Troopers from the Lebanon Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol are currently investigating a fatal crash involving a Franklin Police Department K-9.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with City of Mason Police Department and Warren County Sheriff’s Office, announced Friday that an OVI checkpoint will be held Oct. 13 from 8-10 p.m. on U.S. 42 south of Donna Jean Boulevard in the City of Mason, Warren County.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Thursday that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Warren County in the evening of Friday, Oct. 13.

Patrick Thayer of Lebanon was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to three second-degree felony counts for fraud as an investment adviser representative, aggravated theft and identity fraud.

Warren County Prosecutor David. P. Fornshell announced earlier this month that Tyler J. Hagens, 27, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty to one count of rape, a felony in the first degree; and eight counts of pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor, each a felony of the second degree.

Warren County Prosecutor David P. Fornshell announced earlier this month that Patrick Noel Thayer, 47, a Lebanon resident, pleaded guilty to securities fraud, aggravated theft and identity fraud, all second-degree felonies.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, announced Friday that an OVI checkpoint will be held Aug. 18 from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., on Mason Montgomery Road at Parkway Drive in the Township of Deerfield in Warren County.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Thursday that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Warren County tomorrow night.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has exposed a home improvement scam in Warren County that allegedly swindled three consumers of $71,622.

Darius Deandre Willis, 37, of Cincinnati was sentenced Friday, July 28 by Warren County Common Pleas Court Judge Timothy Tepe to 13 to 15 years in prison.

On Wednesday, July 26, a Warren County jury convicted Todd Jeffrey Rogers, 43, of Franklin Township, Warren County, on one count of rape of a child under the age of 10 years (F1), one count of attempted rape of a child under the age of 10 years (F1) and six counts of gross sexual imposition (F3).

A Washington Court House man already serving prison sentences from two other counties has been sentenced to another five years in connection with a Highland County burglary case.

Troopers from the Lebanon Post are investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash. The crash occurred Friday, June 16, at approximately 10:06 a.m., on Union Road north of Woodwind Court in Turtlecreek Township, Warren County.

Warren County Prosecutor David P. Fornshell announced recently that Bonnie Marie Vaughan, 59, of Middletown, was sentenced to life in prison by Warren County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Peeler.

Troopers from the Lebanon Post are investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred at the intersection of state Route 73 and Clarksville Road in Wayne Township, Warren County. The crash occurred Tuesday, May 30 at 10:47 a.m.