A Columbus man who served as a campaign treasurer for more than 100 candidates since the 1980s pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud related to stealing nearly $1 million in campaign funds.

A Columbus man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court recently to a drug crime and admitted to his role in the killing of a local man. The defendant is one of nearly two dozen individuals charged in a case involving a large-scale drug and human trafficking ring.

A Columbus man who estimated he filed more than 3,000 fraudulent COVID-relief applications was sentenced in U.S. District Court recently to 72 months in prison.

A federal grand jury has indicted a Columbus police officer, charging him with two counts of destroying or altering records related to a criminal investigation.

Juarvez Reemos Juan Whitfield-Neeley, 25, of Toledo, was sentenced in U.S. District Court recently to 121 months (10 years and one month) in prison for armed robbery.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation hopes to spark new leads in the 2006 disappearance of a central Ohio man with the release of a new image showing what he might look like today.  

A Columbus man who served as a campaign treasurer for more than 100 candidates since the 1980s has been charged with wire fraud related to stealing nearly $1 million in campaign funds.

An Ohio man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

Five individuals from central Ohio have pleaded guilty recently in U.S. District Court to charges stemming from a narcotics conspiracy. The guilty pleas involve an overdose death, sex trafficking and money laundering.

A federal jury convicted an Ohio pharmacist and his operations manager, a pharmacy technician, recently for conspiring to defraud Ohio’s Medicaid program.

As excitement grows in the United States for the total solar eclipse on April 8, a new survey from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds nearly 30 percent of Americans don’t know looking at a solar eclipse without protection can cause permanent eye damage.

The final of 11 defendants convicted of crimes as part of a national narcotics distribution operation bringing drugs into Central Ohio from California was sentenced in U.S. District Court this month.

An Ohio man has been arrested for assaulting law enforcement and other charges during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

As a highlight of its monthlong effort to recognize outstanding women of service during Women’s History Month, the Ohio Department of Veterans Services (ODVS) will host an Ohio Women Veterans Forum, Sharing Our Stories. This event will take place Wednesday, March 27 at noon in the Lobby Hearing Room of the James A. Rhodes Tower in downtown Columbus (30 E. Broad St.).

A Columbus man was sentenced in federal court recently to 171 months (14 years and three months) in prison for committing six robberies in Columbus in September and October 2020.