old decorated veteran who survived three wars only to be killed inside his home.
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) North E. Woodall was found bloodied and unconscious by a neighbor about 11:30 p.m. Monday, July 27, at 1028 Walton Ave. after an apparent home invasion, police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The front door to the home was kicked in, and Woodall was found on the floor near the door, Lt. Brian Johns said.
He died from blunt-force trauma to the head, Montgomery County Coroner’s Office director Ken Betz said Tuesday.
Detective Sgt. Gary White said it’s unclear if Woodall was hit in the head by an intruder or fell during the struggle.
It is also unclear what, if anything, was taken from his home, but White said they are certain Woodall is a homicide victim.
Woodall served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam before retiring as an E-9 sergeant major, U.S. Army Special Forces , also known as a Green Beret.
The recipient of two Silver Stars , Woodall had just returned in late June from an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., where he and other veterans traveled in an RV to visit war memorials.
“He was a quiet guy and kind of kept to himself,” said John Fleeger, who drove the RV . “I remember he couldn’t find his suit when we got to the hotel and he really wanted to wear his suit to see the memorial.”
Woodall’s daughter-in-law said she took him food last week and he was in good spirits.
Police said Woodall’s home was burglarized once before in the last five years, but he was not hurt .
He is the city’s 26th homicide this year. Anyone with information about his death should call 333-COPS.
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) North E. Woodall was found bloodied and unconscious by a neighbor about 11:30 p.m. Monday, July 27, at 1028 Walton Ave. after an apparent home invasion, police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The front door to the home was kicked in, and Woodall was found on the floor near the door, Lt. Brian Johns said.
He died from blunt-force trauma to the head, Montgomery County Coroner’s Office director Ken Betz said Tuesday.
Detective Sgt. Gary White said it’s unclear if Woodall was hit in the head by an intruder or fell during the struggle.
It is also unclear what, if anything, was taken from his home, but White said they are certain Woodall is a homicide victim.
Woodall served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam before retiring as an E-9 sergeant major, U.S. Army Special Forces , also known as a Green Beret.
The recipient of two Silver Stars , Woodall had just returned in late June from an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., where he and other veterans traveled in an RV to visit war memorials.
“He was a quiet guy and kind of kept to himself,” said John Fleeger, who drove the RV . “I remember he couldn’t find his suit when we got to the hotel and he really wanted to wear his suit to see the memorial.”
Woodall’s daughter-in-law said she took him food last week and he was in good spirits.
Police said Woodall’s home was burglarized once before in the last five years, but he was not hurt .
He is the city’s 26th homicide this year. Anyone with information about his death should call 333-COPS.
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Man kidnaps children, throws them in dumpster www.privateofficer.com
July 28, 2009
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UPDATE (Tuesday, July 28, 11:15 a.m.): The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office has approved four felony kidnapping charges, three counts of domestic violence, two counts of endangering children, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of inducing panic against the man who placed two young children in a trash bin.
DAYTON OH JULY 28 2009— Two young children found in a trash bin behind a local business have been taken away from their mother by Montgomery County Children’s Services and put in foster care.
Ashonti Johnson, 23 months old, and her 8-month-old brother Tommie John
son III were found about 8:30 a.m. Monday, July 27, by an electrician arriving for work.
They had been in the heavy-duty, green plastic bin for as long as 13 hours, Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said.
The empty but dirty bin was sitting in the sun at 902 E. Second St. [MAP]
About an hour after the children were found, Ashonti’s father, Tommie Lee Johnson Jr., 39, confessed to dumping them in the trash bin, Sgt. Tom Flanders said.
Baron Bates, 23, of Beavercreek, said he heard Ashonti crying, opened the lid of the trash bin and found the children covered in stinky mud and soaking wet from sweat.
“(Ashonti) was crying and reached out and I couldn’t believe it,” Bates said.
Bates and his boss Dale Felty gave the kids water and Little Debbie treats until paramedics arrived.
