Lauren Pack is the courts and crime reporter for the Journal-News and has been a journalist for four decades after graduating for Ohio University. Lauren covers crime and public safety throughout Butler and Warren counties and worked in Preble County and Louisville, Ky. prior to join the Journal-News/Middletown Journal staff in 1994. Have a news tip or story idea? I can be reached at lauren.pack@coxinc.com or 513-543-9227.