Two arrested in Hamilton SWAT incident

Hamilton police arrested two people following a “shots fired” call to 911 which resulted in a standoff with SWAT officers that lasted several hours.

Police were called to the 1300 block of Park Avenue about 10:45 p.m. Saturday and required SWAT officers to assist until the standoff ended about 6 a.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported during the incident, police said.

Patrick Finnigan, 29, of Hamilton, was arrested for felonious assault, disorderly conduct/inducing panic, and failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer. Finnigan was booked into the Butler County Jail before 10 a.m. He is being held under a $44,586 bond.

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Kelly Kamphaus, 34, of Hamilton, also was arrested for felonious assault, resisting arrest and inducing panic in the incident. She was booked after 10 a.m. into the Butler County Jail and is being held without bond.

Kamphaus also was wanted for several Hamilton Municipal Court bench warrants for failure to appear, contempt of court, failure to confine dog, sale of dogs, failure to file for dog tags and failure to confine/restrain dog.

No court appearance information for Finnigan or Kamphaus was available Sunday.

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Ed Richter

Ed Richter has been a working journalist for 38 years, with the last 34 years working in various capacities covering Butler and Warren counties as a reporter and an editor. Richter covers local news and governments in Warren County focusing on Springboro, Lebanon, Franklin, Carlisle and Waynesville.