joseph simpson you're standing in front of district 1 with your attorney force. what do you want to say? just that i trust the system and i trust my attorney. those are the only comments that i have. i think that the personnel jacket will speak for itself. he is a stellar officer.lewis says it was simpson's life long dream to be a cincinnati police officer. and i'm here to defend him and do everything in my power to get police. simpson will be arriagned tomorrow morning. the personnel jacket mr. lewis speaks of has not yet been released to the media. no comment from the fraternal order of police. we'll stay on top of every development...as officer simpson remains suspended without pay. if you're just joining us.. we want to quickly bring you up to speed on the tragic accident nine on your side has been covering for you.. a man accident report by police says the driver made an "improper turn" from from edwards road to erie avenue in hyde park square. but no immediate charges have been filed aginst the bus driver. 73 year old stephen frank was killed by the impact.

other officers say joseph simpson stole money from a restaurant. 9 on your side's john genovese spoke with city manager harry black tonight-- he joins us live from district 5 headquarters in clifton with the city's response. john. simpson is based out of this building--but was working an off-duty detail at a local restaurant. the city manager says he was in his badge and uniform --caught on camera stealing that cash this booking photo of a man sworn to protect and serve--in a one-page indictment -- 40- year-old 'joseph simpson' is now facing a felony charge of theft in office "this person acted in a way that is totally not acceptable -- it's intolerable" city manager harry black says in late december -- while part of an off-duty detail--simpson was restaurant's cash register "it's not really about how much - it's the fact that someone in a uniform wearing a badge conducted themselves in this matter which is again, as i said, not indicative of the hardworking men and women that make up this police department" his powers... now suspended... as well as his pay. as the court system runs i

investigators say joseph simpson took some money out of a restaurant's cash register while working an off-duty detail. he's charged with theft... and has been suspended without pay from the department.simpson's attorney a stellar officer... and wants people to give him a fair shake. a judge could decide the future of five apartment complexes considered public nuisances in just a few hours. we've been reporting on the properties owned by p-f holdings for months.it gets five million dollars of *your* money a year to subsidize rent. but some tenants are suing over what they call unliveable conditions.the attorney for the current out-of-state landlord tells nine on your side they've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars fixing the problems. 015307 there's a lot of patchwork being done here no one's really hiring people and getting the job done the way it needs to be done. if i have a hole in my wall, there's no reason to come with a piece of newspaper and spackle and that's my drywall. drywall.the department of housing and urban development weighed in last week... saying some residents c

a theft- in-office charge is speaking out about the accusations.take a listen to what officer joseph simpson said exclusively to 9 on your side's julie o'neill: standing in front of district 1 with your attorney on the force. what do you want to say? just that i trust the system and i trust my attorney. those are the only comments that i have."> have."> simpson has been on the force for ten years. investigators say he was working off duty on december 27-th when he was caught stealing money from a restaurant's cash register.the indictment from the prosecutor's office came down yesterday... he is now suspended without pay. thomas more college has fired the campus safety director porn on his computer. computer.robert marshall faces 32 charges-- following a two year investigation. marshall, who'd been with the school since 1999, is in the kenton county jail tonight. devastating news for hundreds of local general electric engineers. engineers.the company is laying off more than 300 engineers nationwide -- 238 of whom will be let go in cincinnati.g-e reps say it's due to a shift from phase.the com

investigators say joseph simpson took some money out of a restaurant's cash register while working an off-duty detail. he's suspended without pay from the department. another hearing is set for february third. the western and southern open tennis tournament "served" several charities and organizations today with some big donations. donations.cincinnati children's hospital, u-c barrett cancer center, and tennis for city youth received gifts totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. the western and southern open has been making these donations to the community for over 40 years. new developments in the escape of 3 violent criminals. criminals.one of them has been caught - and a teacher's now accused of helping thembreak out to freedom. the number of americans diagnosed with zika virus is growing by the day.9 is on your side with what you need to know, if you're heading somewhere warm, where mosquitoes are still biting. now here's dan carroll in chopper 9. bringing you breaking news in the tri-state.chopper 9 taking a live look at the roads this evening.i'm dan carroll in one of three i

