Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack provided the following statement regarding the shooting death of Joseph Jewell where on duty Columbus Police Officers Howard Brenner, Glenn Thivener and Mark Dilello discharged their service firearms. On February 20, 2020, Columbus SWAT of...

The prior version of this press release indicated Mr. Eisel was sentenced last week. Mr. Eisel is scheduled to be sentenced 10 March 2022. The final defendant in a vicious, pre-planned murder pled guilty last week to murder and tampering with evidence for his role in the d...

In March 2021, the Central Ohio HIDTA Task Force, an Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) task force, began a lengthy drug trafficking investigation within the central Ohio area. This was an investigation of an incredibly complex drug trafficking organization...

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners authorized the Prosecutor’s Office to accept a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance within Department of Justice in the amount of $551,727 for the establishment of a Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) within the office at the Gen...

Columbus resident Brandon L. Pack was sentenced to eight to nine and one half years today in a case stemming from the protests of summer 2020. Pack, 26, was convicted on one count each of aggravated riot, vandalism, and breaking and entering, as well as three counts of felonio...

The autopsy report of Ma’Khia Bryant was released today by the office of Franklin County Coroner Dr. Anahi Ortiz. Earlier this summer, this matter was assigned to Special Prosecutors H. Tim Merkle and Gary Shroyer as the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney serves as legal cou...

Mario Cunningham of Columbus was sentenced July 30th, 2021 as a result of being convicted of four counts of robbery after a rash of bank robberies in 2018, with an added specification due to being a repeat violent offender. Cunningham, 45, robbed a Heartland Bank on 2 November...

Columbus City Council unanimously approved a grant in the amount of $200,000.00 for the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office. This ordinance authorized the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a grant agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioner...

The Ohio Attorney General has referred the officer involved shooting deaths of Ma’Khia Bryant and Andrew Teague to the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office. The matters will be presented to a Grand Jury for review. The Ma’Khia Bryant matter is being assigned to Special Prosecut...

Two Columbus men were convicted following a 17-day jury trial on Monday, June 21st of Participating in a Criminal Gang along with several other felony crimes. Specifically, the jury convicted Shon D. Gardner, Jr., 21, and Jermaine Lamar Lathon, 28, of actively participating in...