Today, a judge sentenced a Columbus man to 11-16.5 Years in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking.   Michael Crawford, the leader of a large drug trafficking organization, was convicted on May 21, 2025 on two counts of Trafficking Cocaine and two counts of...

The Franklin County Grand Jury handed down an indictment today against Jamelah Daboubi, 27, a former teacher at Horizon Science Academy, charging her with sexual battery for engaging in sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy who was a student in one of her classes.   Daboub...

A Franklin County grand jury has indicted eight people accused of helping a Columbus man evade capture after a May 28 shooting that injured two Mifflin Township police officers.   Jennifer Dale, 25, Namina Goler, 20, Isaiah Ingle, 23, Elijah Robinson, 22, Grace Mellon, 23,...

Today, a Franklin County Grand Jury completed its review of the August 1, 2024, fatal shooting of Benjamin Wheeler by an on duty Columbus Division of Police SWAT officer. The Grand Jury voted to not issue an indictment. Therefore, no charges have been filed with the Clerk of C...

Today, a Franklin County grand jury declined to issue an indictment in the police-involved shooting death of Lamine Mahmoudi, 34.   Background   Mahmoudi, of Columbus, was shot several times during the early morning of Sept. 10, 2024, after he advanced toward Columbus ...

A Mansfield man who shot and killed another man inside the Mall at Tuttle Crossing will spend at least the next 21 years in prison.   Late in the evening on June 13, 2025, a Franklin County jury found Tyrone Gray, 27, guilty of two counts of murder and one count of inducin...

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Two members of a violent human trafficking ring that operated in south Columbus were sentenced today to life in prison, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.   The sentencing of James Antwan Dukes-Johnson, 29, and Michael Anthony Davis, 22, foll...

Today, a Franklin County Grand Jury returned an indictment against Jayla Call, 31, on charges related to allegations that she aided Daveonte Dixon in avoiding apprehension in connection with the shooting of two Mifflin Township police officers.   The Grand Jury indicted Ca...

A Columbus woman charged in the death of her girlfriend’s 8-year-old son has pleaded guilty to the charges of murder and gross abuse of a corpse.   Following the recommendation of the prosecutors, a judge sentenced Johnna Lowe, 34, to life in prison with the possibility of ...

A Columbus teen accused of firing at four Columbus police officers in January following a fight with his girlfriend was indicted today on 20 felony counts stemming from three separate incidents.   A Franklin Country grand jury returned indictments against Tamari Stroughter...