Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Hamilton County Public Health Director Dr. Stephen Feagins urges residents to get flu shots before Halloween, citing a two-week lag for the vaccine to take effect and last season's record surge that pushed local hospitals to capacity.
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A Hamilton County judge set $1 million bonds for Kaitlin Evans, Nessa Keaney and Kirby Rankin, each charged with murder and child endangerment in the death of 7-year-old William Evans, after a detective testified to months of severe abuse at an Oakley home.
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Three women, including the boy's mother, were arraigned on murder and child endangering charges in the death of 7-year-old William Evans, found bound with duct tape in a closet at a Madison Road home in Oakley; a detective testified the abuse lasted more than two months.
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Cincinnati police are investigating the homicide of a juvenile boy found dead inside an Oakley home on the 2800 block of Madison Road on Aug. 6; three people are in custody for questioning but no arrests or charges have been filed.
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Cincinnati police are investigating after a fraudster posing as a public defender convinced an 86-year-old woman with dementia that her grandson was in jail, drove her to a Fifth Third Bank branch on Beechmont Avenue and walked away with $10,000 in cash.
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Cincinnati Police are asking east-side residents to help identify the driver of a black Chrysler 300 who stripped all four tires and rims from a parked vehicle on July 27, the latest property crime tip request as Oakley's year-to-date thefts run nearly 41% above last year.
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Sergio Velasco-Cortes, 42, owner of Ibiza Restaurant and Lounge in Oakley, pleaded guilty Aug. 5 in federal court to cocaine trafficking conspiracy and stolen vehicle charges, facing a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison.
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Hyde Park's year-to-date violent crime has risen 125% to nine incidents, with a July 26 strangulation on Madison Road the latest addition, even as total Part 1 crime has dropped nearly 50% from 2025.
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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.
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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.
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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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