Crash with injuries reported on Licking Pike in Alexandria (2023)

WAY WITH BREAKING NEWS. A WOMAN HAS NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ABUSING A TEENAGER AT HILLCREST ACADEMY. THAT’S A TREATMENT CENTER FOR TEENAGERS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AT 5:00. I’M SHEREE PAOLELLO. I’M MIKE DARDIS WLWT WAS THE FIRST STATION TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS. THAT WAS LAST MONTH. AND WLWT NEWS 5 KAREN LEADING THE WAY YET AGAIN WITH THE NEW FOR THE FORMER EMPLOYEE. KAREN LIVE RIGHT NOW AT THE SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE BREAKING DETAILS FOR US. KAREN. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MIKE. HAMILTON COUNTY GRAND JURY MET TODAY AND INDICTED 49 YEAR OLD FRANCINE THOMAS. THE CINCINNATI WOMAN FACES. ONE COUNT OF UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR. THE SEX CRIME ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE AT HILLCREST ACADEMY, WHICH IS A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER FOR AT RISK TEENAGE BOYS. THOMAS WAS WORKING THERE AT THE TIME. SOON AFTER, POLICE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION. HAMILTON COUNTY JUVENILE COURTS HELD AN EMERGENCY HEARING AND ENDED UP PULLING EIGHT KIDS FROM THE PROGRAM. THE COURTS DID THAT ALONG WITH THE HAMILTON COUNTY JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES. LAST UPDATE WE RECEIVED. THE COUNTY WAS 32 KIDS REMAINED AT HILLCREST, BOYS WHO HAD BEEN PLACED FROM AGENCIES IN OTHER COUNTIES OR OTHER STATES. HAMILTON COUNTY ALSO SAID, IT INTENDS TO TERMINATE ITS CONTRACT WITH RITE OF PASSAGE, WHICH OPERATES THE 88 ACRE CAMPUS. HOWEVER VOLUNTEERS AND TEACHERS HAVE CRITICIZED THAT DECISION, SAYING WITHOUT THE SERVICES HILLCREST PROVIDES, MORE KIDS AND TEENS WILL END UP IN JAIL OR BACK THE STREETS. I DID RECEIVE A STATEMENT FROM, HILLCREST ACADEMY, SAYING THE INCIDENT WAS FIRST REPORTED BY HILLCREST ACADEMY TO COUNTY AND STATE OFFICIALS AND THE FORMER WHO PASSED ALL BACKGROUND AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS WAS IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED. HILLCREST ACADEMY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH HIS FAMILY AND OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. ACCORDING TO HAMILTON COUNTY JAIL RECORDS. FRANCINE THOMAS NOT YET IN THE CUSTODY OF THE JAIL. REPORTING LIVE IN TOWNSHIP, KARIN JOHNSON WLWT NEWS 5. ALL RIGHT, KAREN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE THERE. BOY, A DISTURBING STORY HERE. A CINCINNATI MAN IS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO TEENAGE GIRLS, THEN ADVERTISING FOR SEX WITH OTHER MEN. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY 42 YEAR OLD KELLY RICHARDS PICKED UP THE VICTIMS AFTER THEY LEFT A GROUP HOME IN DAYTON. THEY SAY THAT HE THEN DROVE THE GIRLS TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX HERE IN CINCINNATI, GAVE THEM COCAINE, ASSAULTED THEM. PROSECUTORS SAY RICHARDS POSTED EXPLICIT ADS FOR THE GIRLS ONLINE, THEN MADE THEM HAVE SEX IN HOTELS AS WELL AS LOCAL HOMES. ALL RIGHT. TURNING TO YOUR FORECAST NOW, THE RAIN CLEARING OUT OF HERE FOR YOUR TUESDAY EVENING. YOU’VE GOT A CHIEF METEOROLOGIST KEVIN ROBINSON A LITTLE SANDWICH THIS WEEK WITH SOME NICE DRY SPOTS IN BETWEEN. MAYBE STARTING TOMORROW. YEAH, SUNSHINE’S BACK IN HERE TOMORROW, SO WE’RE GOING TO GET BIG IMPROVEMENTS IN HERE BY THE TIME WE GET INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY, HUMP DAY. HALFWAY THROUGH THE WEEK. HALFWAY THROUGH WHAT’S BEEN KIND OF SOME LOUSY THIS WEEK, TOO. SO, RADAR, TONIGHT, MUCH IMPROVED FROM WHERE WE WERE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. IN FACT, THE BULK OF THE RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THE RAIN THAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE OUT OF THIS SYSTEM, MOST OF IT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. NOW THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES