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...

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...