Lost In Lima Ohio - A true crime blog

I just have to say, I have Premcor Refinery, BP Chemicals, Innovene, PCS Nitrogen, ISP, Buckeye something or another... and a assortment of other companies dealing with the whole gas, energy thing within 5 miles of my home. And yet... I am paying as of two minutes ago (seriously I just came home from the gas station) THREE DOLLARS AND NINETEEN CENTS A GALLON FOR GAS. $3.19. Someone explain to me what that is all about? First off- I live 5 miles (less really but I am willing to give them something) from these places and yet my local Sterling Station gets to charge that amount????? I know the hurricane, the hurricane, and the war, and that crazy guy the other crazy guy said we should kill, and all the other half baked excuses. But really BUSH come on do something already. I thought releasing reserves would help in keeping the price at least at the "ripping the money from your pockets" prices, so how come it's now at the "ripping the money from your pockets AND the pock...

I am not sure how many times I have posted the link to Ohio's sex offender database. But it's on here enough that if you have read even one post... you could find it. There is a permanent link on the left. I can not stress how important it is to search the databases, not just Ohioans- but everyone should be searching their local state database. If for one minute the stories haven't knocked sense into you... here's another one, maybe it will. Because if someone had stopped to look at Esorn, this may have not have happened. Source here LANCASTER, Ohio -- A registered sex offender was charged Wednesday for allegedly fondling a 9-year-old girl, NBC 4 reported. Ernest Brooks, 53, of Lancaster, was charged with two counts each of rape, kidnapping and gross sexual imposition. He was also charged with one count of importuning. Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen described Brooks as a family friend of the victim. He said it appeared that the family was unaware of his past. Br...

Due to a complete lack of time, I had slipped on bringing information out on the last Columbus Ohio woman to go missing. Now, because the suspected estranged husband and possibly the woman her self have been spotted in North Carolina- and there's family down there and because I decided to stop slacking- here's the story: SOURCES Breaking News More Info NC Spotting Michelle Hadsell was last seen leaving her brother's house on Friday, Her father, Bob Tallman, said he called her Friday at about 1:30 p.m. to make sure she made it home safely when he heard something alarming. "At the time, I heard the phone pick up and some ruckus in the background -- her voice -- as she was struggling," Tallman said. Authorities said they suspect foul play. Hadsell, 21, was married for one year. Her family said she tried to escape domestic abuse and moved away from her husband, Wesley Hadsell. Anyone with information should contact law enforcement. Also, although there is possible goo...

First, let me say that anything anyone is willing to do to help those effects by the hurricane, is commendable. Given the situation that many living in the effected areas are dealing with, it was nice for our two big car manufactures to step up and make this offer: " CAR LOANS GM, Ford offering loan relief from storm DETROIT — General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., said Tuesday they are allowing customers affected by Hurricane Katrina to defer their car loan payments . GMAC spokeswoman Joanne Krell said customers should contact local GMAC offices for an extension of up to 90 days . The company also will waive late charges for those affected by the hurricane. Ford’s program is open to customers living in counties that have been declared disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Eligible Ford customers should receive a letter within a week and must register within 60 days to qualify . Customers also may contact the companies if they believe they’re ...

People say the strangest things some times. It's almost as if they are giving away excuses for deviant behavior. Geraldo has given an excuse to child molesters everywhere. He has decided to declare it that they are "born" not made. I take offense to that. To say that is to say they are predestined to become what they are. Let's think about that. I speak English, I know anyone who has read much of my blog may wonder just how well I speak it- I promise the grammatical errors and occasional typing errors fit more with my " less than perfect " personality than reflect upon the many fine English teachers I had had throughout my life. I never did take much to French- although I endured the classes for two years. My complete ability to speak or understand the French language begins and ends with " Bonjour, oui, je t'aime, au revoir ." I could say I was born to speak English- but I have to say had my parents run off to France before I was born- I woul...