The lack of airflow, combined with sunlight quickly turned the 4-foot-tall bin into a virtual oven, Flanders said.
Detectives said the children had literally “hours” to live.
The children’s mother, Alisha Whitehead, 27, said Johnson tried to choke her during a fight and then took the children from their home about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Whitehead said Johnson, her boyfriend, had consumed six 40-ounce bottles of beer and some of her prescription medication before leaving with the kids. He was not going to let her have them, she said.
“I never knew he would do something like this,” Whitehead said.
Police did not issue an Amber Alert because there was no evidence the children had been abducted or harmed, Flanders said.
Johnson Jr. said he dumped his biological daughter and her infant brother in a trash bin because he wanted them to go to “a better place.”
A handcuffed Johnson then said he had a lapse “in judgment” as he was led to Montgomery County Jail about 10:30 a.m. Monday.
Johnson had just confessed to police after 12 hours of interrogation that he dumped his 23-month-old daughter, Ashonti Johnson, and her 8-month-old brother, Tommie Johnson III, in an empty city-issued bin, officials said.
Two electricians found the children soaked in mud inside the 4-foot bin behind Felty Electric, 902 E. Second St.
Police believe the children were in the bin the entire 12 hours Johnson was being questioned.
Johnson, who is not the biological father of the infant, first said he took the children from their mother’s house, in the 400 block of N. Cherrywood Ave., about 7:30 p.m.
Whitehead, 27, said Monday “friends” threw Johnson out of her house.
Johnson reportedly said he walked with them to a baby sitter’s house and returned to Whitehead’s place without the children.
That turned out to be the first of many bogus stories Johnson told Sunday night and into Monday morning, Flanders said.
Establishing a “bull’s-eye”
Dayton police, along with area law-enforcement agencies, combed East Dayton all night, while detectives continued to question Tommie L. Johnson Jr. at police headquarters.
U.S. Marshals offered their services in the search, along with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
“We were going door-to-door, after establishing a bull’s-eye (the center of the search) and branched out,” Lt. Patrick Welsh said. “We put out a broadcast to all local law-enforcement groups and gave a description of the children.”
Welsh said the children’s mother could not provide a picture of the children, making the search more difficult.
Despite many discussions about issuing an Amber Alert, none was issued.
“Right away there was a discussion about issuing an Amber Alert,” Welsh said. “It isn’t ‘are we OK with not issuing an Amber Alert.’ We didn’t meet the criteria to issue one.”
Johnson was arrested at 1:52 a.m. on felony charges of domestic violence, child endangering and inducing panic, according to jail records.
In handcuffs, Johnson still refused to tell a detective the whereabouts of the children.
Flanders said since the children were found hours later inside a sun-baked trash bin turned plastic oven, he will push “more serious charges” against Johnson.
Flanders is expected to meet with Montgomery County Prosecutor’s today.
On again, off again
Alisha Whitehead described her relationship with Tommie L. Johnson Jr. as on-again, off-again.
Police said the couple are boyfriend and girlfriend involved in a relationship plagued by alcohol and drugs.
Johnson has a 2004 conviction for domestic violence and numerous convictions for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
Montgomery County Jail records show he has been arrested eight times since 2003.
County court records show Whitehead has no criminal record.
Montgomery County Children’s Services has a previous case involving Whitehead.
In 2005, two other daughters, now 4 and 5, were removed from her custody and placed with a relative, spokeswoman Ann Stevens said.
Stevens would not elaborate on that investigation.
Stevens said caseworkers will try to place Ashonti and Tommie Johnson III in the care of a relative, but if a suitable home is not found, they will remain in foster care.
DAYTON OH JULY 28 2009— Two young children found in a trash bin behind a local business have been taken away from their mother by Montgomery County Children’s Services and put in foster care.
Ashonti Johnson, 23 months old, and her 8-month-old brother Tommie John
son III were found about 8:30 a.m. Monday, July 27, by an electrician arriving for work.They had been in the heavy-duty, green plastic bin for as long as 13 hours, Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said.
