Governor DeWine selects UC graduate as Hamilton County judge
Mar 29, 2019
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has selected Elizabeth Simmons Callan, a former assistant prosecutor in Ross County, to serve as a judge on the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. Callan, a Republican, will fill the midterm vacancy left by Judge Robert Winkler, who moved to Ohio's 1st District Court of Appeals.
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It's not over: McNick gets ammo in fight for more night games
Jan 22, 2019
Judge Robert Winkler says McNicholas can present evidence the school says will show that a zoning hearing examiner who established the 20-game maximum should not have relied so heavily on conditions set in a 1992 case involving stadium lights at The Summit Country Day School in Hyde Park.
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Family: Girlfriend showed 'lack of humanity,' 'heartlessness' after man's overdose death
Jan 16, 2019
Carmen, who pleaded no contest in December to gross abuse of a corpse, was sentenced Wednesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to six months in jail and two years of probation. Judge Robert Winkler ordered her to complete drug treatment.
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Chyanne Daniels, charged in murder of Mount Auburn 9-year-old, faces judge
June 27, 2018
Daniels is facing one count of murder, two counts of felonious assault, one count of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary and three counts of kidnapping. Judge Robert Winkler set her bond at $1 million.
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Man pleads guilty in daytime killing in Over-the-Rhine
May 11, 2018
Tolbert, 38, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Winkler imposed a sentence that had been agreed upon as part of the plea.
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'I'm scared. My baby, my baby,' were young mother's last words, prosecutor says
May 8, 2018
Markeisha Elliot, 26, is charged with murder in the stabbing death of 21-year-old Shawnice Johnson. Opening statements and testimony took place Tuesday in Elliot's trial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
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Documents: 2 months after prison release, man kidnapped elderly woman so he could get heroin
April 10, 2018
Brent Engel kidnapped and terrorized an 84-year-old woman in February, forcing her to drive more than 50 miles and withdraw money from a bank, order fast food and wait for him while he scored suspected heroin, court documents say.
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Judge sentences Briana Benson for intentionally hitting, killing Madie Hart with her car
March 9, 2018
Briana Benson, the woman who drove a car into Madie Hart last year, dragging and killing her, was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison.
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Man who shot 2 sisters sentenced to life in prison
April 5, 2017
Hamilton County Judge Robert Winkler sentenced Matthew Hayden, 23, in a Cincinnati court for the October 2015 fatal shootings.
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Mother jailed for 180 days for injecting sick child's feeding tube with Benadryl
April 20, 2015
Judge Robert Winkler sentenced two teens, who pleaded guilty in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to a manslaughter charge.
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Teens plead guilty in West Side killing
April 20, 2015
Judge Robert Winkler sentenced two teens, who pleaded guilty in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to a manslaughter charge.
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Greenpeace protesters in P&G caper sentenced
December 12, 2014
Greenpeace activists who hung protest banners on Procter & Gamble's Cincinnati headquarters nine months ago were found guilty and sentenced.
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Court filing reveals P&G beefed up security because of Greenpeace protest
October 9, 2014
In an Oct. 1 filing in Common Pleas Court, P&G argued against letting jurors into the headquarters to judge whether such damage might have predated the protest.
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One in Deters' beating admits guilt
October 7, 2014
Yahdea Brown, 19, of Golf Manor, pleaded guilty as her three adult co-defendants went to trial before Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Winkler.
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Zontae Irby convicted after dog attack
September 15, 2014
The Westwood man whose pit bull viciously attacked a 6-year-old girl in June was convicted Monday of drug charges made while police investigated the dog attack.
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Judge to decide whether P&G must reveal emails in Greenpeace case
July 21, 2014
Judge Robert Winkler of Common Pleas Court today set a July 31 court date to rule on P&G’s motion to dismiss the defense subpoena seeking copies of the company's emails.
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Judge won't toss charges against P&G protesters
July 3, 2014
Hamilton County Judge Robert Winkler rejected arguments from defense attorneys that the activists were simply exercising their free speech rights.
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Stepfather stabbed Loveland stepson to death
June 11, 2014
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Winkler sent Cainion, 50, of Loveland, to prison for 11 years, the maximum for his manslaughter conviction.
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Sex crimes against girls nets 38-year sentence
April 14, 2014
Donald Woodruff, 44, was sent to prison for 38 years by Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Winkler in two cases.
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Brutal beating of toddler sends man to prison
February 21, 2014
Walton beat the child so severely that when paramedics arrived at Walton’s home, the boy was in cardiac arrest. On Friday, it was Walton’s turn to be taught a lesson. Judge Robert Winkler did just that.
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Who’s filed to run for office in 2014?
Here’s who filed for office as of the Wednesday deadline to run in partisan races for state, county and judicial office this year.
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