for the arrest of cincinnati police officer.court documents 9 on your side just obtained show joseph simpson is charged with theft in office.simpson is a district five officer. he was working an off-duty restaurant detail at the time of the december 27th incident. he's now on leave without pay. will there be a re-trial in one of the tri-state's highest the question tonight in the shayna hubers trial... after the discovery that a convicted felon was apparently on the jury. shayna hubers hopes she will get another chance before a judge... but our scott wegener tells us that could be a hard sell. "we the jury find the defendant, shayna hubers guilty of murder." when shayna hubers was found guilty of murdering ex boyfriend ryan posten, no one realized that one of the jurors who convicted her was apparently a convicted felon.that came to light when hubers' current attorney, deanna dennison recognized the name of juror number 483 as a defendant *she* had represented.now... dennison is calling for a mistrial-arguing the conviction be set aside and the case be retried.we asked attorney mark krumbein

city manager harry black has released a memo announcing that cincinnati police officer joseph simpson has been indicted for a felony count of theft in office. officials say the charge stems from his time working an off duty restaurant detail in december. simpson is now being suspended without pay. developing now animation we continue to follow developing news out of northern kentucky... where four people are recovering from this major crash early this morning. take a look at the dash-cam footage given to us about an hour ago. this was the scene as crews responded to kentucky 2-37 in hebron this morning... after police say a car was going the wrong way and hit another car causing a chain reaction crash. as you can see, crews had to battle a big fire right in the middle of the road! our own gordon graham says investigators are still trying to piece together exactly what happened. open-----this stretch of divided highway and the speed limit is 55 miles per hour and investigators say just before dawn today 22 year old danielle honshell drove into oncoming traffic with disasterous results.

officer accused of stealing a restaurant will be in court this morning morninginvestigators say joseph simpson took the cash while working an off- duty detail in uniform. nine on your side talked with simpson and his attorney about the indictement. you're standing in front of attorney force. what do you want to say? just that i trust the system and i trust my attorney. those are the only comments that i have. simpson's attorney asks people to give his client a fair hearing... saying he's been a stellar officer. simpson is suspended without pay from the department.. and his police powers have also been suspended. more arrests... the teacher who is now charged with helping three convicts break out of prison. emergency meeting... the plan world health leaders are developing to tackle the growing there of the zika virus. jennifer will call for graphic full a new development in the escape by three men from a maximum security prison in southern california. a teacher has now been arrested in connection with the escape. police say she taught english as a second language at the prison.. and had direct

officer joseph simpson was working at an off-duty restaurant detail. he has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the investigation. an investigation into the colerain township trustee race last year. as special prosecutor has been hired to investigate improprieties. 19 complaints were received from neighbors saying also senators are lobbying their colleagues for help and bunny to during a senate judiciary committee. those testifying are asking for funding . rob portman from ohio testified, talking about what needs to be done to battle this growing problem. >> prevention, law-enforcement strategies, expanding evidence-based treatment for those in recovery, the legislation is comprehensive and will help communities with all of these enhancements. we need them all. mark: deaths involving opioid pain relievers has decreased since 1999 and heroin deaths have increased fivefold. city leaders looking at our response to the water crisis in flint, michigan. the mayor, the manager, and the got together to make sure the public gets the facts. cincinn

city manager says officer joseph simpson was working an off-duty restaurant detail when the alleged theft happen. simpson has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the criminal investigation. mark: a big step forward for an ohio bill that would divert federal funding away from planned parenthood. wednesday night the bill cleared the senate. the measure would restrict $1.3 going to organizations that perform or promote abortions. the house passed an earlier version but will need to pass the changes. lisa: instead of fighting with his republican rivals, donald trump is at war with fox news, opting to not attend the network' s debate tonight. however, despite the debate boycott, trump went on fox news last night to explain his decision. they agreed to a mutual truce. donald trump says he blames fox news for the issue. bill: i don' t think not showing up for the debate tomorrow night is good for america. mr. trump: this is much tougher than doing the debate with megyn kelly. lisa: instead of the fox news debate, trump say he' ll hold an event tonight to raise money for veterans. m