The empty but dirty bin was sitting in the sun at 902 E. Second St. [MAP]
About an hour after the children were found, Ashonti’s father, Tommie Lee Johnson Jr., 39, confessed to dumping them in the trash bin, Sgt. Tom Flanders said.
Baron Bates, 23, of Beavercreek, said he heard Ashonti crying, opened the lid of the trash bin and found the children covered in stinky mud and soaking wet from sweat.
“(Ashonti) was crying and reached out and I couldn’t believe it,” Bates said.
Bates and his boss Dale Felty gave the kids water and Little Debbie treats until paramedics arrived.
The lack of airflow, combined with sunlight quickly turned the 4-foot-tall bin into a virtual oven, Flanders said.
Detectives said the children had literally “hours” to live.
The children’s mother, Alisha Whitehead, 27, said Johnson tried to choke her during a fight and then took the children from their home about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Whitehead said Johnson, her boyfriend, had consumed six 40-ounce bottles of beer and some of her prescription medication before leaving with the kids. He was not going to let her have them, she said.
“I never knew he would do something like this,” Whitehead said.
Police did not issue an Amber Alert because there was no evidence the children had been abducted or harmed, Flanders said.
Johnson Jr. said he dumped his biological daughter and her infant brother in a trash bin because he wanted them to go to “a better place.”
A handcuffed Johnson then said he had a lapse “in judgment” as he was led to Montgomery County Jail about 10:30 a.m. Monday.
Johnson had just confessed to police after 12 hours of interrogation that he dumped his 23-month-old daughter, Ashonti Johnson, and her 8-month-old brother, Tommie Johnson III, in an empty city-issued bin, officials said.
Two electricians found the children soaked in mud inside the 4-foot bin behind Felty Electric, 902 E. Second St.
Police believe the children were in the bin the entire 12 hours Johnson was being questioned.
Johnson, who is not the biological father of the infant, first said he took the children from their mother’s house, in the 400 block of N. Cherrywood Ave., about 7:30 p.m.
Whitehead, 27, said Monday “friends” threw Johnson out of her house.
Johnson reportedly said he walked with them to a baby sitter’s house and returned to Whitehead’s place without the children.
That turned out to be the first of many bogus stories Johnson told Sunday night and into Monday morning, Flanders said.
Establishing a “bull’s-eye”
Dayton police, along with area law-enforcement agencies, combed East Dayton all night, while detectives continued to question Tommie L. Johnson Jr. at police headquarters.
U.S. Marshals offered their services in the search, along with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
“We were going door-to-door, after establishing a bull’s-eye (the center of the search) and branched out,” Lt. Patrick Welsh said. “We put out a broadcast to all local law-enforcement groups and gave a description of the children.”
Welsh said the children’s mother could not provide a picture of the children, making the search more difficult.
Despite many discussions about issuing an Amber Alert, none was issued.
“Right away there was a discussion about issuing an Amber Alert,” Welsh said. “It isn’t ‘are we OK with not issuing an Amber Alert.’ We didn’t meet the criteria to issue one.”
Johnson was arrested at 1:52 a.m. on felony charges of domestic violence, child endangering and inducing panic, according to jail records.
In handcuffs, Johnson still refused to tell a detective the whereabouts of the children.
Flanders said since the children were found hours later inside a sun-baked trash bin turned plastic oven, he will push “more serious charges” against Johnson.
Flanders is expected to meet with Montgomery County Prosecutor’s today.
On again, off again
Alisha Whitehead described her relationship with Tommie L. Johnson Jr. as on-again, off-again.
Police said the couple are boyfriend and girlfriend involved in a relationship plagued by alcohol and drugs.
Johnson has a 2004 conviction for domestic violence and numerous convictions for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
Montgomery County Jail records show he has been arrested eight times since 2003.
County court records show Whitehead has no criminal record.
