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It’s Where You Live! www.troydailynews.com August 21, 2013
Volume 105, No. 197
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Roads to be completed in time for concert By Melanie Yingst
ROAD STOPOVER TOUR
Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO TROY
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Your complete guide to the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover Tour in Troy, Ohio August 29-September 1
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TROY — The roads leading to Troy Memorial Stadium for Labor Day weekend’s Gentlemen of the Road music festival should be completed by the time the 35,000 concert goers arrive in the city of Troy, according to city of Troy’s safety and service director Patrick Titterington. Titterington updated the members of Troy City Council about the various paving and road improvement projects at the regular city council meeting on Monday. As of Monday, Titterington said the North Market Street project had the second of three asphalt paving completed. The final asphalt application is to be completed before the concert. The road will be open to school
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traffic, but not open to “free flowing traffic” at the end of this week. The sidewalk is set to be completed by the concert as well. Titterington estimated the project after the top coat is applied should be completed in “a week or so.” “That project should be or substantially complete,” he said. Titterington also said equipment is now in place for the State Route 55, Dorset Rd. and Archer Drive. The end date of the project is set for October. The State Route 41 Traffic Signal Interconnect has started and the new system is expected to be operational by December. City council approved a small business development loan for $50,000 to Steve and Melanie Smith, owners of The Caroline. The loan was approved with terms to be paid back in five years with an interest rate of 3
percent. According to the committee report, with the approval of the loan, the small business development revolving loan program will have a balance in excess of $600,000 in the loan fund for other applicants. Deb Swan, city engineer, introduced Jillian Rhoades as the city’s assistant city engineer and Duane Puckett, the former parking enforcement with the city police department as a new city zoning inspector. Council member Robin Oda was excused from the meeting due to a death in the family. The United States Air Force Band of Flight is scheduled to perform a concert at Prouty Plaza on Sunday at 7 p.m. at Prouty Plaza. The United States Air Force Band of Flight is a 14-member ensemble that performs patriotic music. It is free to the public.
Burris named Tipp chief
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Jury selected for Afghanistan massacre sentencing Staff photo | David Fong
JOINT BASE LEWISMCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — A jury of six soldiers was selected Tuesday to determine whether the U.S. soldier who killed 16 Afghan civilians during raids on two villages last year will ever have a chance at getting out of prison. See page 6
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Troy High School football coach Scot Brewer looks on as his team practices punt return formations Tuesday during practice. The Trojans will host their final preaseason scrimmage at 7 p.m. Friday against Dunbar. Troy opens the regular season on a Thursday, Aug. 29, against Chaminade-Julienne at Wayne High School.
Child rapist, child porn possessor in court Will E Sanders
Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com
TROY — A child rapist and another man who possessed child pornography on a home computer were both convicted of their sex crimes in common pleas court Monday in separate cases. Jonathan A. Lucas, 18, of Troy, entered a plea of guilty to a lone charge of rape, a first-degree felony. Immediately afterward he was sentenced to 11 Lucas years in prison and labeled as a tier III sex offender. He will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Lucas made his guilty plea in an
agreement with prosecutors where they dismissed an age specification from his indictment since the victim in the case was a juvenile girl under the age of 10. He was arrested in May by the Troy Police Department after an investigation was launched into the alleged sexual misconduct involving Lucas and the child at a Troy residence. Also in court was James A. Holbrooks, 32, of Tipp City, who entered pleas of no contest to two charges of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance, a second-degree felony. He was found guilty by the judge and a sentencing hearing has been
scheduled for Oct. 21. At that time he will be labeled as a tier I sex offender, which will require him to register as such at the sheriff’s office in the county where he lives or works for a period of 15 years. A presentence investigation was ordered in the case. He faces up to eight years in prison. Originally, he was charged with pandering obscenity involving a minor. Holbrooks was arrested in May after he accessed child pornography on the Internet and authorities received information that he possessed such materials on his computer, according to court documents. He remains out of jail on a recognizance bond.
Concord Township Trustees adopt parking regulations By Melanie Yingst Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com
CONCORD TWP. — Concord Township Trustees approved the resolution to proceed with parking regulations regarding commercial vehicles parked on township streets with a few minor adjustments to the language at its regular meeting on Tuesday. Trustee Bill Whidden said he was contacted by a community member regarding the parking resolution. The resident said he operates a tow truck that must be accessible for emergency calls overnight. Trustees approved to adjust the language of the parking regulation to include commercial vehicles that may be called to respond to emergencies, at the
request of law enforcement, and therefore must be immediately accessible, would be exempted from this requirement. Whidden said the resident stated that no neighbors have complained about the tow truck parking on the township streets. Trustee Tom Mercer said although the definition of “emergency” was “broad” it would be up to citizens to address the concern for enforcement. Violators of the parking resolution could be found guilty of a minor misdemeanor and subject to a fine. The resolution would be filed with the sheriff’s department once the 30 days posting has been completed. The resolution is to be posted in five places including the township office and published in the Troy Daily News for three
weeks before it becomes part of the township’s laws. Mercer also said he had received response from the township’s legal council regarding solicitation regulations. Mercer said the township does not have a no solicitation policy, but was contacted by a local home owner’s association about a policy for the future consideration of the township’s trustees. The township trustees also reviewed a list of requests to make the township building up to code for handicap accessibility from the Miami County Board of Elections. The majority of the requests pertained to the parking lot of the township building. The township building was a private business prior to the township’s ownership.
TIPP CITY — City manager Jon Crusey has announced that Sgt. Eric Burris, an 18-year veteran of the Tipp City Police Department, has been promoted to the position of chief of police. Burris was selected from a field of 25 candidates. He has been the acting chief of police since May 2013, Burris following the death of former Chief of Police Tom Davidson. “I am very proud to appoint Sgt. Burris as Tipp City’s next Chief of Police,” Crusey said. “Sgt. Burris is a highly qualified individual who has made the personal commitment to prepare himself for the next step in his law enforcement career.” Burris was hired as a patrolman in October 1995 and promoted to sergeant in August 2001. A Tippecanoe High School graduate, Burris earned a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice administration from Tiffin University. He also is a graduate of the Northwestern School of Staff and Command and Police Executive Leadership College. In addition, Burris recently completed a 14-month program to become a Certified Law Enforcement Executive through the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police. Burris and his wife have one daughter and reside in Tipp City.
Daycare directors arraigned Will E Sanders
Staff Writer wsanders@civitasmedia.com
TROY —Pretrial conferences are set for Sept. 5 in municipal court for the directors of an Elizabeth Township daycare facility that were indicted earlier this month for failure to report child abuse. The attorneys for Karen A. Leffel, 61, of Troy, and Amy B. Hawkins,
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