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Man gets life sentence for killing his 3 young sons at their Ohio home
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BATAVIA, Ohio — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of his three young sons at their Ohio home last year.
A Clermont County judge sentenced Chad Doerman, 33, on Friday to three consecutive life terms after he pleaded guilty to aggravated murder charges. He was also sentenced to another 16 years on two felonious assault charges for injuring his former wife and his stepdaughter.
Prosecutor Mark Tekulve had originally vowed to seek the death penalty in the June 15, 2023, murders of Clayton Doerman, 7, Hunter Doerman, 4, and Chase Doerman, 3, in Monroe Township, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of Columbus.
But on Friday he cited the trauma that the surviving family members “experienced that day and continue to experience on a daily basis.”
“My job, as I saw it this week, was to relieve them of that additional agony,” he told reporters Friday.
Prosecutors earlier said that Doerman, who was taken into custody after he was found sitting on a stoop at the home, admitted to having planned the killings and chased down one of the boys in a field after the child tried to flee. Defense attorneys had argued that he was struggling with severe mental illness.
Laura Doerman, the children’s mother and the ex-wife of the defendant, wept as a prosecutor read a statement in court from her saying her life had been “ripped away from me and destroyed.”
“I would do anything to push them on the swing, cover them up one more time and hear their little ways of saying, ‘I love you,’” she said. “… I have anger, frustration and so much sadness. Grief will never go away because it is all the love that is left with no place to go.”
In another statement issued through prosecutors after the sentencing, she said that she was in “full agreement” with the resolution of the case.
“No punishment will ever bring my boys back,” she wrote. “Having a guarantee that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars is what is best for my family.”
The prosecutor said he plans to reveal more details about the case at a news conference Monday. Laura Doerman thanked prosecutors and first responders and asked for privacy, saying she and the family “grieve every day” for the boys. She also asked, however, that people remember the children as they were before the events of that day.
“Remember them as the three little boys who loved fishing, go-carting, and swimming,” she said. “Remember them as the little boys who were always at the baseball fields or running around outside. Remember them as the boys who love to have fun and were inseparable from one another.”
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Forsyth Co. men arrested in Ohio after a spree of jewelry store robberies
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, with the help of the Columbus Police Department and other Ohio officials arrested three men recently who robbed a jewelry store in Forsyth and Ohio.
On November 17, 2023, FCSO deputies responded to a business alarm at Simon D. Jewelers in Suwanee.
When they arrived, deputies found a back door pried open, several display cases smashed, and jewelry stolen. Estimated losses were approximately $300,000 or more, deputies learned during their investigation.
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Officials later identified three men as suspects in the robbery; Higuera Reyes-Flores, Rafael Hernandez and Pedro Garcia. Over the course of the investigation, FCSO officials learned the three men were responsible for a total of 22 burglaries nationwide.
FCSO deputies followed leads on the suspects that led them to Columbus, Ohio where the men were reportedly casing a Zanesville, Ohio jewelry store.
The three men attempted to rob the Zanesville jewelry store and managed to force the rear door to the business open and began rounding up jewelry.
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When they tried to leave the store, the Columbus Police Department, FBI Columbus, Zanesville Police Department, and Muskingum County Sheriff’s Office were awaiting the men as they exited the store.
The three men were arrested without incident.
“Yet again, felons stupidly thought Forsyth was a place to commit crimes. Hope they enjoyed their months of freedom. Because of great police work by FCSO detectives, they now get to enjoy trials and jails in multiple states. Don’t worry, we’ll leave the light on for you at Hotel Freeman,” Sheriff Freeman said.
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State removes nearly 155,000 inactive voters from Ohio’s voter rolls
Ohio has removed just under 155,000 inactive voters from the Statewide Voter Registration Database.
The state’s 88 county boards of elections have completed their annual list maintenance process and removed 154,995 inactive and out-of-date registrations from the state’s voter rolls, Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced on Friday.
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News Center 7 reported in June that over 158,000 inactive voters who have moved, haven’t voted in four years, or have been flagged by county boards of elections were added to the 2024 Registration Readiness List.
The action of removing inactive voters is part of an audit of the statewide voter registration database.
“Diligent list maintenance helps prevent voter fraud and ensures the voice of the voters is heard on Election Day. Ohio’s process has been carried out by Republican and Democratic Secretaries of State for decades,” LaRose said.
Ohioans can fill out or update their voter registration by Oct. 7 online here.
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