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.
On June 13, Marcus Jaylyn Kegg, 27, of Columbus, appeared before Judge Patrick J. Lang for sentencing after being found guilty June 1, by an Athens County jury, of rape, a felony of the first degree.
A 29-year-old drug dealer from Columbus who brought his operation to Zanesville received a maximum sentence of 11 years in prison recently. The man’s sentence will be served consecutively to more than four mandatory consecutive years for violating his post-release control.
A Columbus children’s hospital allegedly failed to protect employees — including nurses and mental health professionals — from patients whose bites, kicks, punches and other assaults caused serious injuries, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Carl Aveni recently sentenced Christopher Payne, 27, of Columbus, to a life sentence of no less than 40 years for a 2020 drive-by shooting that killed the unborn child of a 15-year-old girl who was shot in the incident.
Two men were sentenced in federal court recently to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance white supremacy.
A Delaware County Common Pleas judge has issued an injunction against two gun-related ordinances enacted by the city of Columbus: one for safe storage of firearms, and another limiting gun magazine capacities.
A 28-year-old Columbus man was ordered detained after he appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge this month after a criminal complaint charging him with sex trafficking was unsealed.
A finding for recovery of $70,195 was issued recently against the former treasurer of the A+ Arts Academy in Columbus, after she allegedly failed to remit tax withholdings from employee earnings, Auditor of State Keith Faber announced.
A U.S. District Court jury has convicted Kevin Daniels, 45, of Columbus, of crimes he committed during the armed robbery of a mobile phone store in November 2021. Because of prior criminal convictions, Daniels faces at least 25 years in prison.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced last month that Navy Chief Machinist’s Mate Ralph A. Derrington, 42, of Columbus, Ohio, killed during World War II, was accounted for on March 25, 2021.