New Jersey police in Middlesex County are seeking a registered sex offender for failing to register. After reading the following article on him I can safely say that this man poses a great threat to the safety of children, and is what I consider in great need of a lifetime in prison. There is a five hundred dollar reward for his whereabouts- although I favor turning him in just for the ability to keep him away from future victims, not for the money. " MIDDLESEX COUNTY — A former male stripper convicted of the attempted sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl he abducted from her parents' front yard in Woodbridge is being sought by authorities after he failed to register his address as a sex offender. Ronald J. Amate, 43, was convicted in 1993 of the assault on the girl in August 1991. He also admitted to sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Woodbridge by exposing himself then touching the girl's chest before fleeing. Amate served five years in the prison for sex offenders ...

Update HERE I am sad to say that the media has derailed from it's coverage of Julie Popovich. It is to be expected. After all, we all know the hurricane in New Orleans is going to be absolutely devastating. Even my own husband has informed me that he'd rather watch the prestorm show than hear me complain about the lack of any trace of half way reliable evidence in Julie's case. I can understand his thought process... he lived down in the bayou for many years and has always talked about it like it was his true home. The number of times over the years that he has indicated that I would be able to get past the bugs, the humidity and the accent of the great people there- if I would be willing to pack up and move down there is mind boggling. But I may have watched the Water Boy one to many times to ever be so willing as to go. However, despite the raging storm, despite the media's over zealous need to cover every detail of it- I believe that it would be justifiable to expect...

There's always something that makes me just wanna smack someone upside the head and dask them just what they where thinking. I know that I will never do it... but you have to admit some people fail to use the brains they where given. Just when I thought Ohio could not get any stupidier- I read this: Source the Lima News CHILLICOTHE (AP) — A deputy warden at the Ross Correctional Institution was suspended for five days last month after he mistakenly showed inmates a sexu a l l y e x p l i c i t t e l e v i s i o n show. Andrea Dean, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said Jeffrey Lisath meant to only record an HBO boxing match but unintentionally taped part of a program that followed it. Lisath, 45, was suspended because he didn’t first submit the tape to a screening committee that approves all home videos shown to inmates, Dean said. Corrections Officer R.A. Adams wrote in an incident report that he was alerted to the movie by an inmat...

I find it amazes me still when I read how stupid another states justice system is . Among the states who seem to be sex offender friendly- Colorado is inching closer and closer to joining the ranks of Kentucky, my own Ohio, and Florida. Reading the Conservative Thinking blog I realized just how bad they actually are in Colorado. And I just have to wonder when law makers when actually take notice that these crimes are happening everywhere and the short sentences don't seem to be much of a deterrent to them. Source here: " A 31-year-old homeless mother was given a nine-year prison sentence in Jefferson County Thursday for having sex with the teenage son of a family who took her in. She could have been sentenced to 12 years. She could have been sentenced to only twelve years?!?!?! Doesn't that speak volumes of sex offender laws here in Colorado? Continuing... Tani Leigh Firkins was also ordered not to have contact with the teen who is now raising the baby boy who was born as...

Now for the latest news on Julie: Police have tracked down the man Julie was said to have been seen with the night she went missing. With conflicting stories, and a vague description- this is almost amazing. I will be following the story through out the weekend, and hoping to bring any news as quickly as it comes out. The main concern is to be able to bring Julie home, and then to be able to hold those responsible for her disappearance- well responsible. I will also be bringing more information on Ashley Howley, the other missing 20 year old Columbus girl who has now been gone over a year. I urge everyone to pay special attention to Ashley's case- her family is desperate for answers and her story has not gotten the much needed media attention it deserves. Source HERE ".... COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Homicide detectives investigating the disappearance of a Reynoldsburg woman said Friday that they have located and spoken with a person of interest in the case. Julie Popovich was last see...

A tip came in from The Absconder site owner, which I think would do some good at looking into. Since we do not as of yet know what truly happened when after Julie walked away from the last known friend she talked to for that smoke outside Ledo's- I found this tip interesting. Had Julie walked outside alone. Had she been a bit tipsy from a night of partying and a hit to the head (which was said to have happened when she fell while dancing) This is one suspect that we may want to look into. William Redd, Jr Nickname: n/a Date of Birth: 10/20/1949 Age: 55 Race: White Gender: Male Height: 5'7" Weight: 155 lbs. Hair: Black Eyes: Brown Classification Classification: Sexually Oriented Offender Offense(s): 2907.02- Rape Residential view approximate map 2458 North High Street Columbus, OH 43202 Franklin County Notice the address- just a two and a half block walk from Ledo's as seen here ***As I was working on this a few new details came out. First- we are back to believing t...

