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...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea today from Kandawaswika Kahari of Columbus for murdering Susan Ramberg, 46, in February 2023. Kahari, 22, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, felonious assault and gross abuse of a corpse. Assistant p...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea Friday from Krieg Butler for illegal actions related to the shooting death of 13-year-old Sinzae Reed in 2022. Butler, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of improper handling of a firearm in motor vehicle and...

A Franklin County jury on Tuesday found Abdiwahab Hassan, 48, of Columbus, guilty of both charges against him — one count of rape of a child under the age of 13 and one count of gross sexual imposition. Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys Trenten Grohe and Katherine Wolfe prose...

A Franklin County judge on Tuesday found Brandarius Agnew, 28, of Westerville, guilty of murdering William Dammond in 2022. Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys Zach Imwalle and Brian Morgan prosecuted the case for the prosecutor’s office. Officers and investigators with the ...

A Franklin County grand jury on Thursday declined to return an indictment against the officers involved in the shooting death earlier this year of Colin Jennings, 26, of Columbus. On Feb. 22, Columbus Division of Police officers responded to a call about an individual, lat...

A Franklin County jury today convicted former Columbus Division of Police Officer Adam Coy in the shooting death of 47-year-old Andre Hill in December 2020. Coy, 48, was found guilty on all three charges against him: murder, felonious assault and reckless homicide. Deputy C...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea today from Erich Barbee, 31, of Columbus, for the murder of Marissa Saultz, 44, and the attempted murder of Morgan Cosner, 30, both of Columbus, in March 2023. Barbee pleaded guilty to aggravated murder...