Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
The Cincinnati Police Department's latest Hyde Park neighborhood report shows total Part 1 crime fell nearly 51% compared to 2025, but violent crime doubled from 5 to 10 incidents, driven by a spike in strangulations and robberies.
Public Safety
The Cincinnati Police Department's latest Hyde Park neighborhood report shows total Part 1 crime fell nearly 51% compared to 2025, but violent crime doubled from 5 to 10 incidents, driven by a spike in strangulations and robberies.
The Cincinnati Police Department's latest Hyde Park neighborhood report shows total Part 1 crime fell nearly 51% compared to 2025, but violent crime doubled from 5 to 10 incidents, driven by a spike in strangulations and robberies.
Public Safety
After two devastating July storms overwhelmed East Side sewers, residents and community leaders are questioning whether Cincinnati's Connected Communities zoning plan can safely add housing density along corridors like Madison Road that already flood, even as City Council reconvenes to address relief and prevention.
Public Safety
National Weather Service data shows 21.95 inches of rain fell at Lunken Airport from June 1 through July 31, the highest two-month total since NWS tracking began in 1948, as Mayor Pureval calls for increased infrastructure investment.
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Cincinnati police released a suspect photo after someone broke into a vehicle at 226 Loraine Avenue in Oakley and used the victim's stolen credit card, asking residents to contact Detective Horner with tips.
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Ohio's vehicular manslaughter penalty caps at 90 days in jail, far below the national median of one year, a gap now under scrutiny as three fatal traffic cases in the Hyde Park and Oakley area have all landed at the misdemeanor level.
Public Safety
Oakley's year-to-date Part 1 crime total hit 403 incidents through July 25, up 41.4% from 2025, with personal theft driving the surge — though the most recent 28-day period showed a 40% improvement.
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Hyde Park's year-to-date Part 1 crime is down 47% from 2025, driven by sharp property crime declines, but violent crime has doubled from 4 to 8 incidents due to new robberies and strangulation cases, according to CPD's July 27 neighborhood report.
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MSD officials told Hamilton County commissioners on July 28 that sewer backup reports have topped 1,800 since the July 17 storm, with 10 infrastructure projects being fast-tracked and the county still assessing whether it qualifies for a state emergency declaration.
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The Cincinnati Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying suspects in two additional Oakley theft cases — a store theft on East Seymour Avenue and a purse snatching from the Kroger parking lot on Ferguson Road — that were not included in the outlet's earlier property crime roundup.
Public Safety
A federal judge sentenced Benjamin Cantey, 40, to 40 months in prison Tuesday for defrauding investors out of more than $6.5 million through his fake e-commerce startup Rumby, including $850,000 used to buy a $1.7 million home on Garden Place in Hyde Park.
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Oakley homeowners on Camberwell Road face repair bills exceeding $20,000 while the city's $1 million flood relief fund — spread across more than 900 claims — may deliver roughly $1,100 per household, leaving residents pressing for long-term infrastructure fixes to Duck Creek.
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Cincinnati's Department of Transportation and Engineering is collecting community input through August 14 on a safety redesign of Erie Avenue and Murray Road in Hyde Park, a project that gained momentum after a fatal crash in May. Separately, the state announced $72 million in road safety funding, with Hamilton County's $1.26 million share going to Colerain Township.
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Federal court papers unsealed Monday, July 27, charge Alexander Green of Jacksonville, North Carolina, with distributing drugs through a darknet marketplace after the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition Task Force connected his operation to fatal overdoses in Blue Ash and Clearcreek Township.
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