a grand jury indicted joseph simpson for theft in office. investigators are only saying that it happened while he was working an off-duty restaurant detail. simpson is suspended without pay. 3 keep people safe is waking up behind bars this morning... robert marshall is in charge of campus safety at thomas more college. investigators say he had child porn on his personal computer, and tried to hide it. students were surprised to hear that marshal is facing these serious charges. local12's angenette levy has the story. 3 robert marshall is in the kenton county jail.. facing 36 counts of possessing child pornography. police say they seized his computer from his home in latonia two years ago... after someone reported seeing the images.lt. colonel bryan steffen: "i can tell you that when detectives responded to his residence to seize the computer there was a software on it running that is designed to get rid of that type of material from those computers." marshall was indicted last week... but taken into custody on the campus of thomas more colle

joseph simpson will be arraigned for theft in office. investigators won't say what was taken.. only that it happened while simpson was working an off-duty restaurant detail.right now he's suspended 3 happening today.. some accused slumlords will learn if they lose control of properties in cincinnati. their apartment buildings were declared public nuisances last month.. after hundreds of complaints from residents.. and nearly two-thousand code violations. it all came to a head when a roof collapsed at the burton apartments in avondale. the landlords from new jersey also own alms hill, entowne manor, shelton gardens, and reids valley view apartments. if a judge strips the company's ownership.. it will be transferred to a receiver. 3 it's now up to the prosecutor to decide if a bus driver will be charged for a deadly crash. an improper turn is likely what what led to the death of a father wednesday night in hyde park.. 73-year-old stephen frank and his erie avenue at edwards when they were hit by a metro bus. stephen was killed. emily is recovering. police say they were at a cross

investigators say joseph simpson took the cash while working an off- duty detail in uniform. nine on your side talked with simpson and his attorney today about the indictement. you're standing in front of district 1 with your attorney force. what do you want to say? just that i trust the system and i trust my attorney. those are the only simpson's attorney asks people to give his client a fair hearing... saying he's been a stellar officer. simpson is suspended without pay from the department.. and his police powers have also been suspended. a new development tonight in the escape by three men from a maximum security prison in southern california. a teacher has now been arrested in connection with the escape. police say she taught english as a second language at the prison.. and had direct contact with at least one of the escapees. investigators say she may have given the men maps to the men before they cut and climbed their way out of orange county central men's jail friday. also new tonight... officials say that apartment building perched on the edge of a cliff on the pacifi

mike: a cincinnati police after being indicted on a theft officer joseph simpson is out of he faces a felony theft in cincinnati' s city manager says off-duty restaurant detail when the alleged theft happen. simpson has been suspended without pay, pending the outcome of the criminal investigation. sheree: remembering a milford high school teenager who was killed in a weekend car crash. tonight, family and classmates of lauren wilfong gathered in milford to remember their friend, who died sunday in loveland after slamming into an suv. friends say she always had a smile for everyone, she loved nature, and always worked hard in school. is gone. she had her whole future ahead it' s gone. sheree: a funeral mass will be held tomorrow morning at 10:00, in the morning at saint andrew church. the cause of the accident remains under investigation. mike: still plenty of questions about a wrong way crash that shut down the highway in hebron , kentucky. this is video from the cruiser of a boone county sheriff' s deputy. as the deputy dress up to the scene you can see a pick up investigators say th

morning.investigators say joseph simpson took some money out of a restaurant's cash register while working an off-duty detail. he's charged with theft... and has been suspended without pay from the department.simpson's attorney told 9 on your side he's been a stellar officer... and wants people to give him a fair shake.a discovery scheduling hearing is set for february third. a man accused of barricading a woman inside her own apartment for 'days' ... beating her so severely she went unconscious ... has been arraigned on half a million dollars bond.police say 31 year old eric morris woman back in october. there's a manhunt underway in hamilton at this hour ... for a man who tried to rape a woman ... who witnesses found half naked and screaming in a cemetery. cemetery.investigators say the woman ran into the cemetary to try and escape the man ... neighbors found her when the heard her yelling for help.she says the man held a knife to her throat and tried to rape her.the suspect reportedly got away in a white truck.police are expected to release more information about this incident later tod

