2 charged in 'gruesome' Monroe murder

6/29/2007

(Posted 11:45 a.m.) MONROE Two Monroe men were charged yesterday with the two-year-old murder of the former owner of a taxi cab company.

Scott E. Hensley, 27, and Kurtis J. Martell, 30, are both already incarcerated on other charges and a time has not yet been set for their arraignment on the current charge of open murder, according to the Monroe police department.

(Updated 3:22 p.m.) LONDON Police in London s bustling nightclub and theater district on Friday defused a bomb that could have killed hundreds after an ambulance crew spotted smoke coming from a Mercedes filled with a lethal mix of gasoline, propane and nails. Hours later, police confirmed that a second car bomb was found in the center of the city. The first car bomb, found near Piccadilly Circus, was reportedly powerful enough to have caused significant injury or loss of life.

(Posted 10:45 a.m.) SPRINGFIELD, Ohio A 27-year-old Findlay man is in the Clark County Jail in Springfield today, charged with attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, importuning, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, and possession of criminal tools, Springfield police said.