Ohio Man dies while swimming in local lake

One man has drowned at Beaver Lake in Springfield early Tuesday June 10, 2008.

Robert Lavender, 37, died of an apparent drowning after witnesses say he jumped into the lake at 3 a.m.

Witnesses said Lavender was fishing with his friends and went swimming. Lavender went under and didn?t resurface.

Rescue crews from Mad River and Springfield townships searched for about and hour before recovering lavender?s body in about ten feet of water.