Oct
09
2025
Defendant: Troy Lee Locke
Major Drug Offender’ Who Preyed on Addicts Sentenced to 112+ Years in Prison
A Columbus drug dealer whose actions were deemed an “insidious example of profiting at the expense of others” by Franklin County prosecutors was sentenced on Oct. 6 to at least 112 years in prison.
On Oct. 1, a Franklin County jury found Troy Locke, 40, guilty on 13 f...
Oct
09
2025
Defendant: Saadik Hussein, Liban Guleed, Yahya Abdirizak
Two Men Indicted, One Awaiting Sentencing in 2024 Shooting on State Route 161
Defendants: Saadik Hussein, Liban Guleed, Yahya Abdirizak Three men were charged in relation to a 2024 shooting on State Route 161 that left a passenger in a westbound vehicle paralyzed.
Saadik Hussein, 20, and Liban Guleed, 22, both of Columbus, face multiple char...
Sep
23
2025
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Columbus Woman Sentenced in Beating Death of 4-Year-Old Boy
A Columbus woman convicted of killing her boyfriend’s 4-year-old son in 2021 will spend at least the next 25 years behind bars.
Michelle Hilyard, 52, was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the May 2021 death of 4-year-old Bryson Brown. On Sept. 12, a Fran...
Sep
18
2025
Defendant: Jaheym Cheeks
Mansfield Man Convicted in 2022 Hilltop Shooting of Teenage Runaway
A Mansfield man has been found guilty in the 2022 execution-style shooting of a 14-year-old runaway in a Columbus alley.
On Sept. 17, a Franklin County jury found Jaheym Cheeks, 23, guilty of all five felony charges, including Aggravated Murder and Kidnapping. The jury ...
Sep
15
2025
Defendant: Ron Robinson
Murder Suspect Convicted in 2023 West Columbus Shooting
A Columbus man has been found guilty in a 2023 shooting that left a man dead and a woman injured on the city’s west side.
Ron Robinson, 45, was convicted today of two counts of murder with a firearm specification and one count each of aggravated murder with a firearm spe...
Sep
03
2025
Defendant: Michael T. Davis
Serial Rapist Pleads Guilty to Multiple Linden-Area Assaults
A Columbus man accused of raping multiple women from the Linden area will spend at least the next 17 years in prison.
Michael T. Davis, 58, pleaded guilty on Aug. 29 to five counts of rape in connection with sexual assaults that took place between 2013 and 2024. His plea...
Aug
25
2025
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Nuisance Abatement Unit Closes Troubled West Broad Street Motel
A Prairie Township motel that has been the site of repeated drug and violent activity was shut down today by the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office’s newly formed Nuisance Abatement Unit .
The New Rome Motel, 5246 W. Broad St., closed at noon following a preliminary i...
Aug
19
2025
Defendant: Jaquan Curry
Columbus Man Sentenced in Fatal Waffle House Shooting
A Columbus man who admitted to shooting and killing a Georgia man during a fight outside a Waffle House will spend the next two decades in prison. Jaquan Curry, 21, pleaded guilty today to felony counts of involuntary manslaughter with a three-year firearm specification, ame...
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