A Franklin County grand jury Friday returned a five-count indictment against Tyrell Shute, 24, of Columbus, on charges relating to the death of a 4-year-old boy in the Franklinton area. On July 22, Shute was driving a stolen Kia Soul when Columbus Police attempted to pull h...

Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Stephen McIntosh sentenced Mamadou Diallo, 43, of Columbus to a term of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 27 years today for the 2021 murder of his wife, Fatoumata Diallo. Mr. Diallo will be required to register as a v...

Abdulbasid Ahmed, 20, of Rosewick Drive in Dublin, pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Hassan Hassan, 22, on Jan. 2, 2023.  Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Bill Sperlazza immediately sentenced Ahmed to 12 to 16-½ years in pri...

A Franklin County jury found Mamadou Diallo, 43, of Columbus, guilty Wednesday of several charges, including the 2021 murder of his wife Fatoumata Diallo. Cory Helffrich and Beau Wenger, both assistant prosecuting attorneys with the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offic...

Robert Edwards, 68, was found guilty July 14, of two counts of murder, one count aggravated murder and rape, related to the deaths of Alma Lake and Michelle Dawson. Daniel Meyer and David Zeyen, both assistant prosecuting attorneys with the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney...

A 27-year-old Columbus man has been sentenced to 25 to 30-½ years in prison for his role in a 2022 shooting that left Mario Copeland, 38, dead. Devon Robinson pleaded guilty Wednesday, July 28, to voluntary manslaughter for killing Copeland, also of Columbus. Robinson also ...

On June 13, Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Mark Serrott sentenced Ayub Issack, 21, of Franklin County, to 21 to 26½ years in prison after Issack pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter with a three-year gun specification, having a weapon under disability, robbery and carry...

On June 7, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Julie Lynch sentenced Kyle Lucas, 33, to 14 to 18 years in prison after convicting Lucas on two counts — felonious assault with a three-year firearm specification and a repeat violent offender specification and having a we...

After pleading guilty June 5 to Involuntary Manslaughter and other charges, Clyde Littlefield, 23, was sentenced by Judge Kimberly Cocroft in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to the maximum sentence of 19 years and 2 months to 24 years and 8 months in prison. In J...

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Julie Lynch on Thursday sentenced Jovantae Williams, 19, to at least 12 years in prison following Williams’ guilty plea to one charge of involuntary manslaughter with a three-year gun specification. On September 20, 2020, while ins...