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WEBVTT ER FUGITIVE HIDE IN HERHOUSE.OVER THE YEARS, SHE HASPROSECUTED THE ACCUSED ANDDEFENDED THE ACCUSED.NOW, AS THIS MUG SHOT SHOWS, SHEIS THE ACCUSED.PER COURT DOCUMENTS, ALLISONHILD IS UP ON FELONY HEROINPOSSESSION, MORE THAN 20 GRAMS,AND FELONY COCAINE POSSESSION,UNDER A GRAM.INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRUGS WEREFOUND IN HER AMBERLEY VILLAGEHOME MONDAY NIGHT ALONG WITHWEAPONS AND, ACCORDING TO THEINVESTIGATION, A MURDER SUSPECT.ERIC ADAMS, WHO WAS WANTED FORTHE RECENT KILLING OF A YOUNGMAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN APARKING LOT NEAR 71 AND FIELDSERTEL.THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REFERSTO IT AS HER POSSIBLE CONNECTIONTO ERIC ADAMS.>> BUT I THINK AS THE FACTSDEVELOP, YOU'RE GOING TO LEARNIT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTSTORY THAN INITIALLY PORTRAYED.GRANTED, THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMSHERE, BUT I THINK IT'S A LOTDIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU THINK ITIS.JOHN: HILD WAS HIRED AS ANASSISTANT PROSECUTOR IN 1999 BYTHEN-PROSECUTOR MIKE ALLEN.SHE WORKED IN AND OUT OF THECOURTS FOR EIGHT YEARS AS APROSECUTOR AND ROUGHLY ANOTHEREIGHT AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER.SHE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITHHARBORING A FUGITIVE, AT LEAST,NOT YET.>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S ANACCURATE PHRASE, AND I THINKTHAT WILL COME OUT AS TIMEPROGRESSES.JOHN: FAIR TO SAY FAIR OAKSDRIVE, WHERE THIS WEEK'S RAIDOCCURRED AND WHERE AN AMBERLEYPOLICE VEHICLE WAS PARKEDTHROUGH THE DAY, IS NOTACCUSTOMED TO A HEROIN, COCAINE,WEAPONS, AND MURDER SUSPECTINVESTIGATION. >> I HAVE NEVER COME IN CONTACTWITH ANY OF THOSE THINGS, EVER.AND I'M SURE THAT MOST PEOPLE ONTHIS STREET HAVE NEVER, EVERCOME IN CONTACT WITH ANY OFTHOSE THINGS.AND IT'S, WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE.IT'S KIND OF SURPRISING.IT'S SCARY.JOHN: HILD IS FREE ON $325,000BOND.SHE'S DUE TO RETURN TO COURTMARCH 2.THE NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION INWHICH SHE'S ACCUSED IS NOT YETOVER.REPORTING LIVE, JOHN LONDON,

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Serious criminal charges have been lodged against someone who once leveled them against others. Over the years, Allison Hild has prosecuted and defended the accused. Now, as her mug shot attests, she stands accused. WLWT learned that Hild, daughter of a respected attorney and a onetime assistant prosecutor turned public defender, is handling the accusations about as well as can be expected. She is free on bond following a raid at her home that investigators say netted narcotics, weapons and a murder suspect. Eric Adams, according to the investigation, was found in her home Monday night and taken into custody for last month's killing of a man who was found dead in a Symmes Township parking lot. Hild met with her attorney Wednesday morning. "I'm hearing media reports of harboring a fugitive," said Pete Rosenwald. "I don't think that that's an accurate phrase and I think that will come out as time progresses." On Fair Oaks Drive in Amberley Village where Hild lives, a police car was parked today as neighbors buzzed about the details of Monday night's raid, an unnerving sort of thing for an otherwise calm and content street. "It's just a very, very peaceful, quiet place to live," observed Elaine Hordes, who lives on the other side of the street. "And so, when something like this happens, it's extremely surprising. I'm still trying to process it, actually." Hild was generally regarded in legal circles as a zealous, aggressive assistant prosecutor from 1999 until around 2007 when she became a public defender until she left in late 2015. According to court documents, the initial charges are felony heroin and cocaine possession. She is accused of having more than 20 grams of heroin and under one gram of cocaine. She is also charged with felony trafficking. Her legal career is in sudden tatters as a result of this week's raid and arrest. "It's difficult, obviously," stated Rosenwald. "I mean, one of the things she obviously, potentially faces down the road is the loss of her law license. Now, granted, she may not have been practicing full time for the last year or so. But, it's still, that's a significant bad thing that could happen down the road." Hild remains free on $325,000 bond. She is due to return to court on March 2 as a grand jury reviews the charges against her. Authorities said the narcotics investigation she was caught up in is not over.