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    Defense in Ashley Flynn homicide: Hearing delay is to ‘receive actual facts’
    Natrone Kakaris, 28, was arrested Friday on three murder charges stemming from a February 2023 double homicide. CONTRIBUTED/MIDDLETOWN DIVISION OF POLICE
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    Arrest made in 2023 Middletown double homicide
    Warren County Jail. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Hamilton man pleads guilty to sexual assault at Warren County halfway house
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    Lebanon man gets year in prison for election fraud
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    Ashley Flynn murder case: Preliminary hearing rescheduled for Caleb Flynn
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    A timeline of the Ashley Flynn murder case, husband’s arrest
    Ashley Flynn
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    Who was Ashley Flynn? What to know about the woman killed in Tipp City
    Approximately 150 female inmates were transferred from the Dayton Correctional Institution recently as the facility grapples with the lowest level of correctional officer staffing in Ohio. STAFF
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    150 female inmates transferred from Dayton prison amid staffing shortage
    Police tape surrounds a home on Roosevelt Boulevard in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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    49-year-old man is victim of fatal Middletown shooting
    Police tape surrounds a home on Roosevelt Boulevard in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF
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    1 dead, 1 injured after Middletown shooting
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    Ashley Flynn case: Video released of husband’s arraignment for murder
    The Warren County courts building houses Warren County Common Pleas Court. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Warren County man convicted of murder in alleged ‘mercy killing’ of companion
    Caleb Flynn was arraigned Friday morning for murder, two counts of felonious assault and tampering with evidence, according to Miami County Municipal Court records. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Ashley Flynn murder case: Husband’s attorney questions thoroughness of investigation
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    LISTEN: ‘There’s blood everywhere’: 911 call released in Ashley Flynn murder case
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    Preble County man gets up to life for attacking motorcyclists with machete, killing woman
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    2 suspects arrested after pursuits end in Middletown
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    2 suspects arrested after pursuits end in Middletown
    Jalen Peck, 26, of Hamilton, was arrested Feb. 16, 2026. He has been charged with burglary and two counts of public indecency following a series of incidents occurring Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, according to Hamilton police. CONTRIBUTED
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    Police arrest Hamilton man accused of exposing himself and robberies
    The door to a Grand Jury room. ISTOCK
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    26 people indicted in Butler and Warren counties
    James Robert Rothenbusch, 52, was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison on count of complicity to tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, in connection to a woman who was found dead in a plastic tote in Jackson Twp. BUTLER COUNTY JAIL
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    1 of 3 suspects sentenced in case of pregnant woman found dead in container
    Phillip Lovely was arrested following the stabbing of a Butler County Sheriff's Office deputy Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.
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    Man accused of stabbing Butler Co. deputy indicted for attempted murder, assault
    The Butler County Coroner’s Office has identified human remains found in a Hamilton sewer last August as a resident reported missing since 2022. CONTRIBUTED
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    Remains found in Hamilton sewer are local resident missing since 2022
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    Man indicted after reportedly stabbing man multiple times in Eaton
    Springfield City School District at 700 S. Limestone St. Brooke Spurlock/Staff
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    Springfield City Schools students sent home early due to safety concerns
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    A member of the Dayton bomb squad is seen with a robot outside the public safety building in downtown Springfield Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. Contributed photo Buck Creek Photography
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    Bomb threats, suspicious packages in Springfield prompt evacuations
    A Butler County Sheriff’s deputy was stabbed Thursday in the back while responding to a fire call, Sheriff Richard Jones said. Nick Graham / STAFF
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    Butler County deputy released from hospital after stabbing; suspect charged
    Ohio State linebacker Darron Lee returns an interception for a touchdown in the third quarter against Northern Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. David Jablonski/Staff
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    Former OSU, NFL linebacker arrested on suspicion of murder in Tennessee
    Phillip Lovely, 41, faces three felony charges of attempted aggravated murder, felonious assault and arson in connection with the stabbing of Butler County Sheriff's Office Deputy Mike Farthing. Lovely appeared in Middletown Municipal Court Friday, Feb. 6, 2026 for an arraignment hearing. BRYN DIPPOLD/STAFF
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    Stabbing suspect bond set at $125K; Butler County deputy ‘recovering well’
    Jonathan Crabtree, 24, of Middletown has been indicted by a Butler County grand jury on four felony charges in connection with the alleged stabbing a 25-year-old man and stealing a Middletown police cruiser. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Man charged with attempted murder, theft of police car pleads not guilty by reason of...
    Nicholas Dearth appeared for arraignment on charge of vehicular homicide after a crash resulted in the death of 58-year-old Stephen Howard on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Driver in fatal Middletown crash pleads guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide
    U.S. Postal Service mail collection boxes. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF FILE
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    2nd man gets jail for using sticky mouse traps to steal mail in Springboro
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    Butler County deputy stabbed while assisting at vehicle fire; suspect arrested
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