Update HERE Recent reports are indicating that Julie Popovich's live in boyfriend was taken in for questioning while the residence that they shares was searched for evidence. No reports have yet to say he is the person of interest, and at least one friend who was with Julie on the night of her vanishing has come forward to give a description of the man that he say a drunk Julie walking away with. (UPDATE: Police confirmed to NBC 4 that Popovich's boyfriend was questioned and has been cooperative in the case. He is not considered a suspect, police said.) Source HERE "....There is new information on the investigation into the disappearance of Julie Popovich, who was last seen two weeks ago at an Ohio State University campus area bar. Homicide detectives spent the day questioning Julie Popovich's boyfriend, and one of the last people to see the former model speaks out what he knows about the unnamed man police call a person of interest. Julie Popovich's live-in boyfri...

Ohio Missing Adults- website here lead me to thinking that this sounds a bit like another story. First we have to go back, because media for it never reached the point that Julies story made with major news networks, to almost this time last year. Ashley Lyn Howley, young- in fact the same age as Julie at the time (20)- called police on June 16th of 2004 to report being assulted. Later on she was known t be packing her bags and heading to a friends house. Ashley never arrived at her planned designation. Doing a search for her name you'll find only traces of evidence that this disappearance happened. Much like Julie, Ashley was young, attractive, and she was 5'4 115 lbs light brown hair with blond highlights, brown eyes. She was last know to be at her residence... nine miles ( almost a straight shot down I 71 ) from Ledo's where Julie vanished from. Ashely didn't have what we all imagine is the clean cut life that Julie had. Both of them seem though that they would be o...

Update HERE Julie Popovich, the missing 20 year old from Columbus Ohio who was to have started at OSU this week has yet to be found. But ".... a piece of identification believed to have been in Julie Popovich’s possession the night she vanished has turned up near Hoover Reservoir . That’s according to two sources close to the investigation. The reservoir is 13 miles from the Ohio State campus-area bar where Julie was last seen. Sources tell 10TV ( source here ) that the ID was mailed to one of Julie’s friends. That friend called police since she believes Popovich had that very same ID on her person the night she disappeared from Ledo’s on North High Street. Investigators are said to have searched near Hoover Dam on Tuesday, and were expected to return on Wednesday. In another major development in the case, a wealthy businessman from Pennsylvania is putting up a $50,000 reward for information about Julie's disappearance. He has offered similar assistance in other high-profile ...

Update HERE The media is buzzing. There's posters spread over the campus and surrounding area. We've seen the posters, the photos and the vaguely detailed news casts. Wanting to know more- as happens alot- I decided to hit the Columbus Police web site. Many law enforcement sites offer a online version of police reports. Maybe they do. Well, yep they do. Navigating my way to the desired page- I found what it was I set out searching for. Then I photo impression 4'ed it so that you too could see it. Clicking makes it bigger. After seeing this, a few things stick out. First I imagine how concerned the family surely is. I can't. It's that indescribable fear, which only someone living it can truly comprehend. The next thing that knocks my brain a bit is that she went missing on the 11th- two days went by. They lived together. He had to have realized that she hadn't come home that night. I am not sure what the missing persons policy is in Columbus. But I do know that m...

There are times when you have to entrust the judicial system in America to scour through the facts, and make a fair decision. Usually one side of any given case is less than thrilled with the outcome. We expect a judge- even after the Joseph Duncan case and Judge Rose Guerra Reyna’s knitting sentence, and of course the Tippecanoe County judge who decided that a child molester didn't pose a nuisance - will make a fair rendering of the law when it comes to child predators. If not because it ensures the safety of the people- then at least in preventing their names to be cast out as ones unwilling to demand justice for innocent victims. I mean, come on most of these judges are still elected in- one day they have to run for their seat in the bench again. You'd think that they care about what could be their political deaths, if not about innocent victims. And yet somehow some just don't seem to care about protecting the nations most valuable resource- OUR CHILDREN. It boils my b...

