Ohio Rescue Crews Search River for Veteran With PTSD

Warren County fire, water rescue possibly related as crews look for suspect
WKRC Cincinnatti
Brad Underwood
January 1, 2016

Authorities are looking for 27-year-old Aaron Berns as a suspect in the fire set to a home on Miranda Street. (Warren County Sheriff's Office)

According to family members of Berns, the 27-year-old has military experience and suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

MORROW, Ohio (Brad Underwood) - The search for a 27-year-old Morrow man is on pause Saturday night as search crews wait for daylight to continue.

Multiple fire departments, the Warren County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources spent Saturday combing the banks of The Little Miami River looking for Aaron Berns.

Berns is a person of interest in a house fire that is being ruled arson. When police and fire responded the house fire on Miranda Street they encountered Berns.

Lieutenant John Faine with the Warren County Sheriff's Office says Berns took off and dove head first into the river.
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