COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kevin Johnson pled guilty on Monday, March 6, to voluntary manslaughter with a three-year firearm specification for the shooting death of Jermar Watters in 2020. He had been charged with murder in the case. Johnson, 57, was immediately sentenced to the mand...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced that the Franklin County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Alea Weil, 29, of Marietta, Ga. Weil is charged with aggravated vehicular assault, vehicular assault, possession of a fentanyl-related compou...

The trial of State of Ohio vs. Andrew Mitchell, case number 19 CR 1662, has been continued from Feb. 10, 2023, to April 6, 2023. Due to the ongoing prosecution in this case, there will be no further comment at this time

After reviewing the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s (BCI) report on the 2022 death of Rayshawn Meeks, the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s office has concluded that Meeks died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and, consequently, will not seek criminal charges a...

Indictments stem from 2021 death of Franklin County Corrections Center inmate A Franklin County grand jury on Friday indicted Jamila Perry, 30, of Columbus on seven counts related to the 2021 death of Fredreca Ford. On June 26, 2021, Ms. Ford was found unresponsive at th...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Franklin County grand jury voted on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, not to indict two Franklin County Sheriff's Office SWAT deputies in the fatal shooting of Pozz Striblin, 20, of Columbus. As a result, the criminal investigation into the incident has concluded. ...

Prosecutor G. Gary Tyack Will Refer Matter to Special Prosecutors to Review Case The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) today turned over to the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office a report of its independent investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Aug...

Franklin County jury found Kristopher Collins, 29, of Columbus, guilty yesterday of two counts of rape of a juvenile stemming from incidents in the summers of 2013 and 2015. He will be sentenced on Dec. 20, 2022. He faces a mandatory sentence of 10 years to life on each count....

Jhuante Burton, 37, of Columbus was sentenced today to a mandatory prison term of six to nine years following his plea to aggravated vehicular homicide for a fatal crash that occurred March 20, 2020. Shortly after 7 that night, Burton was driving his Chevrolet Captiva westb...

A Franklin County grand jury today voted not to indict Columbus police officer Andrew Hawkins in the 2021 shooting incident that left Kyle Veyon dead. As a result, thecriminal investigation into the incident has concluded. On Sep. 29, 2021, Columbus police officers Hawkins ...