Picture of Tidd's arrest as posted on Hancock County Sheriff's Office Facebook page An Ada man was arrested after an incident in Hancock County on Monday. According to a release from the Hancock County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched to the 10,000 block of State Route 37 where the homeowner reported finding a man in a vehicle parked in the attached garage. The suspect fled the area on foot and […]
A Kenton man was arrested on an active warrant Monday afternoon. According to the Kenton Police Department report, 33 year old Timothy Reid was arrested at an apartment on Meadow Lane. He was also issued a summon for theft and two counts of criminal trespass. Reid is being held in the Multi County Jail in Marion.
One man was killed and a woman was critically injured in a motorcycle accident that occurred this past Sunday in Allen County. According to a release from the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 53 year old Saul Palacious, of Avon Lake, Florida, lost control of his motorcycle while traveling south on Interstate 75. The motorcycle struck the guardrail and both the operator and a passenger were thrown […]
Closing arguments have been presented, and the fate of Charles Castle is now in the hands of the jury. The seven women and five men will deliberate on 16 charges against Castle, including attempted murder, rape and kidnapping. Castle is accused of kidnapping the then seven year old girl from her home on South Leighton Street on the night of November 10, 2021. She was reported missing the next morning. […]
The Charles Castle trial appears to be headed to an end after Friday's day of testimonies. After calling Kenton Police Department Detective Daniel Kemmere to the stand, Prosecutor Brad Bailey said he doesn't expect to call any more witnesses, though he has not officially rested. .Detective Kemmere gave an overview of the investigation, stating that it was a Task Force involving multiple agencies including the Ohio BCI and the FBI. […]
(Castle at defendant's table with Attorney Elizabeth Smith) The jury heard alot about DNA in the afternoon part of the Charles Castle Trial Thursday in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. .Brianna Barga, a Forensic Scientist with the BCI lab in London, Ohio, took the stand. She stated that she conducts the initial examination of the evidence taken to the lab. After conducting the prep work at that stage, it is […]
The trial of Charles Castle continued Wednesday in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. In the afternoon session, a video deposition was played to the jury. The video featured the then 7 year old girl who was questioned by Prosecutor Brad Bailey and Defense Attorney Elizabeth Smith. The girl, who turned 8 just this week, told Bailey what happened to her on November 10, 2021. She said Chuck took her. She […]
Opening statements were completed and witnesses are now being called at the Charles Castle trial in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. In his opening, Prosecutor Brad Bailey stated that November 10, 2021, when the 7 year old girl was taken from her home, was Castle's birthday. Bailey theorized that Castle was going to "give himself a present." That, said Bailey, was why he went to her home at 602 South […]
A jury has been seated in the Charles Castle trial. That was much quicker than what was first anticipated. Up first will be a jury viewing. That will be at Castle's home on Leighton Street and at the County Road 180 location where the 7 year old girl was located. Castle is standing trial on one count of aggravated attempted murder, one count of rape, 6 counts of kidnapping, three […]