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Testimony in retrial finds Hubers sent 100 text messages for every one victim sent Police chief takes the stand in trial about Ryan Poston’s murder in 2012
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Jurors in the retrial of Shayna Hubers returned from the weekend to hear testimony from Highland Heights Police Chief Bill Birkenhauer on Hubers’ habits before she killed Ryan Poston. Birkenhauer, called by the prosecution, testified that Hubers logged onto Poston’s Facebook and blocked women. He also said for every one text message Poston sent to Hubers during breakups, she sent 100. Hubers and Poston dated off and on for a year and a half. Prosecutors say Hubers shot Poston in his Highland Heights condominium in 2012 because he wanted to end the relationship. She said she shot him in self-defense. The Highland Heights detectiveturned police chief told prosecutors Poston’s phone messages to others described what Hubers did whenever they broke up. “She dresses up, looking pretty, and she just shows up,” Birkenhauer said as he read messages of Poston’s. “She doesn’t leave.” Birkenhauer said he told others in messages that Hubers cried nonstop whenever they broke up. He ended up taking her back because he “felt bad,” said the police chief. Prank text messages Birkenhauer described a series of harassing text messages Poston received from a phone number that was not in his contacts. The phone number was in Hubers’ phone contacts as that of a female friend she lived with, he said. “Lose the beer gut and get better at your job,” was one of the messages read by the chief. The messages continued with insults about his ability to do his job as a lawyer. Another text mentioned his sexual prowess. Birkhenhauer said a text message found in Hubers’ phone included screenshots of the beer gut texts. “I texted Ryan this from friend’s phone,” said the text in Huber’s phone. “Check it out.” Hubers did internet searches on a woman Poston friended on Facebook in January 2012, said the chief. Somehow the woman and Hubers were also Facebook friends. Poston and the woman,
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who he met on Facebook, eventually agreed to meet up for a date a bar. Prosecutor Michelle Snodgrass said it was ‘misinformation’ Birkenhauer said what Hubers told Poston she was doing didn’t match up with what investigators found she was actually doing on multiple occasions. On Oct. 12, 2012, earlier the same the day Poston was found shot, Hubers texted Poston about her day. Hubers told Poston she was sick with a racing heart. She said her mother came up and they were going to the hospital, Birkenhauer said. Hubers told Poston a doctor was putting her on medication for her heart. The chief said Hubers did meet her mother for a meal at Bob Evans. They went shopping at Dillard’s in Kenwood later. At the same time, searches on Hubers’ phone were about symptoms for hypertension and what medications are prescribed for left ventricular hypertrophy – a thickening of the heart muscle, said the chief. “She did not go to the doctor,” Birk-
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henhauer said. The jury was dismissed until 1 p.m. The judge was meeting in chambers with prosecutors and the defense about evidence. Texts playing a central role The prosecution is expected to rest its case late this week and lead defense attorney David Eldridge will take over. The case is expected to last until Aug. 28. On Friday, the jury heard from Jay Poston, Ryan’s father. Poston told the jury that his son came over that night because Hubers would not leave the condo. He told his father it was easier that way. “Throughout the entire night all I heard, over and over and over again, was the pinging of his phone with text messages. All night long,” Poston testified. Hubers was found guilty of murdering 29-year-old Poston in 2015 but was granted a retrial after her attorney discovered a juror in the first trial had a prior felony conviction.
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS – A 28-yearold man used a semi as a weapon to run over police cars during an 80-mile chase across Greater Cincinnati is in jail facing attempted murder charges. Harold Glen Snow, who has multiple Ohio and Kentucky addresses, is in jail in Butler County, Ohio with no bond on the charges. Police said Snow took the 2006 International truck and trailer in the predawn hours of Aug. 7. He loaded it with Harold Glen stolen industrial riding Snow mowers and gator utility vehicles. Then, Snow tried to run over four police officers in their cars with the 18wheeler while he was chased at speeds up to 70 mph through Campbell County, Kentucky, police said. The semi crashed into three of the police cruisers. “I can’t get into his mind to know if he wanted to kill a cop or not, but he was sure trying pretty hard,” said Campbell County Police Department Chief Craig Sorrell. On I-471 north, the semi veered across lanes to crash into a Fort Thomas police officer’s car while running the See CHARGES, Page 2A
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