Remains believed to be missing Ohio college student

Remains believed to be missing Ohio college student

WAUSEON, Ohio

Authorities believe they’ve found the remains of a missing Ohio college student whose bicycle was discovered in a cornfield this week.

Fulton County Sheriff Roy Miller told reporters at a Saturday news conference that investigators found the remains Friday evening in rural northwest Ohio. An autopsy has yet to be completed. Authorities did not release details on how she might have died, and did not take any questions.

University of Toledo student, Sierah Joughin, 21, was last seen riding her bike Tuesday near Metamora.

Authorities on Friday arrested 57-year-old James Worley, of Delta, on an abduction charge related to her disappearance.

The sheriff said he anticipates additional charges will be filed in the case.

Worley has requested an attorney who has represented him previously. That attorney declined to comment.

Chicago police say Uber driver is felon

CHICAGO

Chicago police say an Uber driver they pulled over is a convicted felon and had an illegal gun and marijuana while driving a passenger.

The department said officers arrested 41-year-old Chad Pilcher on Friday. He’s charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and cannabis possession. Police say he had weapons-related convictions in 2003 and 1995.

Police say officers stopped the car for a seatbelt violation and found the gun.

Pilcher has not entered a plea and it is not clear if he has an attorney. He did not return a call to a phone listed in his name.

Uber spokeswoman Brooke Anderson said Pilcher will no longer drive for Uber.

Chicago’s City Council last month approved ride-sharing regulations but stopped short of requiring fingerprint background checks for drivers.

Shooting at Texas apartment complex

BASTROP, Texas

At least four adults were found dead after a gunman opened fire Saturday evening at an apartment complex in Bastrop, Texas, police said.

Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Dawn Adams quoted officers at the apartment complex as saying the suspect was dead and the scene was secured.

It was not immediately clear if the suspect was one of the four adults found dead. No details were immediately available about the motive for the shooting. Adams said officers received a call about the attack at 6:13 p.m. A child was taken from the scene to the hospital with minor injuries.

Bastrop is a town of about 7,500 people 35 miles southeast of Austin.

Ex-Lebanon hostage Thomas Sutherland dies

FORT COLLINS, Colo.

Thomas Sutherland, who was held captive in Lebanon for more than six years until he was freed and returned home to become professor emeritus at Colorado State University, has died.

According to Colorado State University, Sutherland died in Fort Collins on Friday at age 85.

Sutherland taught animal science at CSU until he left to become dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science at American University in Beirut, where he was taken hostage by Islamic terrorists in 1985 and held for more than six years.

Sutherland was one of a number of Americans in Lebanon – including Associated Press bureau chief Terry Anderson – who were kidnapped by terrorist groups in the 1980s.

When he was freed in 1991, Sutherland returned to CSU and served as professor emeritus. The Denver Post reported Sutherland took up acting in his early 70s and donated millions to area arts organizations.

Associated Press