BPD: ‘Career criminal’ assaulted girlfriend, faces felony, multiple charges; arrested hiding in bushes
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BLANCHESTER A ‘“career criminal” was arrested hiding in bushes after a foot chase and he faces multiple charges for allegedly assaulting a woman.
On Wednesday afternoon a 42-year-old Blanchester woman came to the police station to report that her live-in boyfriend had assaulted her twice over the past week, according to a news release from Police Chief Scott Reinbolt, who said both reside in the mobile home park at 800 E. Center St.
“The woman stated she was able to get away from the home and drove to the police station,” said Reinbolt. “She stated she last saw her boyfriend, who she identified as Christopher Betts, age 25, walking on State Route 28 headed west.”
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Blan PD: Person arrested for 8th time in past year
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BLANCHESTER A Blanchester woman was arrested for the eighth time in the past year after a reported incident at a restaurant.
At around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Blanchester Police were called to the Gold Star restaurant at 942 E. Cherry St. on a report of a disorderly woman “trying to climb through the drive-thru window,” according to a news release from Blanchester Police Chief Scott Reinbolt.
Officers said they arrived and encountered Cassondra Richardson, 28, in the parking lot.
According to the restaurant owner, Richardson came into the store demanding a refund for food she claimed to have purchased on Monday.
Blan PD; Man charged with robbery
BLANCHESTER A man has been indicted on a robbery charge after a September incident.
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, a 26-year-old Lebanon man phoned the Blanchester police station to report that he was robbed earlier in the night inside a residence in the 300 block of S. Wright St.
Later that day, Sgt. Gary Mowen traveled to Lebanon to interview the victim, who told Sgt. Mowen that he was at that address with a friend when Maxwell Sill robbed him of a cell phone and attempted to extort money from him, according to a news release from Blanchester Police Chief Scott Reinbolt. the victim said he was able to get away by claiming that he had alerted police by electronic means, causing his assailant and others to flee the house.