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One woman is dead, another injured in a fatal crash after one o'clock this morning after trying to get away from local police.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol identified the crash fatality as Victoria Provitt, 22, of Massillon. Massillon police attempted a trafffic stop on the 2004 Ford Taurus Provitt was driving when she hit the gas. The vehicle slammed into two utility polies on North Avenue after she lost control and left the highway. A passenger, identified as Chine Marie Myricks, 22, also of Massillon, was not wearing a seatbelt and recieved non-life threatening injuries. She was transported to Affinity Hospital.

Police say alcohol is a suspected factor in the crash.

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(OSHP) The Canton Post of the Highway Patrol is investigating a one vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 1:13 a.m.. at the intersection of North Avenue and 1st Street.

Massillon Police Department attempted a traffic stop on a 2004 Ford Taurus westbound on North Avenue near 10th Street. The vehicle accelerated on North Avenue, lost control and traveled off the right side of the roadway striking two utility poles.

The 2004 Ford Taurus was being operated by Victoria Charmaine Provitt, age 22, of 835 Lincoln Way E, Massillon, Ohio. Provitt sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased by the Stark County Coroner's Office. Provitt was transported by Massillon Fire Department to Affinity Hospital. Provitt was wearing her seatbelt. Chine Marie Myricks, age 22, of 1268 Huron Road SE, Massillon, Ohio was a passenger in Provitt's vehicle. Myricks wasn't wearing a seatbelt and sustained non-life threatening injuries. Myricks was transported by Massillon Fire Department to Affinity Hospital. The crash currently remains under investigation.

Alcohol is suspected in the crash.

A man sought in the abduction and sexual assault of a 9 year-old girl in Massillon has been arrested.

Massillon police say the arrest of 46 year-old Dennis L. Menefee Jr. of Port Washington was made at a job site in Fairfield County.

Menefee lives in Tuscarawas County, but police believe that he travels for his work.

Menefee is now charged with felony rape, kidnapping and other charges.

The girl was walking home from the library on Monday afternoon when she was lured into a pickup truck by someone saying he was a police officer. The girl was sexually assaulted after being abducted.

The surveillance pictures of the pickup truck were recognized by someone who knew the vehicle in Tuscarawas County.

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(Massillon Police Department, news release) On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 28, 2016, Massillon Police Detectives identified the suspect, 46 year old Dennis L Menefee Jr. of Port Washington, Ohio. The suspect was arrested by Fairfield County Sheriff's Office on warrants issued from the Massillon Prosecutor's Office for 1st Degree Felony charges of Rape, Kidnapping and 1st Degree Misdemeanor charges of Assault, Aggravated Menacing.

The apprehension stems from a (September) 26, 2016 incident in our city where a nine year child was walking home from the library and was abducted near St Paul's Church. The child was lured to the vehicle by the suspect telling her that he was a police officer and she was reported missing. The child was forced into the vehicle and transported a short distance to a parking lot. The child was sexually assaulted, beaten and threatened prior to being released from the pick-up truck. The child walked home and reported the incident to her family and the police were immediately notified.

Investigators identified a vehicle from a local business' surveillance video based upon the description received from the victim. The dissemination of the photo prompted a call to the police department after someone with knowledge of the suspect recognized the vehicle. The suspect's identity and his vehicle were confirmed by the victim.

A search warrant was issued by the Stark County Prosecutor's Office for the suspect's 2005 Ford F150 pick up truck. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is providing assistance in executing the search warrant upon the vehicle. The suspect will be booked into the Stark County Jail upon release from Fairfield County.