The co-owners of nearly 100 VIP Smoke Shops across Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky pleaded guilty to felony drug trafficking and organized crime charges, Attorney General Andy Wilson announced.
Warren County Prosecutor David P. Fornshell announced recently that Adam Lee Ellington, 35, of West Chester, was sentenced to an indefinite term of 17 to 21-1⁄2 years in prison by Judge Timothy Tepe.
Sharon Romaine Ward, 52, formerly of West Chester, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court recently to fraudulently billing more than $8.5 million to Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Affairs home healthcare programs between 2015 and 2021.
The Lebanon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on Interstate 75 near state Route 122 in Middletown. The crash occurred Nov. 7, just after 8 p.m.
