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Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Yahoo
11-year-old arrested in connection to threats that shut down Ohio libraries
An 11-year-old is under arrest after police said he made threats against libraries. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] All locations of the Stark County Library remain closed Wednesday, according to CBS-affalite WOIO. TRENDING STORIES: Man accused of starting fire at Piqua High School withdraws incompetence claim Cicada infestation: Where will Brood XIV emerge? PHOTOS: 3 Miami Valley cities described as best places to live in Ohio The threats began Monday when Canton police received a false report of an armed person in the library. On Tuesday, officers said the boy called the Crisis Center Suicide Hotline, saying he shot someone inside the library. The boy called the hotline 30 minutes later, reporting he had a bomb, according to police. The 11-year-old was taken into custody on charges of swatting and inducing panic. He is currently booked in a juvenile detention center. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Yahoo
Man accused of starting fire at Piqua High School withdraws incompetence claim
The man accused of starting a fire at Piqua High School and then pointing a weapon at police before being arrested is withdrawing his claim of incompetence. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] An attorney for Grady Egerton filed a motion to withdraw his suggestion of incompetence this week, according to Miami County Common Pleas Court records. Edgerton previously submitted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and a suggestion of incompetence to stand trial in July 2024. At this time, it does not appear that Edgerton has withdrawn his insanity plea. Court officials confirmed that a competency hearing previously scheduled for April 11 has been canceled. TRENDING STORIES: Cicada infestation: Where will Brood XIV emerge? Man charged in shooting that seriously injured 46-year-old Popular coffee shop to open new location in Huber Heights As News Center 7 previously reported, Egerton is accused of starting a fire at the entrance of Piqua High School on July 1. Surveillance video showed him throwing a small propane tank at the front doors. Police said he threw a lit match in the trash can, starting a fire that made the tank explode. In body camera first aired by News Center 7 in July, officers went to his apartment to arrest him on a warrant for arson the night of the fire. In the video, one of their body cameras fell to the ground and caught the moment Egerton pointed a gun at officers. Police then shot at him, but no one was hit in the gunfire. Police later said it turned out Egerton had a CO-2 BB gun. Egerton was arrested and has remained in the Miami County Jail since then. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
Competency hearing set for man accused of starting fire outside Piqua High School
The man accused of starting a fire at Piqua High School on purpose and then pointing a weapon at police before he was arrested will soon find out if he'll be going to trial. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Grady Egerton, 21, has been in the Miami County Jail since his arrest in July 2024. Next Thursday, he'll appear in a courtroom where a judge will start to consider the future of his case. Last Friday was the deadline for a psychologist to finish his evaluation of Egerton and file a written report with the defense, prosecutors, and the judge. Court records show it was the third time doctors evaluated him. TRENDING STORIES: Ohio pastor accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting 13-year-old girl 'He was so full of happiness;' Family grieves 4-year-old hit, killed by UPS truck driver Michelle Trachtenberg, who appeared in 'Gossip Girl,' 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' found dead As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, Egerton's lawyer told News Center 7's John Bedell that defendants are allowed three evaluations by law and that there have been 'conflicting evaluations.' The 21-year-old's lawyer filed a not guilty by reason of insanity plea in the fall, suggesting in the same filing that he's incompetent to stand trial. After those three evaluations, the court has now scheduled a competency hearing for next week. That's when the judge will use what doctors wrote in their reports to help decide a ruling on whether Egerton is competent to stand trial. >> PHOTOS: Piqua High School damaged by 'incendiary device' detonation As News Center 7 previously reported, Egerton is accused of starting a fire at the entrance of Piqua High School on July 1. Surveillance video showed him throwing a small propane tank at the front doors. Police said he threw a lit match in the trash can, starting a fire that made the tank explode. In body camera first aired by News Center 7 in July, officers went to his apartment to arrest him on a warrant for arson the night of the fire. In the video, one of their body cameras fell to the ground and caught the moment Egerton pointed a gun at officers. Police then shot at him, but no one was hit in the gunfire. Police later said it turned out Egerton had a CO-2 BB gun. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
