Ohio Criminal Appeals Lawyer Blog

Senate Candidate Eric W. Deaton was indicted for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor as you can read here.

Nancy F. Skinner of Beavercreek, Ohio, was charged with aggravated arson in Greene County. She is accused of torching her Beavercreek home at 3476 Plantation Place as you can read here.

Montgomery County Judge Michael L. Tucker sentenced Christopher Beatty-Jones to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 28 years after he was convicted of shooting two security guards, William St. Peter and James C. Locker. The security guards were working at the Western Manor apartments on James H. McGee Boulevard when Beatty-Jones shot them on March 30. Dayton lawyer Doug Hess argued self defense on the defendant's behalf. Read Lou Grieco's blog on the case in the Dayton Daily News here.

A Fairfield Township man was shot and killed in his home. Joe D. Angelo Patterson, II, was shot and killed in his home by two intruders but his wife and three children were not hurt. Read the story here.

Looks like some gentlemen will have to go elsewhere for their "massage" for a while. Several arrests were made in Springfield, Ohio, at Miko's Spa and Tokyo Health Spa as you can read here. It took Law Enforcement two years to probe this one. But it looks like there may be a history of reviews on these two places on the internet. The arrests were made for prostitution, promoting prostitution and soliciting. All are presumed innocent at this point.

Police have not determined why 19 year old Brennan Eden crashed his Pontiac Firebird on I 675 on Monday August 23, 2010. He had just been released from the custody of the Beavercreek Police 20 minutes before the crash. They took him into custody and released him near the intersection of Beaver Vu Drive and North Fairfield Road. Read the story and watch the horrific crash into the Wagner Road overpass here.

According to the Dayton Daily news article you can read by clicking here, Reverend Raleigh Trammell says he is not guilty of taking any taxpayer money. He pleaded guilty to a city property code violation today. The Reverend also told the Dayton Daily news that he expects to be killed.

According to a news report, a 1997 rape of a woman in her home went unsolved until DNA from the crime was matched to Demetrius P. Chambers. Demetrius was incarcerated on some other crime and they took his DNA and entered it into a national database. When the victim was shown a photo spread that included a photo of Demetrius, the victim picked him out as the person who raped her. Demetrius pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years. Read Lou Grieco's blog entry here.

Jason and Tara Durig have been charged in the death of their 8-month old son as you can read here. The story states that Jason Durig previously served time for child endangering.

Montgomery County Judge Michael T. Hall sentenced James Cundiff to 38 years in prison for his convictions for aggravated robbery and felonious assault after a jury trial. Read about the case here.

Zachary Marshall sentenced to 15 months in prison. According to the Dayton Daily News article you can read by clicking here, the former Miami University football player admitted to a probation violation and was sentenced to 15 months.

Montgomery County Judge Mary Katherine Huffman sentenced Shamar D. Davis to three years in prison for his conviction upon a plea of "no contest" to felonious assault. Read about it here.

Former Northeastern High School Social Studies teacher Anthony Parker was sentenced today in Springfield to fifteen years in prison pursuant to his conviction on charges related to his "inappropriate relationship" with a female student. Read about it here.

Lisa M. Davis of Miamisburg pleaded guilty to first degree felony involuntary manslaughter on February 12, 2010. Today Judge Dennis J. Langer sentenced her to 10 years in prison, the maximum prison term available for a first degree felony. Court records alleged her daughter died of "blunt force injuries of her abdomen." Read the Dayton Daily News Article here or watch the news story here.

Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Timothy N. O'Connell sentenced Cordell Mitchell, Jr., to life in prison with parole eligibility in 32 years. Mitchell pleaded guilty on February 3, 2010, to charges related to the murder of social worker Stephen Branham. Read the Dayton Daily News article here.

Shannon N. Smith was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the stabbing death of Robert Takach, II. Read the Dayton Daily News story here or the story at whiotv.com by clicking here.

She was sentenced to ten years as you can read here.

Jason Overman was accused of holding a baby's hand in boiling water. He said it was an accident. Overman was indicted on March 9, 2009. He pleaded guilty to one count of child endangering. Child endangering is a felony of the second degree if serious physical harm results. The maximum prison term for a second degree felony is 8 years in prison. Overman was sentenced to 8 years in prison today as you can read by clicking here or here.

Jose De Jesus Rios was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $105,000.00 by Greene County Judge Stephen A. Wolaver. Rios pleaded guilty to racketeering, drug trafficking, and money laundering charges. Read the Dayton Daily News story by clicking here.

Montgomery County Judge Michael L. Tucker sentenced Mark Anthony Nolan to 20 years to life in prison after Nolan pleaded guilty to charges related to the beating death of an employee of a local community college as you can read by clicking here.

Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Barbara P. Gorman sentenced Antonio M. Alford to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 36 years for the "revenge" killing of the wrong guy. While the victim's father was making his victim impact statement, Alford yelled "I'll be back on appeal." Read more by clicking here. Alford is appealing his conviction and sentence in case number CA 23332.

Montgomery County Judge Gregory F. Singer sentenced Anthony Seals to 25 years in prison after Seals pleaded guilty to several charges in the Common Pleas Court. Read more by clicking here.