Skip to content
NOWCAST WLWT News 5 at 11:00
Watch on Demand
Advertisement

Reports of structure fire on Wedgewood Court in Amelia

Reports of structure fire on Wedgewood Court in Amelia
GIVE YOU THE TIMELINE COMING UP. KELLY: THE SEARCH CONTINUES THIS MORNING, THREE DAYS AFTER A MAN WITH AUTISM WENT MISSING IN CLERMONT COUNTY. AND AS THE TEMPERATURE DROP, THE CONCERN IS GROWING. STEVEN: FIRST RESPONDERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN OUT THE LAST TWO DAYS LOOKING FOR TOMMY MILLS. TODAY IS THE 72ND BIRTHDAY. WLWT NEWS 5’S MEGAN MITCHELL IS HERE WITH THE LATEST FROM THE SEARCH. >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH. SEARCH LEADERS TELL US TOMMY HAS BEEN WITHOUT MEDICINE FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS, AND THAT CONCERN ONLY GROWS AS WE APPROACH BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES. 71-YEAR-OLD TOMMY MILLS WAS LAST SPOTTED TUESDAY MORNING OUTSIDE OF HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. HE WASN’T REPORTED MISSING UNTIL WEDNESDAY WHEN CLERMONT COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES SHOWED UP TO PICK HIM UP AND MILLS WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. SINCE THEN, DOZENS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, FAMILY MEMBERS, CHURCH MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN OUT LOOKING FOR HIM, AND HOPING HE IS FOUND SAFE. THE PLAN IS TO KEEP INCREASING THE SEARCH RADIUS. CREWS SPEND MUCH OF THE DAY YESTERDAY, GOING THROUGH THE LOCAL WATERWAYS. >> TWO SEPARATE K-9 PICKED UP HIS SCENT FROM HIS HOUSE. THEY FOLLOW IN THE DIRECTION AND LOST HIS TRAIL BY A SWAMPY AREA. SO WE STARTED FROM THERE ON FOOT AND THEN WHERE WE’RE HITTING THE AREA THAT HE MIGHT HAVE GONE. >> TIME IS CRITICAL RIGHT NOW. IF SOMEONE SEES HIM PLEASE CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY. WITH HIM BEING IN THE MINDSET OF A 12-YEAR-OLD OR 13-YEAR-OLD CHILD THINK WHAT YOUR CHILD , WOULD DO AT THAT AGE. WHERE WOULD THEY GO IN THE RAIN? >> CREWS ARE NOT GIVING UP, OFFICIALS TELL US THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH THIS MORNING AT 9:00 DOING WHATEVER , IS NEEDED UNTIL TOMMY IS FOUND. OFFICIALS ARE ASKING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE PIERCE TOWNSHIP AREA TO CHECK THEIR YARDS AND INSIDE ANYTHING, LIKE SHEDS OR BOAT COVERS, WHERE SOMEONE CAN GET UNDER TO GET WARM. WE’RE TOLD MILLS DOESN’T WALK WELL SO THEY DO NOT THINK HE VENTURED OFF TOO FAR. STEVEN: WE ARE GOING TO KEEP FOLLOWING AS IT DEVELOPS. ALSO DEVELOPING THIS MORNING, THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF HOLDING A WOMAN AT GUNPOINT, AND TAKING $15,000 IN A FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE SALE IS NOW IN CUSTODY. KELLY: 32-YEAR-OLD AMANDA GRIFFIN IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, THEFT AND OTHER CHARGES. LAST WEEK WE TALKED WITH THE VICTIM WHO DROVE TO CINCINNATI FROM MICHIGAN TO INSPECT AND PICK-UP A CAR. WHEN SHE GOT TO ASHLAND AVENUE, TO EXCHANGE THE MONEY THE BUYER PULLED OUT A GUN. POLICE SAY THAT PERSON IS AMANDA GRIFFIN. AND THEY SAY, SHE’S RESPONSIBILE FOR AT LEAST TWO OTHER FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE ROBBERIES, IN CINCINNATI. PLEASE BE CAREFUL IF YOU’RE EVER EXCHANGING THINGS THROUGH FACEBOOK. STEVEN: DO IT PUBLICLY, IN FRONT OF A POLICE STATION. DO IT SAFELY. CINCINNATI POLICE HAVE RELEASED PHOTOS OF TWO SUSPECTS. THEY SAY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR VANDALIZING THE THE CINCINNATI HILL-EL BUILDING. U.C.THE ORGANIZATION SAYS THE SUSPECTS DESTROYED PLANTS, THREW DIRT AT THE BUILDING, BROKE SPOTLIGHTS AND TURNED OVER TRASH CANS. STUDENTS SAW THE DAMAGE, WHEN THEY CAME TO STUDY FOR FINALS ON SUNDAY MORNING. THEY TELL US, THEY’RE FRUSTRATED ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM NEAR CAMPUS. >> I AM FRUSTRATED, I AM SAD MOSTLY FOR THE STUDENTS WHO GO HERE, WHO THINKS THIS IS A SAFE PLACE TO GO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION. STEVEN: IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHO MAY HAVE DAMAGED THE PROPERTY, YOU’
Advertisement
Reports of structure fire on Wedgewood Court in Amelia
Reports of a structure fire on Wedgewood Court in AmeliaClick the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5For live traffic updates, click here. This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.

Reports of a structure fire on Wedgewood Court in Amelia

Click the video player above to watch other morning headlines from WLWT News 5

For live traffic updates, click here.

Advertisement

This story was curated by Hearst's WLWT Alert Desk.
Do you have photos or video of this incident? If so, upload them to https://www.wlwt.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and any additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.