a warren county stepmom is in custody this morning after police say she put her four- year-old s legs in boiling water as punishment. that boy later died. 9 on your side s kristen swilley is live from the warren county courthouse with what charges she s facing. four year old austin derreck cooper was put to bed early tuesday night. but never woke up. his step mom found him not breathing the next morning.after she placed his legs in scalding water as punishment. emergency responders arrived soon after and he was rushed to atrium hospital. but was pronounced dead. that stepmom anna ritchie is now charged with child endangering. that s a second degree felony. she is also being held on 100-thousand dollars bond in the warren county jail. an autopsy will be conducted to determine ritchie is due in franklin municipal court tomorrow at noon. further charges may be filed. reporting live kristen swilley nine on your side. we just received this mugshot of the aurora emt accused of stea
no traffic issues, minute-by-minute updates on wcpo.com and at the bottom of breaking news in the live alert center.a former middle school student, taken into police custody on school grounds. grounds.9 on your side s kristen swilley is live at bridgetown middle school in green township with details. it all started with a mom worried about what she saw on facebook. her son, a former bridgetown middle school student holding a hunting rifle. and she didnt know where he was. according to this facebook post from the schoolpolice later arrested that former student here on campus. some evening activities were cancelled and the school was evacuated. parents overnight on thschool s facebook page expressing their gratitude for that mom s quick thinking and the school s communication. one person commented they got an automated call about what happened. again that former student was found and is now in custody. reporting live.kristen swilley.9 on your side. of the aurora emt accused of
3 it could be sunday or monday before crews recover the suv that fell off the combs-hehl bridge into the ohio river. search and rescue teams postponed the recovery efforts because of dangerous river conditions.crews immediately put boats into the water and emergency workers also responded to the bridge around 4-30 tuesday.witnesses saw it. but didn t quite believe what they were seeing at first. a multi-vehicle accident went right over the bridge. nose first into the ohio river. 3 00:31. i was in the middle lane, two cars ahead of me was a semi. 36 and all i seen was it go over. i guess the car had cut it off :39 and the semi had hit the left side of the bridge :42 and i seen cars spinning and i was just slowing down. i didn t stop because i knew if i stopped, i would get hit 47. so then it hit the left side, it moved right to the right side, hit the wall, and then i seen the car fly over :53 the bridge :542:08 i just felt really sorry for whoever was in there 2:10campbell co
it s going to get a little breezy in the afternoon. jen, are you ready for traffic. reporter: i am. i am out of time, apparent apparently, i will go real fast. 71, i-75 looks good. we have construction to talk about, but right now we have no problems on our interstates, so we re off to a good saint patrick s day. guys over to you. a franklin stepmother is in jail suspected in the death of her 4-year-old stepson. police say that ana richie put her the child s legs in scalding water. by yesterday, austin cooper was not breathing and he died in the hospital. and how the child died is still under investigation. there s a new idea going on home less people in a job getting people back on their feet, but getting the city council make it happen is not so easy. it will take $50,000 to fund a pilot program to get the jobs in apart. a lot of our employers are not willing to take a risk on homeless individuals, they believe it s going to be too difficult to get them working. t