in September 2017, had been indicted on charges of grand theft and forgery in relation to her activities in the company. In early January 2018 Noah contacted police after being told by the company that printed the Dayton City Paper that Dayton City Media owed about $35,000 in unpaid invoices. Shortly afterward, he learned from the Victoria Theatre Association (the DCP's landlord) that the publication was four months behind on rent as well. The resulting investigation by the City of Dayton Police Department over the next several months became the basis behind the Montgomery County Prosecutor's indictment. The Dayton City Paper was able to remain afloat for over another half year through Noah's own savings, with no public hint the paper was in trouble other than the decrease in page count to an average of thirty-two to thirty-six pages per week by mid-Spring 2018. However, he was ultimately unable to prevent it from shutting down. He stated that prior to the scandal the paper was thriving, with plans to expand into other markets such as Lexington, Kentucky. After confirming the Dayton Metro Library possessed at least one hard copy of every edition since its 1993 Dayton Voice launch, Noah promised to maintain DaytonCityPaper.com as an online archive of all virtual editions since August 4, 2010 as a courtesy to the paper's writers, advertisers, and readers. Wanda Esken was arrested on February 4, 2019, based on three Fourth Degree Felony-Grand Theft charges and one Fifth Degree Felony-Forgery charge. Her trial, State of Ohio v. Wanda Esken, was scheduled for late July, 2019 in Montgomery County, Ohio Common Pleas Court in Dayton. In February 2021, she pleaded guilty to "one count of grand theft of more than $7,500 but less than $150,000, a fourth-degree felony, and to one count of forgery, a fifth-degree felony", in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, according to documents filed on the court’s web portal Thursday, February 4. As part of the plea agreement, two additional counts of grand theft were dismissed." References Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Defunct weekly newspapers Newspapers published in Dayton, Ohio 1993 establishments in Ohio