A leader of a large-scale conspiracy involving narcotics distribution, sex trafficking, fraud and money laundering pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court recently. The plea agreement includes an agreed sentencing range of 27-30 years in prison.

The Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday that a Franklin County grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging former Columbus Police Officer Ricky Ray Anderson with one count of murder and one count of reckless homicide in the shooting death of Donovan Latrell Lewis that happened Aug. 30, 2022.

A Franklin County grand jury Friday returned a five-count indictment against Tyrell Shute, 24, of Columbus, on charges relating to the death of a 4-year-old in the Franklinton area.

A federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging two central Ohio men with aiding and abetting bank robbery and aiding abetting the use of a firearm in a crime of violence.

The former treasurer of the Columbus School Employees Association (CSEA) pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court July 26 to misappropriating $60,685.92 in CSEA funds.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing awards in five grant programs devoted to combating multiple facets of substance misuse and the nation’s overdose epidemic. The grant awards total up to $47.8 million.

A California man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Columbus Tuesday to three months in prison for committing crimes related to supplying the military with faulty parts.

On July 26, Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Stephen McIntosh sentenced Mamadou Diallo, 43, of Columbus to a term of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 27 years for the 2021 murder of his wife.

Ohioans across the political spectrum want common-sense guns laws.

A 37-year-old Columbus man was sentenced recently to 540 months (45 years) in prison for coercing at least three minor victims to engage in sexually explicit activity for the purpose of producing images and videos of the acts. Two of those victims were offered cash and gifts to entice them into performing and/or engaging in sexually explicit acts with him.

A 27-year-old Columbus man has been sentenced to 25 to 30.5 years in prison for his role in a 2022 shooting that left a 38-year-old dead.

Two Central Ohio men have been arrested and charged federally for their alleged roles in robberies that resulted in the July 6 shooting of a Columbus police officer.

First lady Jill Biden visited Columbus Wednesday, touting workforce efforts for the Intel fabrication facility going up in Licking County. Columbus will serve as one of five regional workforce hubs meant to train employees for in-demand jobs. The Biden administration has also tapped Phoenix, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Augusta as part of the effort.

After pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges, Clyde Littlefield, 23, was sentenced by Judge Kimberly Cocroft recently in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to the maximum sentence of 19 years and two months, up to 24 years and eight months, in prison.

A federal jury in Columbus convicted an Ohio doctor Thursday for illegally prescribing buprenorphine and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act.