Flipping the major news networks last night, I heard the story I had posted on being played out for the national media. First and foremost- EVERY single missing person in the US should be entitled to national coverage. But I must say, being from Ohio and having friends with college age kids currently going to OSU, I can imagine this being any of those kids. And if there's a danger to them out there- I want it caught. So last night we have FoxNews and MSNBC both covering the story. Investigators have what seems to be more than one "persons of interest". I hate that term. Lets call them what they are- a possible suspect. The political correctness of "person of interest" can be tossed. Here's what we do know, despite the Columbus police keeping a bit quite on this one. They have moved her investigation to the homicide department. Not necessarily because they believe that there has been a homicide- but rather because according to them the homicide department has...

Update HERE SOURCE HERE REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio Julie Popovich was last seen Thursday night at Ledo's (click for map) on North High Street. According to a police report, friends saw her get into a car with someone they thought she knew. "This is not the profile for her. This does not fit her profile at all. She's a responsible young lady who just vanished," said Kevin Miles, of Crime Stoppers. Employees at Ledo's searched credit card receipts from Thursday night, looking for clues. "I know I've seen her in here before with groups of people. I've seen her come in playing darts in the dart room, sitting by the pool tables in the back," said Shawnell Starrett, Ledo's assistant manager. Popovich is a model and she works at a Reynoldsburg Max and Erma's restaurant. Her family is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to her return. She was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall , weighing 104 pounds. "We believe someone knows something...

I believe that in a small victory, parents have won. The war still wages on, and we still must continue to fight for the protection of children, but in one town at least- a little more peace of mind has been won. SOURCE HERE ISSAQUAH -- The man whose move into town sparked an emergency ordinance to limit where sex offenders can live now says he doesn't want to stay. Kyle Lewis is a convicted child molester -- a Level 3 sex offender the state says is a high risk to reoffend. His roommate, John Weber, is a Level 2 sex offender. They both served time in prison and insist they are now law-abiding. ``I didn't come here to fight,'' Lewis told KOMO 4 News on Tuesday. ``I didn't come here to cause a ruckus. I came here to live to go to work, come home, eat my dinner, go to sleep.'' The night before, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that says no sex offender can live within 1,000 feet of a day care or school. Lewis and Webber now violate those restr...

Michael Luebrecht, the child murdering Fort Jennings man who decided that his 13 month old son was eviedently not deserving of life, and therefore drown him in a bathtub, will be facing a trial come Febuary. The final pretrial will be on the 8th of that month, will the hearing to begin on the 21st. The 8th is the deadline for any plea negotiations. I am content on hoping that there is not a plea deal made in this case. Source HERE Luebrecht pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity during his first pretrial in June. Putnam County Sheriff’s Office deputies said Luebrecht picked 13-month-old Joel Michael from the baby sitter and brought the child home to a bathroom. He then drowned the child, admitting to that during a chilling 911 telephone conversation. The case remains eligible for the death penalty if a jury finds Luebrecht guilty. Luebrecht appeared in the green-and-white-striped uniform of the Putnam County Jail. He nodded toward his wife, Amy, as he entered the courtroom, and he q...

I am bothered. Truly truly bothered. By this: Now for those of you not aware, you can click on images seen here for larger sized one. But let me explain my disgustedness about this. This image is captured from my computer screen while I was looking at the stats to this very site. Someone used msn search to look for: TAMPA FLORIDA CHILD PORNAGRAPHY LAWYERS. And then THEY CAME ON MY SITE. Except references towards how people who defend gross sick perverts like "tampa florida child pornography lawyers" searchers are sick monkeys too- there will not be any linking to such low life freaks. And even then, you are not going to find websites to these lawyers, photos maybe (but only so that they can see themselves and perhaps become embarrassed that this is the path they have chosen for their lives and find new careers), demands that they be striped of all clothing, covered in lambs blood and thrown into lion pits perhaps. But I refuse to take part in any action that could help these ...

