A study commissioned by the Columbus City Council and conducted by a pro-choice group showed crisis pregnancy centers greatly outnumber abortion and reproductive health clinics in the city, but don’t offer the same health services.
A former Columbus woman was sentenced in federal court this month to 72 months (six years) in prison for committing 16 counts of wire and passport fraud. The defendant stole the identity of a baby who died as an infant and used the infant’s identity to obtain a passport, a student pilot license, a job as a flight attendant and pandemic relief loans.
A Columbus man was sentenced in U.S. District Court last week to 60 months (five years) in prison for laundering $2.3 million of proceeds generated by online romance fraud scams.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is spearheading legal action against a Columbus used-car dealership, Uncle B Auto, and its owner, Bethrand Ekeanyanwu, following allegations of odometer-tampering and deceptive practices.
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.
