VIDEO—Village of Yellow Springs hosts press conference on recent police shootout
Four Greene County law enforcement bureaus held a joint press conference this afternoon in the Village offices at Bryan Center to address the armed standoff last night that left villager Paul E....
View ArticleThe day following a shootout in Yellow Springs
Update Aug. 1, 2 p.m.: The Village of Yellow Springs held a press conference this morning to invite residents to the community counseling session described below. Village Council President Judith...
View ArticleVillager arrested for making threat
Police arrested Stanley (Steve) Hetzler, Yellow Springs, on Tuesday after he uttered a threat to harm the Village Council. He was cited for telecommunications harrassment and taken to Greene County...
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Three new police officers hired
Luciana Lieff Growing up in São Bernardo, near São Paulo, Brazil, Luciana Lieff never would have considered law enforcement as a profession. The police she knew were underpaid military personnel...
View ArticleBureau of Criminal Investigation releases new information on High Street...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2013 Ohio Attorney General’s BCI Update on Yellow Springs Shooting Investigation (COLUMBUS, Ohio)— The following is an update on the Yellow Springs shooting...
View ArticleLate night High Street shootout ends in Yellow Springs resident’s death
View a portion of the July 31 joint law enforcement press conference. The village was on high alert late Tuesday night as most of Greene County’s police firepower converged in Yellow Springs to back...
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Yellow Springs villagers seek answers over death
According to friends who knew him well, Paul E. Schenck was a complicated man. And the circumstances under which he died last week in a gun fight at his home on High Street are no less complex. While...
View ArticleBianca Stone Chappelle released
Bianca Stone Chappelle released Bianca Stone Chappelle will be sentenced Sept. 4 in Greene County Common Pleas Court after being found guilty last month on some charges but cleared of more serious ones...
View ArticleSpringboro man charged in Glen hoax
The Greene County Prosecutor’s office charged Cody Buffenbarger, 22, with falsification, a 1st degree misdemeanor on Wednesday, Aug. 14, in Greene County Municipal Court. Buffenbarger was charged...
View ArticleReturned Schenck guns were legal
Paul E. Schenck had a lot of guns. He also had a history of mental health issues and alcohol abuse. The mix of these factors contributed to the July 31 shootout at his home on High Street that involved...
View ArticleDeWine to release information about BCI investigation
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will hold a press conference at the Bryan Center on Tuesday, Nov. 12, to report on some of the findings of the investigation of the shooting incident that led to Paul...
View ArticleDeWine presents BCI report
Click here to read Attorney General Mike Dewine’s press release on the conclusion of the investigation of the shooting death of Paul E. Schenck and statements regarding Ohio’s mental health system. A...
View ArticleAttorney General DeWine Announces Conclusion of Yellow Springs Investigation
Click here to read about Attorney General Mike Dewine’s press conference this morning on the investigation of the shooting death of Paul E. Schenck. DeWine Calls for Review of Ohio’s Mental Health...
View ArticleBCI ends Schenck investigation
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine came to the Bryan Center to present the findings of his office’s investigation of the shooting incident on July 31 that ended in the death of...
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A mixed first year for Yellow Springs Police chief
With just about a year under his belt as Yellow Springs police chief, Anthony Pettiford has made some strides and suffered a few setbacks. And with the decision of who to name as the first two...
View ArticleJury rules force appropriate in Paul E. Schenck death
On Monday, Dec. 30, a Greene County Grand Jury found no indictments against the law enforcement officer who was identified as having shot and killed villager Paul E. Schenck in July. The jury reviewed...
View ArticleLarry Campbell retires— Almost five decades in service to YS
After nearly 45 years of service to the village — first as a police officer, then as part of the public works department and finally as an emergency dispatcher — Larry Campbell has retired. His last...
View ArticleYSPD warns village about recent vehicle break-ins
YSPD Police Chief Anthony Pettiford alerted the News this morning that the village has experienced a rash of vehicle break-ins in recent days, amounting to 15 break-ins. Two vehicles were also stolen...
View ArticleYellow Springs police look into stolen vehicles
Two vehicles were stolen last week from residences in the northeast quandrant of the village, and about 10 more were entered or burglarized in the same general area. Yellow Springs police received the...
View ArticleSchenck incident prompts concerns— Crisis training for police supported
SIDEBAR: Focus on mental health in the community In recent years, area police officers have noticed a change in their work, as their calls more frequently involve people with mental health issues....
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