IF he's willing I would like for Joe Aleshire to share his newly acquired title as my sex offender of the week with some very " special " people. Not "special" in the way which you talk about something you care deeply for. But "special" in the way that you comment on some who is just not working with a full sack of marbles. You know, those that have evidently rammed their heads into brick walls once or twice or a hundred too many times. Joe Aleshire ( NEWARK, Ohio) is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl inside the church and carrying on a sexual relationship with her younger sister when she was between 13 and 15 years old, the jaw dropping fact here is that amazingly enough... a congregation is standing up for the church youth group leader who is being accused of molesting the children and rape. Members of the Licking Baptist Church ( link here ) in Hebron ( 614-928-3586 COUNTY ROAD 35, HEBRON OH 43025 ) drove to the county jail on Monday night to sup...

INTRODUCING: If you have spent much time here... you'll know I have a certain dislike for sex offenders. And a certain dislike for the laws that allow them to serve a little time and then rejoin society until they commit their next offense. So I have decided to start a new program. Sex Offender of the Week. Every week, I'll highlight a different low life, scum bag, sexual deviant who is enjoying their freedom running the streets while parents make prisoners of their children- because we recognize that there should be a locked door between the innocent children and the sick monsters out there. This week I have chosen to highlight Kyle Lewis of Issaquah, WA. Source HERE " I don't care about these people's kids, what they do, where they play," the 28-year-old Lewis said. "A lot of sex offenders get a bad rap because of the one or two that get out and offend again."- Um no Kyle sex offenders get a bad "rap" because of what they did. No one lik...

Richard Young Nickname: n/a Date of Birth: 06/21/1983 Age: 22 Race: White Gender: Male Height: 5'6" Weight: 152 lbs. Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Scars, Marks, Tattoos: TATTOO - back half cross; TATTOO - neck backwards seven; TATTOO - left upper arm bud/marajuana leaf; TATTOO - left forearm thug life/outlaw; TATTOO - left inside forearm designes; TATTOO - right forearm cross and rose; TATTOO - chest cross and thug; TATTOO - right fingers loco; TATTOO - right calf drama; TATTOO - left hand spider web between thumb and; TATTOO - right hand dollar sign; TATTOO - right eye blue dot; TATTOO; TATTOO - right eye; Classification Classification: Sexually Oriented Offender Offense(s): 2907.04A- Sexual conduct with minor 2907.04A- Sexual conduct with minor Community Notification Statement: Addresses Where Registered Residential view approximate map 204 Clifton Avenue Findlay, OH 45840 Hancock County

Offender/Demographics Erich Mech Sexually Oriented Offender 2907.05- Gross Sexual Imposition Date of Birth: 05/29/1960 Age: 45 Race: White Gender: Male Height: 6'0" Weight: 225 lbs. Hair: Sandy Blonde Eyes: Blue Scars, Marks, Tattoos: n/a Classification : Sexually Oriented Offender Addresses Where Registered Residential 204 N. Washington St. Van Wert, OH 45891 Van Wert County Work 6793 US Rt. 127 Van Wert, OH 45891 Van Wert County * More information on this registrant may be available at the Sheriff's Office

JOHN DUNN III Nickname: n/a Date of Birth: 06/05/1962 Age: 43 Race: White Gender: Male Height: 5'0" Weight: 185 lbs. Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel Classification Classification: Sexually Oriented Offender Offense(s): 2907.02- Rape Residential view approximate map 1000 GARFIELD BELLEFONTAINE, OH 43311 Logan County

Source HERE The Indiana Attorney Generals Office has filed a formal complaint against former South Bend counselor Mark Strobel, a convicted child molester with an arrest record spanning two states. Strobel had been convicted in 1987 of molesting a child at the Lydia Children's Home in Chicago. Strobel was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse in 1987 after fondling an 11-year-old boy at Lydia, a foster children's home. Strobel, then 25, admitted he fondled the boy in December 1984 when he was resident adviser at the home. Cook County Criminal Court Judge Michael Bolan sentenced Strobel to four years of probation and ordered him to undergo psychiatric treatment. Two months later, Strobel -- by then a social worker at the Valley View School District in Bolingbrook -- was arrested by the Bolingbrook Police Department in suburban Chicago for investigation of charges of criminal sexual assault, said Sgt. Tom Ross, the department's public information officer. Police requested the ...