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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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.
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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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Greater Cincinnati Water Works will close Madison Road in both directions near Duck Creek Road on Wednesday, July 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to test the floodgate that malfunctioned during the July 17 storm, causing major flooding in Oakley and Hyde Park.
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Aaron Phelan, 18, was arraigned Monday on two felony charges after firing at least four shots from an AR-15 on I-71 near the Red Bank Road exit bordering Hyde Park and Oakley; a judge set bond at $100,000 per charge.
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Cincinnati Police are asking the public to help find 11-year-old Lilah Moore, last seen July 21 at 40 East Hollister Street in Hyde Park wearing a black hooded jacket, black tights, and white gym shoes; tips should go to Det. Oliver at 513-352-4567.
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Jordan Maurice Grimes, 25, of Douglasville, Georgia, faces four charges after police say he and a juvenile accomplice used sledgehammers to steal $123,200 in watches from the Watches of Switzerland store at Kenwood Towne Centre.
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A two-vehicle crash at Gilbert Avenue and Oak Street in Walnut Hills on the evening of Sunday, July 26, sent three people to the hospital with serious injuries after Cincinnati Fire Department crews used power tools to extricate trapped victims.
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