Today, a judge sentenced Travis Ingram Jr. for his role in the fatal shooting of Charles Smith, a Columbus rapper known as B-Att. Ingram also injured three bystanders at the Doll House nightclub on January 29, 2023. Ingram pleaded guilty yesterday to Murder with the 3-Year F...

Today, a grand jury indicted Haikiem Graham on 15 counts, including charges relating to the murders of four people. Graham allegedly murdered Darrell Hambrick at 726 E. Moler St. in Columbus on December 10, 2024. Just four days later on December 14, 2024, Graham allegedly mu...

Today a judge sentenced a Columbus man for multiple violent crimes, including for his role in the fatal shooting of Melione Tucker, 16, on March 6, 2022, on Dunbrooke Court in the Hilltop neighborhood. Myshawn Butler plead guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter with 3-year Firear...

Yesterday, Dillan Bush, 22, pled guilty to several violent crimes covering three separate shootings.  As a result, Judge Carl Aveni sentenced him to 21 to 22.5 years in prison. His crimes included attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a habitation, and felonious assau...

Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Shayla Favor today announced the transition team that will help develop recommendations for current operations, identify critical issues, and build around her key priorities during her time in office.   “My aim with this transition team...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea Thursday from Reko Hickson, 44, of Columbus, for the murder of Vijayakumar Nair, 55, in July 2023.   Hickson pleaded guilty to one count of murder, six counts of aggravated robbery and one count of agg...

On January 14, 2025, Judge Andy Miller sentenced Tayvion Taylor to a minimum of 17 years and a maximum of 22.5 years in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The sentence stems from Mr. Taylor’s involvement in a serious incident that occurred on October 7, 202...

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carl Aveni today sentenced Jonathan Pigram, 39, to life in prison for the March 2023 murders of Cornet Powell and Dawn Dunn, both 41, and the attempted murder of two other people. He will be eligible for parole no earlier than 52 ye...

A Franklin County grand jury on Tuesday declined to return an indictment against the police officers involved in the shooting death earlier this year of Santiago A. Munoz, 36, of Columbus. On April 19, Whitehall police officers responded to a report of gunshots in the area o...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea today from Denzell Reed, 19, of Columbus, for the murder of Marvita McCaskill, 63, also of Columbus, in November 2023. Reed pleaded guilty to murder, unlawful possession of a dangerous ordinance with a s...