Civil suits
The following civil case has been filed at the Washington County Courthouse: J.P. Morgan Chase Bank NA vs. David A. Johnson, Aug. 3.
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
The following subjects were processed into the Washington County Jail July 5-13: ∫ Kaden Nicholas Way Thompson, 18, Cheshire, Ohio, possession of drugs, marijuana, a misdemeanor. ∫ Craig Vincent Ciulla, 42, Belpre, fugitive from justice, a misdemeanor. ∫ Dalton Cyrus Syme, 22, Marietta, domestic violence, a misdemeanor. ∫ Charles Johnathan Burton, 40, Belpre, tampering with evidence, a felony. ∫ Sherman Lee Larrimore Jr., 41, Purgitsville, W.Va., sex offender failure to change/notify of address, a felony. ∫ David Mathew Loftus, 33, Marietta, parole ...
Death toll from train derailment in Pakistan rises to 30, 90 others injured
By Asim Tanveer Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90 others as rescue operations completed by early evening, officials said. Ten cars of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed and some overturned, near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah, trapping many passengers, said senior railway officer Mahmoodur Rehman Lakho. Local television showed rescue teams extracting women, children and elderly passengers from damaged and overturned cars. Some of the injured were lying on the ground crying for ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine
BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks' cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist ...
Suspect arrested with 1.51 pounds of alleged meth
From staff reports An Akron man is in jail after deputies recovered more than a pound-and-a-half of suspected methamphetamine from his car, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Joe’Veon Penson-Willis, 21, 810 Amberhill Drive, Apt. B, Akron, is being held on a $100,000 bond after he was charged with a first-degree felony count of trafficking in meth and a third-degree felony count of trafficking in heroin, a release from the sheriff’s office said. A black sedan driven by Penson-Willis was stopped near mile marker 1 on Interstate 77 Thursday evening after a deputy ...
Washington County May Property Transfers
Adams Township ¯ Sarah B. McNabb to Jason T. Camp and Sara B. Camp fka Sarah B. McNabb, $0, quit claim deed ¯ Kenneth W. Stehly to Christine M. Tucker and Michael Stehly, $0, affidavit Aurelius Township ¯ Tianna M. Swain Et. Al, $0, quit claim deed ¯Carl Ray Petry to Connie M. Petry, $0, certificate of transfer ¯ Tianna M. Swain Et. Al to Tianna M. Swain, $0, quit claim deed, ¯ Janet Lee Evans to Angela Wriston and David W. Evans, $0, certificate of transfer Barlow Township ¯ Helen Venham to Isaac Tullius, $149,000, warranty deed ¯ Theodore B and ...