On March 23, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Stephen McIntosh sentenced William Finnegan, 43, of Johnstown, to 8 to 12 years in prison following Finnegan’s guilty plea to the charge of involuntary manslaughter. Finnegan will be on post-release control for a man...

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Young on Tuesday sentenced Monica Greer Justice, also known as Lotus Justice, to 40 to 45 years in prison for a shooting that injured Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputies Marcus Penwell and Gary Bourquin. Forty years of the 40- t...

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Hawkins sentenced Shawna Casey to 7 to 10½ years in prison today following Casey’s guilty plea to one count of telecommunications fraud and one count of aggravated theft. Between March 23, 2018, and June 30, 2021, Casey use...

Walter Boyuk pled guilty today, March 13, to involuntary manslaughter with a 3-year firearm specification and tampering with evidence in the shooting that killed his wife, Kathleen Boyuk. Walter and Kathleen were married for more than 50 years. Walter, 79, of Hilliard, was ...

Xavier Colvin of Columbus pled guilty today to involuntary manslaughter with a 3-year firearm specification and to robbery in the July 2022 shooting death of 21-year-old Christopher Roberts. Colvin, 22, was immediately sentenced to 16 to 21½ years in prison by Franklin Coun...

Eric Shaw pled guilty on Wednesday, March 8, to robbery with a gun specification in the shooting death of Anthony Dickerson in December 2021. Shaw, 21, of Columbus, was sentenced to a 6- to 7½-year prison sentence. He will be eligible for post-release control (PRC) supervis...

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...