. >>> 40-year-old joseph simpson is accused of taking money out of a restaurant cash register late last month. he was a part of an off-duty detail. uniform and was caught on camera. his pay and police powers are suspended right now. he is out of jail on his own merit. >>> several people are in jail in connection with the escape of 3 members in california. investigators are convinced the inmates needed outside help in escaping because of the clean- cut made to steel bars. the inmates were last seen almost a full week ago. there is a $200,000 reward for any information. >>> ohio lawmakers are continuing the debate over a controversial bill that would cut more than $1 million to planned parenthood. a past at the housesitting yesterday. it will ban $3 million from being used by the group. organizes with planned parenthood said the money is -- testing . >>> donald trump says he does not like ink used so he is not looking -- he does not like being used so he will appear to benefit that is near the debate. he said he will not be swayed about the debate . >> it is called an eye for an eye. i ag

investigators say joseph simpson took some money out of a restaurant's cash register while working an off-duty detail. he's charged with theft... and has been suspended without pay from the department.simpson's attorney told 9 on your side he's been a stellar officer... and wants people to give him a fair shake. a judge could decide the future of five apartment complexes considered public we've been reporting on the properties owned by p-f holdings for months.it gets five million dollars of *your* money a year to subsidize rent. but some tenants are suing over what they call unliveable conditions.the attorney for the current out-of-state landlord tells nine on your side they've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars fixing the problems. the final republican presidential debate before the iowa caucuses went on as scheduled... and *without* donald trump. without trump ...other candidates tried to take a more civil tone during the fox news debate.still... the canidates clashed over differences on immigration, leadership, and electability. most of those attacks... aimed at second-place ca

police officer - indicted for a felony count of theft in office.. about the indictment of officer joseph simpson... officials say the charge stems from his time working an off duty restaurant detail in december. simpson is now being suspended without pay. as the city of flint michigan figures out how to fix their lead-tainted water system... the city of cincinnati is trying to prevent the same. our ben katko has one council member's plan... he's live tonight... with the story. this is the motion council member put out today. checked... the water flowing before they get water is an easy thing to take for turn the tap... nats of running water it's there... just like that. jeff swertfeger/water works "we meet or exceed all federal and state regulations for water quality. we're really proud of the treatment process that we have here." but it could all change... just that fast. let's be clear... the city of cincinnati doesn't have a problem. but that's not to say... turn off the tap nats it couldn't happen. chris smitherman city of cincinnati might, and i'm underscoring "might" have a lead issue." th

mark: also happening today, a indicted on a felony theft cincinnati' officer joseph simpson was working an off-duty restaurant detail when the alleged theft took place. simpson has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the criminal investigation. lisa: it is a: 36. tonight, the gop candidates was the iowa caucus is. it will be without donald trump. he is boycotting the event. nikole killion is in washington nikole: donald trump not only dislikes moderator megyn kelly, but also claims that fox news crossed a line and that is why he is bowing out. he explained his decision to boycott a foxnews debate on the o' reilly factor. he plans to go ahead with his own event the same time at the event. he is raising money for veterans. the drama has drawn criticism from his rivals. fox news say it won' t have an empty lectern onstage of trump does not show up. in washington, nikole killion. mark: happening today, city leaders coming together to announce the latest efforts with cincinnati' s neighborhood enhancement program. the city has selected to neighborhoods where they will jumpstart