LEFT OVER UP HERE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA FROM CONNERSVILLE BACK TOWARDS BROOKVILLE AND SUNSHINE. BUT THESE ARE STRUGGLING. THIS IS IT. THIS MAY PROVIDE YOU WITH A VERY BRIEF FIVE MINUTE SHOWER OR MAYBE A FEW LEFTOVER SPRINKLES. OTHERWISE, WE ARE REALLY SEEING THINGS BEGIN TO DRY OUT HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING. AS EXPECTED, THE BULK OF THE RAIN FELL TODAY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER WHERE THOSE DARKER SHADINGS ARE IN GREEN. SOUTH OF THE 7175 SPLIT. SO NOT A LOT OF WET WEATHER FOR US, BUT STILL KIND A UGLY, GLOOMY LOOKING EVENING AS OF RIGHT NOW. SKIES ARE BEGINNING TO BRIGHTEN AND EVENTUALLY WE’RE GOING TO GET BACK INTO SOME SUNSHINE. I HAVE A FULL LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST. I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW QUICKLY THAT SUN RETURNS TO OUR AREA. KEVIN, THANKS. WE’LL SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES. IN THE MEANTIME, SEARCHING FOR A 15 MINUTES OF FAME BY TRASHING STORES AND SETTING LOBSTERS LOOSE. IT’S NOT SOME TEENAGE MOVIE TRAILER. IT’S ACTUALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, REAL LIFE AND ANDERSON TOWNSHIP. AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS NOW AT, THE ANDERSON TOWN CENTER. SOME AND BUSINESS OWNERS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ARE JUST AT THEIR WIT’S END WITH ALL OF THIS. WLWT NEWS 5 JOHN LONDON LIVE THERE TONIGHT WITH WHAT AUTHORITIES PLAN TO DO ABOUT IT. HI, JOHN. WELL, SHARI, IT’S NEXT STEP. TIME FOR. THEY’VE TRIED A LOT OF THINGS AT KROGER AND OTHER STORES TO INCREASE VISIBILITY AND NOTHING LIKE HAS WORKED. SO THE MESSAGE IS KEEP IT UP AND YOU GET ARRESTED. THEY’RE SAYING IT’S ZERO TOLERANCE TIME, PART OF THE TICK TOCK GENERATION APPARENTLY HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT IT MEANS TO GO KROGER. THEY’RE THROWING CONDIMENTS ON THE WALLS. THEY’RE GOING UP AND DOWN THE AISLES, THROWING THE MILK TRICK WHERE THEY PRETEND TO SLIP AND THROW THE MILK IN THE AIR AND THEN THEY BURST ON THE GROUND. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS STUFF, LIKE THAT’S BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS HERE AT THE ANDERSON TOWN CENTER. THE MOTIVATION. A GENERATIONAL THING THERE FILMING AND IT’S SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT. THEY LIKE GET THE LIKES FROM THEIR FRIENDS OR FROM WHOEVER THEY’RE UNSUPERVISED. WE’RE TOLD AMC THEATERS AN ALTITUDE A TRAMPOLINE BUSINESS OR DROP OFF POINTS ON WEEKEND NIGHTS. WE RULES TO PROTECT KIDS. THE ATTITUDE ALTITUDE FITS WELL WITH SHERIFF’S NEW ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR SOME JUVENILES. THIS IS JUMPING OFF POINT FOR MAYHEM ELSEWHERE. THESE LITTLE KIDS, THEY’RE SEEING WHAT THE OLDER KIDS ARE DOING AND IT’S SET IN THE BAD EXAMPLE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. SO THEY SEE THESE KIDS DOING IT. THEN THEY’RE GOING TO BE DOING IT THEMSELVES WHEN THEY GET OLDER. COMPLAINTS ARE UP. MACY’S HAS HAD LARGE OF JUVENILES JUMPING ON THIS, HOLDING TWO YEAR OLD CAMERON BRANDON LAMM SUPPORTS A TOUGHER APPROACH. I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CRACKED ON AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. WANT JUVENILE BUSINESS. THEY JUST WANT KIDS TO MIND THEIR BUSINESS. AS FOR WHAT’S AT RISK, IF THEY DON’T, THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT WE’RE GOING TO START ROUNDING UP AND PARENTS GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER COME PICK THEM UP OR IF WE CAN’T GET HOLD OF THEM, THEY’LL BE TRANSPORTED TO 20 AND THEN I’LL HAVE TO GO PICK THEM UP DOWN THERE. NOW, OF COURSE, THEY’D RATHER NOT HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THAT’S THE MESSAGE TO PARENTS ABOUT THAT ZERO TOLERANCE. THOSE PARENTS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT 20, 20 IS MIGHT SOON BECOME ACQUAINTED WATCHING LIVE AND OUT OF SOME TOWNSH