CINCINNATI, (FOX19) – A 54-year-old Mason woman faces up to 5 years in prison after pleading guilty to evading taxes.

Maria Georgievsky has  pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion relative to willfully attempting to evade and defeat employment taxes (federal income tax withholdings and Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes) from April 2006 through October 2008 in the amount of $196,980.  Georgievsky faces a maximum prison sentence of five years and a fine of up to $250,000.

According to court documents, between April 2006 and October 2008 Georgievsky was the sole owner of Standard Services, Inc., a temporary labor agency in Mason, Ohio.  Standard Services, Inc. contracted with businesses to provide employees for housekeeping, laundry, and other unskilled labor at area hotels and one high school.

WEST CHESTER – A man wanted for robbing a bank in West Chester led police into Montgomery County, then decided to give up after jumping into the frigid waters of the Great Miami.

West Chester Police Sergeant Matt Tombragel says 36-year-old Carl Beaty of Medway Ohio, which is northeast of Dayton, walked into the PNC Bank branch near the Meijer store on Tylersville Road, demanded money, and got a small amount. 

Just a couple minutes after he left, a West Chester officer who had heard the description of the getaway car – a mid 80’s full-size white Chevrolet window van – spotted it on Liberty Way, and started following it up northbound 75.  A few minute later he was joined by other officers, and they tried to stop the van around Monroe.

The van driver had other ideas, and got off on 122 and took the van on back streets into Montgomery County, with police behind.

He finally stopped at the intersection of Cincinnati-Dayton Road and Shephard Road i

MASON, OH (FOX19) - Mason City Manager Eric Hansen has announced the promotion of Police Lieutenant Paul Lindenschmidt to Captain. He will serve as an Assistant Police Chief for the City of Mason.

Captain Lindenschmidt has worked for the City of Mason Police Department since 1980.  He holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Cincinnati. He is also a graduate of the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command, the Police Executive Leadership College, the Certified Law Enforcement Executive program, and the FBI National Academy.