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09-06-2025
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Documents: Former St. Xavier employee who had sex with student 'groomed other children'
By October 2024, rumors that the administrator who headed St. Xavier High School's learning center was having sex with a student had reached the school's principal. It was staff members who reported the rumors about Emily Nutley, the coordinator of a program that helps students with learning problems, to the principal at the all-boys Catholic high school, according to newly filed court documents. On Oct. 7, 2024, the boy's mother contacted the dean of students, saying that the teen "opened up … to his parents about what had occurred." The next day, a Monday, the teen met with school administrators and said that Nutley − who was 42 and married with children − had constantly texted him, sent him nude photos of herself and had at least four sexual encounters with him. He was 17 when the encounters happened in late 2023. When the teen tried to break up with Nutley, "she threatened to kill herself," according to the documents. Nutley paid him to stay quiet, the documents say. The school announced on Oct. 11, 2024 that Nutley had been fired after an internal investigation. Three weeks later, she was indicted on multiple charges. In April of this year, she pleaded guilty to sexual battery. On Tuesday, June 10, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Branch will decide whether to send Nutley to prison. Although Nutley faces 10 years, under Ohio law, a prison term is not mandatory. In a sentencing memorandum filed Monday, June 9, prosecutors listed multiple local cases involving school employees who were sent to prison for sexual relationships with students. Among them: In 2013, a Colerain High School science teacher, Julie Hautzenroeder, was sentenced to two years in prison for sexual battery. In 2014, a special education teacher and intervention specialist at Dater High School, Michael Johnson, was sentenced to three years in prison for sexual battery. In 2015, Justin Madden, a teacher at New Miami High School in Butler County who had sex with a student and sent sexually explicit messages to another, was sentenced to three years in prison. The sentencing memorandum points out that there is evidence "Nutley groomed other children" in the same way she did with the 17-year-old. The teen, his parents as well as St. Xavier High School officials want Branch to sentence Nutley to 10 years. Based on a comparative analysis of similar cases, prosecutors are seeking a five-year sentence. According to the sentencing memorandum, Nutley has not shown remorse. In an interview with law enforcement, Nutley "completely blamed the victim," saying that the teen "had her thinking (the sexual relationship) was OK." She also said the 17-year-old "always initiated things" and that she believed that Ohio's age of consent law meant that she would not face criminal charges. The memorandum says text messages show that it was Nutley who initiated the sexual relationship. On Nov. 13, 2023, Nutley told the teen that he was "cute." Days later, the teen told her he had never had sex, and she responded that everything was going to be great. A day after they apparently kissed in her school office, according to the memorandum, Nutley texted the teen: "Today would have been a good couch day ... just sayin'." In the weeks after that kiss, the memorandum says Nutley sent the teen several "explicit, naked" photos of herself and messages describing sex acts "that she intended to perform on" the teen. It says Nutley texted him at least nine nude photos and requested photos from him. Assistant Prosecutor Elyse Deters said in the memorandum that the power dynamic between a 42-year-old school employee tasked with helping at-risk students and a 17-year-old boy who went to her for help meant that Nutley should carry all the blame. "Everything that happened to (the) victim is 100% Nutley's fault − and she should have to deal with the consequences of it," Deters said. "Like most pedophiles, Nutley preyed on the most defenseless person she could find, and (he) will pay the price for the rest of his life," Deters said, adding: "Any sentence that does not include a period of incarceration … would demean the seriousness of these offenses on the children of our community." A separate sentencing memorandum filed by Nutley's attorney, Joe Suhre, describes her as a "broken woman" who is plagued by both mental illness and alcohol abuse that led to periods of blackouts and "a pattern of losing control while drinking." She is also a survivor of sexual abuse, he said. Suhre is asking Branch to impose a sentence of probation. A psychologist who has been treating Nutley found that her behavior "was not rooted in deviance but in maladaptive coping mechanisms tied to unresolved trauma," Suhre said. When the crimes happened, she was at the "peak of depression," grieving the death of her brother, managing the dissolution of her marriage "and juggling the demands of full-time work and caring for her family." Suhre said Nutley requires treatment, not incarceration. Since April, she has been in a program for people convicted of sexually harmful and problematic behaviors. She is on track to complete that program in 2027. Suhre pointed out that Nutley's conviction had ended her career in education. Her marriage also has ended. And her relationships with her three children "have been severely damaged," Suhre said. At St. Xavier, Nutley was praised for her leadership, student-first philosophy and dedication to inclusive academic support, Suhre said. "Her removal from the field is not only a personal loss, but a loss to the entire educational community," he said. In a letter to Branch, Nutley said that what she did "makes me sick with shame." She also expressed fear that a prison sentence would irreparably sever her bond with her children. "I think every day about the impact of my actions − not just on the victim, but on his family, friends and the entire St. X community," Nutley wrote. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Documents: Ex-St. Xavier employee in student sex case 'groomed' others
Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Colerain Township native and renowned photographer arrested at NYC gallery exhibition
Colerain Township native and daredevil photographer Isaac Wright was arrested May 15 at the end of his first solo gallery exhibition in New York City, his lawyer said. Wright, known as Drift online, was escorted out of the Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea just after 8 p.m., when his show was scheduled to end. His lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, told The Enquirer that Wright is charged with misdemeanor criminal trespassing. The Enquirer has requested more information about the arrest, but photos from Wright's climb up the spire of the Empire State Building were displayed at the exhibition. Chaudhry said the opening for the exhibition, called "Coming Home," was packed shoulder to shoulder, but several people noticed a woman who arrived at the beginning and stayed the whole time. Just after 8 p.m., the woman tapped him on the shoulder and informed him that he was under arrest, Chaudhry said, then several uniformed officers came in. Wright can be seen on cellphone video being escorted out of the building wearing a tuxedo and black bow tie. Chaudhry said at the police precinct, Wright was released with no bond, which is called a desk appearance ticket in New York. She said he's scheduled to be back in court on June 4. Wright, who graduated from Colerain High School and went on to serve in the U.S. Army, was arrested on charges in Cincinnati as well. After he made photographs from the top of Great American Tower at Queen City Square without permission, he became the subject of a nationwide manhunt. It was a sheriff's department in Arizona that arrested him. Deputies swarmed on his car with rifles drawn, helicopter hovering above. But it's not even clear if they knew why he was wanted. Back in Cincinnati, prosecutors said "stealth and deception" were Wright's trademarks as they attempted to hold him in jail on a $400,000 bond. Nearly a year after his arrest, Wright was sentenced to treatment in lieu of conviction. But during that time, Wright went from an artist with a decent Instagram following to one of the top-selling photographers in the world. He took some of the profits from those sales and donated $500,000 to The Bail Project to be used in Hamilton County to post bonds for non-violent offenders who cannot afford it. During another trip home, he was invited by the CEO of Fifth Third Bank to live stream his artistic process from the top of their building on Fountain Square. Chaudhry said it seems like the officers who arrested Wright seem to have been touched by his art. She said the officers were kind and very respectful during the May 15 arrest. "This all began because the cops couldn't understand him," Chaudhry said. "They saw him as a weapon. These officers saw him as an artist and a person." This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Daredevil photographer Isaac Wright arrested at NYC gallery exhibition
Yahoo
15-04-2025
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Richard Underwood, founder of Richards Pizza, dies at 95
Apr. 15—Richard Underwood was the driving force behind the iconic Butler County restaurant Richards Pizza. He died on Monday at age 95, according to his family. The 1947 Colerain High School graduate was a self-made businessman, said his daughter, Karen Underwood Kramer. "He was always an entrepreneur," she said, adding that's how he paid his way at Miami University, which he left short of graduation after he joined the Naval Reserve during the Korean War. After leaving the Navy, he opened Underwood Sales, selling used cars on Ohio 4. But it was curiosity that led him to open Richards Pizza in October 1955, said Kramer. He was always curious, and always asking questions. Underwood built the Main Street location in the 1970s because the people wanted one on the city's west side, she said. The kernel of the idea for Richards Pizza popped into Underwood's head in Miami, Fla. when he first tried pizza. Then he frequented a pizza restaurant in Cincinnati. Kramer said her dad befriended those selling produce to the restaurants, and learned the mechanics of making pizza. Then he experimented until he was ready to open his restaurant on Dixie Highway (which closed in the late 1980s) on Oct. 24, 1955. "He was always interested," she said about her dad. "It's something new, let's find out about it, let's analyze this. I want to know more about this pizza. How do you make this stuff?" Hamilton Mayor Pat Moeller called Underwood "a restaurant and food icon" and will be missed. "I remember the Main and D streets location and I worked at the current Main Street location when I was in college," the mayor said. "His Richards steak sandwich puts Hamilton on the 'destination location' map for great local, original food. When former Hamilton residents come back to visit Hamilton, many I know must get a Richards steak sandwich and pizza while they are in town." It was at the Main and D streets location, where the 513 Bar now operates, the Richards steak sandwich was invented, Kramer said, and they still use the same recipe invented by Underwood. In addition to opening an iconic Hamilton establishment, Underwood was also named Restauranteur of the Year in Ohio in the mid 1970s. Kramer said celebration of life will be at Richards Pizza's Main Street location on April 27, "celebrating my dad in the building he built and in the restaurant he founded."
