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Crime Report: Wednesday Morning
By Edmund Osterman | Dealer staff writer    Wed, Feb 2, 2005
 

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Sharonville
Oakley
Over-the-Rhine

Sharonville

Jeremy Reade, 38, and his family discovered that while they slept, their 2002 Subaru Outback was the victim of either vandalism or a collision. Despite damage to a rear quarter panel, no note was left, and no eyewitnesses have come forward. "I'll never park in the street again," Reade said. "There's not just a dent in my car, there's a dent in my heart."

Since this story was initially reported, donations have poured in to the Reade family. A candlelight vigil will be held outside of Reade's house every night until October 2007. Majorie Miller, a neighbor of Reade and the vigil's organizer, said, "We need to show that it's still our Sharonville—our Cincinnati—and we'll never abandon it."

Oakley

Peter Weathers, 44, was assaulted outside of the Wild Oats grocery store in Rookwood Commons. "I had two big paper grocery bags in front of my face because I was getting my keys out of my pocket," Weathers said. "This guy came up and slapped me on the back, calling me Dave. I dropped the bags and he said whoops I wasn't Dave and all these people just stood around and didn't do anything. They—they didn't do anything."

"I am confident it was an intentional attempt on my life," said Weathers, adding, "You want me to face which way for the news cameras? It's hard to hear over all these reporters."

Over-the-Rhine

Thirty-seven people in Over-the-Rhine were murdered.

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