Hocking College police are asking for help in locating one of two red-tailed hawks who went missing Friday.

Lefty, a female, and Dragon, a male, are rescues and were being kept at the Hocking College Nature Center.

Spokesman Tim Brunicardi said Dragon was recovered safely Monday and was returned to the Nature Center.

Lefty remained missing. She is blind in her right eye, and Brunicardi said there is some concern about her ability to survive in the wild.

Lefty was last seen with a leather band on her feet.

Anyone with information about Lefty's location is asked to call Hocking College police at 740-753-6598.

Leaking colostomy bag leads to burglary suspect

Reynoldsburg police are working to tie a burglary suspect to a series of home break-ins by using DNA evidence and fecal matter left at a crime scene.

According to court records, police were called to a break-in in the 7700 block of Broadwyn Drive on June 24. The suspect left "fresh fecal matter at the scene," and it was collected as evidence.

A water bottle also was collected as evidence from a home in the 7700 block of Burkey Drive on the same day. Items were stolen from both homes.

Later that day, police were called about a man who was unresponsive from a drug overdose. The mother of the overdose victim, who survived, told police that her son's colostomy bag was leaking and he had told her about trading items for food.

The man was found in possession of items stolen from the Broadwyn Drive and Burkey Drive homes, according to court records.

Police obtained a search warrant to gather his DNA to compare it with that from the fecal matter and the water bottle.

Road closure ignored; 5 trooper cruisers hit



An Illinois man was arrested after driving through the scene of a fatal crash and ramming State Highway Patrol cruisers.

According to court records, the man ignored a closure on Route 104 in Pickaway County, where troopers and Franklin County deputy sheriffs were investigating the fatal crash about 1 a.m. on July 28. The man reportedly drove through the closure into the investigation scene.

Officers pursued the car to northbound Interstate 270 and Groveport Road, where the driver was taken into custody.

Court records indicate that during the pursuit, the man struck at least five patrol cruisers. The man allegedly resisted officers who were trying to arrest him.

Court records indicate that two officers were injured.

A search of the man's vehicle turned up a white substance believed to be cocaine, according to court records.

Charges were filed against the man for aggravated vehicular assault, resisting arrest, hit-skip, failure to control, reckless operation and turn-signal violations.

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