Karin Johnson-Reporter

Missing endangered woman from Warren County has been located!

ENDANGERED MISSING LOCATED

Leslie Long has been located safe and is receiving medical care.

Thank you to the citizens reporting information.

A special thank you to Equusearch Midwest and their quick response.

And a huge shout out to an awesome family on Keever Road who aided in our search efforts!

WCSO

Update from Cincinnati Fire Department: truck carrying a crane hit a decommissioned railroad overpass.

Crane collapse a short time ago on 75 near Elmwood Place has southbound traffic backed up. We got onto 75 N from the lateral and had no problems.

Update: She has been located!

ENDANGERED MISSING LOCATED

Leslie Long has been located safe and is receiving medical care.

Thank you to the citizens reporting information.

A special thank you to Equusearch Midwest and their quick response.

And a huge shout out to an awesome family on Keever Road who aided in our search efforts!

WCSO
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Endangered missing person alert from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office!

A Clermont County woman has been doing the digging and legwork in hopes of solving a family mystery... Thank you Shyla Jump for sharing your story with me! I hope one day you will be able to get all of the answers and bring peace to your family.

Family mystery revisited: Granddaughter searches for truth in 45-year-old disappearance Charlotte Heimann, a 27-year-old mother with ties to Clermont County, Ohio, disappeared on Oct. 30, 1981, after leaving the Rochester Psychiatric Center in New York.

Today is sentencing day for 2 of the people involved with last summer’s assault in downtown Cincinnati.

-First up, Montianez Merriweather who previously pleaded guilty to aggravated rioting & aggravated assault. Judge Virginia Tallent sentences him to 10 months with credit for time served.

-Second… Dekyra Vernon who pleaded to misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct. Prosecutor says she was “least culpable.” Judge sentences Vernon to 2 years probation.

Judge Noah Powers finds Hamilton Police Officer Stephen Heffernan NOT GUILTY on all 4 assault charges he faced. Only WLWT was in the courtroom for the verdict and will have all the details at 5:30.

She vanished without a trace in 1981.

Now, more than four decades later, Charlotte Heimann's granddaughter is following a trail of family secrets, old records and new evidence searching for the truth.

Tonight at 11, WLWT Investigates shares her story... Piecing it Together.

Two Miami University seniors are now face drug charges after Oxford police executed search warrants at two homes in the last week.

Will Esler, 22, is charged with drug trafficking and drug possession.

Michael Verlinden, 22, is charged with complicity to drug trafficking and drug possession.

According to court documents, an officer wrote:

"On May 8 a controlled delivery of a package shipped to a "Will Esler" at 215 S College Ave took place. This package
contained 30 grams of co***ne which was intercepted by USPS. At approximately 1212 hours, Verlinden picked up the package and ran through the alley towards the rear of the building, meeting up with Esler. A search warrant was conducted and Verlinden was transported for questioning. Verlinden was read his Miranda Warning and he advised he would speak to me without an attorney present. Verlinden was asked what he believed was in the package and he replied that he assumed drugs and stated "my guess would be co***ne, molly or Xanax."

Verlinden signed a search consent form for his cellphone and provided the passcode. Upon download of the electronic data, there were numerous messages between numerous people contacting Verlinden in reference to purchasing drugs or finding people to purchase drugs from. There are communications between Verlinden and Esler about purchasing drugs off of the dark web and having the drugs sent to Esler's residence."

WLWT has a crew on the scene this morning working to learn exactly what happened.
🙏 to all of those involved including the first responders

Another drug bust in Oxford... just blocks from Miami University's campus. Today, Oxford police executed a search warrant at the "Mtn Dew" home on E. Walnut Street. Two people inside the house were detained. One was released and one was transported to the Oxford Police Department for questioning. Neither have been charged.

Police say co***ne, electronics, and other paraphernalia were seized.

They say today’s activity was part of a month-long investigation that is still ongoing and it IS connected to the search warrant they executed last week at the "Dirty South" home on S. College Ave. In that situation, Miami U senior Will Esler was arrested and charged with drug trafficking and possession. Police say they seized 30 grams of co***ne from the home... since it's more than 27 grams, that makes it a felony 1.

Update from Hamilton Police: preliminary information leads them to believe the woman who died suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Hamilton police are on scene of a deadly shooting on Eaton Ave.
Here is what they just sent out:

This morning at approximately 10:12 am, officers with the Hamilton Police Department responded to the area of 791 Eaton Ave. on the report of a victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
Upon arrival, officers located a victim who was pronounced deceased at the scene by medics from the Hamilton Fire Department.
The incident remains under investigation. At this time, there is no known threat to the public.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Investigations Section at (513) 868-5811 ext. 2002.
Updates will be provided as they become available.