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Suspect fathered child in US kidnap case

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 16:46
Preliminary DNA results Friday confirmed that the man accused of kidnapping and raping three US women had fathered the girl rescued with them this week, Ohio's attorney general announced. Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old unemployed bus driver, is accused of snatching the three women in separate incidents around a decade ago and holding them captive in his home.

Three women missing for years found alive in Cleveland house

May 7, 2013 13:59
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Three women believed to have been abducted years ago were found alive on Monday at a house in Cleveland, a short distance from where at least two of them were last seen, and police said a man has been arrested in connection with their disappearance. A neighbor in the community was alerted to their presence by screams from the house and rushed to the dwelling where he found the women, one of whom used his cell phone to call emergency-911, according to Cleveland police.

Judge finds Ohio high school football players guilty of raping girl

March 17, 2013 17:00
By Drew Singer STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Two high school football players from Ohio were found guilty on Sunday of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. Ohio authorities also promised on Sunday to continue the investigation to determine if other crimes had been committed.

Judge finds two Ohio teens delinquent in rape of girl

March 17, 2013 14:15
By Drew Singer STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Two high school football players from Ohio were found guilty on Sunday of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. Ohio authorities also promised on Sunday to continue the investigation to determine if other crimes had been committed.

CORRECTED-Hundreds of animals removed from Ohio man's house

January 19, 2013 18:30
(Corrects the number of animals in paragraphs 3, 4) By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Humane society members wearing protective masks removed nearly 300 animals including pigeons, chickens and rabbits from an Ohio man's reeking house this week. Most of the animals are expected to survive including some that were sick, Sheila Marquis, an officer with the Humane Society of Greater Dayton, Ohio, told Reuters on Saturday.
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