Montgomery County Children’s Services has a previous case involving Whitehead.
In 2005, two other daughters, now 4 and 5, were removed from her custody and placed with a relative, spokeswoman Ann Stevens said.
Stevens would not elaborate on that investigation.
Stevens said caseworkers will try to place Ashonti and Tommie Johnson III in the care of a relative, but if a suitable home is not found, they will remain in foster care.
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Man pleads guilty in million dollar bar code scam www.privateofficer.com
October 25, 2008
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DAYTON OH OCT 25 2008 — A Dayton man pleaded guilty Friday, Oct. 24, to leading a conspiracy that made and placed fraudulent Universal Product Code labels used to steal more than $1 million in merchandise.
Tommy Joe Tidwell, 35, was one of four people indicted in U.S. District Court on July 9 in connection with the alleged scam.
In a statement of facts filed with Tidwell’s plea, he admitted that, during one year, he and others conspired to steal more than $1 million in merchandise from large retailers and sell the items through eBay. The targeted merchandise included high-end vacuum cleaners, electric welders, power winches, personal computers, and electric generators.
Tidwell created fraudulent UPC labels on his home personal computer. Conspirators entered various stores in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Texas and placed the fraudulent labels on merchandise they targeted, and then bought the items from the store. The fraudulent UPC labels attached to the merchandise would cause the item to be rung up for a price far below its actual retail value.
FBI agents and Huber Heights Police officers seized computers and stolen merchandise bearing the fraudulent labels when they executed a search warrant at Tidwell’s house and arrested him June 17. Tidwell has been in custody since his arrest, according to Gregory G. Lockhart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Tidwell pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to use unauthorized access devices, punishable by up to five years imprisonment; one count of use of unauthorized access devices, punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment, and one count of mail and wire fraud, punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment.
U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose scheduled Tidwell’s sentencing hearing for Jan. 23.
David J. Lombardo, 44, who was indicted along with Tidwell, pleaded guilty on Sept. 19 to one count of conspiracy to use unauthorized access devices and one count of use of unauthorized access devices. Charges are pending against David A. Detrick, age 30, and Telisha Davis, age 28, who were named in the indictment with Tidwell.
Lockhart commended the joint investigation by FBI agents and Huber Heights police officers, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Dwight Keller, who prosecuted the case.
Tommy Joe Tidwell, 35, was one of four people indicted in U.S. District Court on July 9 in connection with the alleged scam.
In a statement of facts filed with Tidwell’s plea, he admitted that, during one year, he and others conspired to steal more than $1 million in merchandise from large retailers and sell the items through eBay. The targeted merchandise included high-end vacuum cleaners, electric welders, power winches, personal computers, and electric generators.
Tidwell created fraudulent UPC labels on his home personal computer. Conspirators entered various stores in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Texas and placed the fraudulent labels on merchandise they targeted, and then bought the items from the store. The fraudulent UPC labels attached to the merchandise would cause the item to be rung up for a price far below its actual retail value.
FBI agents and Huber Heights Police officers seized computers and stolen merchandise bearing the fraudulent labels when they executed a search warrant at Tidwell’s house and arrested him June 17. Tidwell has been in custody since his arrest, according to Gregory G. Lockhart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Tidwell pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to use unauthorized access devices, punishable by up to five years imprisonment; one count of use of unauthorized access devices, punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment, and one count of mail and wire fraud, punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment.
U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose scheduled Tidwell’s sentencing hearing for Jan. 23.
David J. Lombardo, 44, who was indicted along with Tidwell, pleaded guilty on Sept. 19 to one count of conspiracy to use unauthorized access devices and one count of use of unauthorized access devices. Charges are pending against David A. Detrick, age 30, and Telisha Davis, age 28, who were named in the indictment with Tidwell.
Lockhart commended the joint investigation by FBI agents and Huber Heights police officers, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Dwight Keller, who prosecuted the case.
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