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Central Ohio teacher sentenced for child pornography for filming students in bathrooms and dressing rooms

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Justin Foley, a 48-year-old resident of Delaware, Ohio, and former chemistry teacher at Columbus Alternative High School, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 240 months in prison. The sentencing follows Foley’s guilty plea in May 2023 to charges related to sexually exploiting a minor and possessing child pornography. Foley utilized […]

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Sam’s Club in Chillicothe to stop checking receipts

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — In a major shift, Sam’s Club, owned by Walmart, plans to replace traditional receipt checks at its doors with AI and computer vision technology. The announcement was part of Walmart’s CES 2024 keynote. Currently undergoing a pilot in ten Sam’s Club warehouse locations, the technology captures images of shoppers’ carts at exits […]

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Ohio’s death row changing prisons in Ross County

ROSS COUNTY, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced today the relocation of its primary death row housing unit to the Ross Correctional Institution (RCI) in Chillicothe, one of Ohio’s high-security prisons. Since 2011, death row has been situated at Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI), a medium-security facility. The move to RCI aims […]

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