BULTER COUNTY (FOX19) - Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones reports that Matthew P. Johnson, 46, of Trenton Road in Hamilton was arrested by Sheriff's Office Investigators Friday afternoon.

Johnson has been charged with two 3rd-degree felony counts of Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a Minor. Johnson is an Assistant Fire Chief with the St. Clair Township Fire Department.

The charges stem from two separate occurrences with one female victim under the age of 16, alleged to have taken place over the last few months. At this time, Investigators do not believe there are any additional victims. Johnson is currently being held in the Butler County Jail.

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Funeral arrangements have been set for a Butler County woman who was struck and killed by a tree while she was camping in southern Ohio.

A public visitation for Meredith Wilkie will be held Monday, March 28 at Avance Funeral Home on Winton Road in Fairfield from 4 to 8 p.m.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be private.

Wilkie, 24, was killed Wednesday when an uprooted tree fell on her while she was sitting in a tent at Shawnee State Forest. Wind gusts during the storm reached 76 miles per hour.

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The Butler Metro Housing Authority (BMHA) announced on Thursday that they have received an award of over $9.6mm in federal tax credits to develop affordable housing in the City of Hamilton. The Authority plans to redevelop the now vacant Bambo Harris site by building Beacon Pointe Town Homes where public housing once stood.

The Bambo Harris public housing project began in 1942 with 141 housing units.  After 60 years of wear and tear, outdated floor plans, and building construction that did not lend itself to rehabilitation, Bambo Harris was razed early in 2006 to make way for new affordable housing.  Since that time, BMHA has been seeking a housing solution that would accomplish several goals, including bringing more mixed income housing and higher quality housing to the neighborhood.