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Kenneth D. Jefferson, 25, of 3104 Braxton Campbell Road, Walnut Hills, was charged with fleeing and eluding, carrying concealed weapons and obstructing official business, Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis said. The pursuit began about 1:10 p.m. when deputies tried to stop a 1992 Toyota Camry on Reading Road at 12th Street because it had open warrants attached to the registration. The driver fled westbound on 13th to Dandridge Street, then east on Artist Alley, where the car hit a stop sign and caused him to lose control of the car. As deputies approached, he tried to get something from the floorboard, but then fled on foot toward East Liberty Street, where he was shocked with a Taser and arrested. Deputies found a handgun on the floor and an open bottle of gin. The pursuit lasted only about two minutes, and only reached about 35 mph.
Poachers kill rare rhinos near sanctuary
GUWAHATI: Poachers shot dead two endangered one-horned rhinos fleeing a flooded Indian wildlife sanctuary, taking the number killed this year into double figures, officials said yesterday.
The poachers took away the animals horns after using silenced light automatic rifles to kill them near the Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
The two rhinos killed were among hundreds of animals that have fled the sanctuary to take shelter in highlands and some strayed away to nearby human settlement areas making them vulnerable to poachers, park warden S Buragohain said by telephone.
Poachers have killed at least 12 one-horned rhinos this year at the sanctuary, which lies some 220 kilometres east of Guwahati, Assams main city.
It was the first time in a decade that the number of rhinos killed in a year had hit double figures, officials said.
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