Trooper receives promotion

COLUMBUS -- Trooper Richard C. Baron of the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Warren District has been promoted to sergeant by Col. Kenneth L. Morckel, OSHP superintendent.
Sgt. Baron will remain at the Warren District Headquarters in Southington as an investigator.
Baron joined the Patrol in April 1987 as a member of the 116th Academy Class and earned his commission the following September. He was first assigned to Ashtabula, then transferred to Warren where he received the Governor's Award and the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility Investigation Award in 1998 for his work in prosecuting those responsible for the 1993 Lucasville riot. Baron also received the Trooper Recognition Award in 1998 and 2000.
A native of Hubbard, Baron graduated in 1979 from Coca Beach High School in Florida, and later studied criminal justice at Ohio University and Columbus State University.
He resides in Hubbard with his wife, Carol, and has three children: Russell, 17; William, 15; and Jennifer, 14.