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1. Global warming claims all hot air, says speaker at OU2. Palmer Fest house fire tenants speak out about arson, street fest3. Police chief: City can’t stop parties before they start4. Parties spun by OU alums have bootie-shakers raving5. High St. student renters take on big local landlord6. Is another oil and gas land-rush starting in Athens?7. Tanning parlor fights to get back into uptown Athens storefront8. Oak and Mill fests mellow down easy9. Landowners’ group renews leasing pitch10. City Council acts to ban ‘fracking’ in water supply area11. Wal-Mart asks judge to grant store win in shoplifter’s lawsuit12. Pills defeated relative when no other drugs could do it13. OU and city officials urge better fest behavior14. Local developers hoping to revive struggling hotel15. David Alan Jones16. Festering fests; down, down deep; and the Golden Rule17. Hall of Fame baseball coach calls it a day at OU18. Graphic design students show off their chops19. Woman who led police on high-speed chase pleads not guilty20. Letter attacking Alex basketball coach was unfair, inaccurate
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Sunday, February 15,2009
Sheriff arrests 4 in man's shooting death
The Athens County Sheriff's office has arrested three adults and a
juvenile from the Columbus area, after a fatal shooting early Sunday
during what Sheriff Pat Kelly described as an attempted robbery of a New
Marshfield home.
The shooting took place around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the sheriff, and occurred at a New Marshfield Road residence.
Kelly said that the man who was shot and later died at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital was not a resident of the home, but had apparently arrived there while an exchange of gunfire was going on. Victim Donnie Putnam reportedly lived in Dexter, Ohio.
The news release said search warrants have been executed on "several residences" in connection with the investigation, and officers have seized drugs. Kelly said all the residences are in New Marshfield.
The three adults and juvenile were all in custody as of yesterday afternoon, though Kelly had not released their names, and as of about 12:30 p.m., they had not yet been formally charged. He also would not release the name of the home's resident.
Kelly described the arrestees as two adult males, an adult female and a 17-year-old male.
Asked whether he considers the shooting drug-related, Kelly said, "I'm fairly certain it is."
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