after he's indicted on a felony charge of theft. black says the incident involving 40-year old joseph simpson...of the 5th district....is suspended right now. it stems from an incident while he was working off- duty at a tri-state restaurant. simpson is suspended without pay...pending the outcome of the investigation. new information following a deadly home explosion in adair county, kentucky. officials have identified the victims as mitchell coomer and his wife lori... their one victims as mitchell coomer and his wife lori... their one year old granddaughter kinley rodgers... and their friend steven keltner. many gathered at a church to remember pray for the victims' relatives. "it's hard today the family was here. last night the family was here. to experience their grief of their loved and lost ones is hard and difficult." investigators will be back on the scene this morning...continuin g to look for a cause. what do you think about this next story out of louisville... businesses there could soon face a citation.. and fine... shopping carts. a new proposal would require businesses to add th

attempts and what we're learning about the bus driver - who is well known in the firefighting plus, joseph simpson the cincinnati police officer indicted on theft charges speaks only to 9 on your side. what he and his attorney have to say about the charges and how they think the city is handling the situation. tanya -- ad lib wrap "a woman came here to rescue a burned cat getting a rescue of her own. that story barbie is getting a makeover - and people are talking about it. it.mattel is making the doll available in three new body types: types: tall, petite and curvy. they're an addition though -- the original body type that has triggered controversy over the years will remain on store shelves.critics said the toy gave young girls an unrealistic image and body type to aspire to.the doll has looked the same for 57 years. a burned kitten - in need of a new home -- finds a loving new owner. owner.but that's just the beginning...the new owner tells our anne mcnamara... in a way... they rescued each other. sot - cover(8616) :10 worst the ears...a kitten found near an apartment laundry room - with burns

investigators say joseph simpson took some money out of a restaurant's cash register while working an off-duty detail. he's charged with theft... and has been suspended without pay from the department.simpson's attorney told 9 on your side he's been a stellar officer... and wants people to give him a fair shake. let's get a check outside... as temperatures continue to fall into the morning drive, we'll see this precipitation changing over to a light wintry mix or flurries. the impact on your drive to work should be minor at best. temperatures eventually drop clouds decrease this afternoon and we'll see a cool high of 38. i'm going to swing from the chandelier from the chandelier i'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist like it doesn't exist i'm gonna fly like a bird i'm gonna swing from the chandelier from the chandelier [ cheers and applause ] >> yes, sia is here this morning. that's her huge sit "chandelier." can't wait. we'll hear more from her. >> so much life in that voice. >> wow. >> yes. >>> we have a lot coming up this half hour. also programming note about tonight. "20/20"

officer joseph simpson .... was working an off-duty restaurant detail.... when the alleged theft happen. simpson has been suspended without pay ... pending the outcome of the criminal investigation. kyla woods has a news 5 traffic update. kyla? sunshine will peek out in the early afternoon. highs today should hit the low to mid 40s. by the evening commute some light rain showers will move in from the nw. will changeover to flurries. end early tomorrow. >>> we are back on a thursday morning. 28th day of january, 2016. and a look at some people cool, crisp and clear morning in new york city. >> everyone is so fired up on this plaza this morning. coming up, the new app that can turn life's daily annoyances into a thing of the past. >>> do you know anyone planning a wedding? grab them because martha stewart is here sharing knowledge about pulling off the ultimate day. >> she looks beautiful today. we saw her walk in. she looks like she is ready for a wedding. >>> and from casserole week we have one dish that you can make small tweaks to and serve it morning, no

a cincinnati police officer is now on the other side of the law.this morning... 40-year-old joseph simpson is facing a felony charge of theft in office. office.he's accused of taking cash register. it happened late last month... >>> our exclusive political fact team will take a close look to make sure the candidate's statements are actually truthful. >> there will be a $1.5 million donation to charity for veterans. if trump debates cruz on one before the iowa caucus, cruz sent a letter to trump inviting him to debate in sue city, iowa, saturday night. trump dismissed the proposal. >>> the zika virus threatening the lives of pregnant women and their unborn babies. showing there are fewer cases of the zika virus than previously reported. >>> well, kentucky can now look ahead to facing number four, kansas, on saturday after a blowout in lexington. >> the wildcats didn't want to look past missouri but they didn't with the point total. "mizzou" fell behind. 88-54 the final. they will face a tough saturday to take on the 16-4 seahawks. the bear cats were in the middle of the pack. they were top