Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Stephen McIntosh sentenced Shawn Mapp to a prison term of 50 years to life for the aggravated murder of Adrian Hardy and the attempted murder of Cheniqua Barton. A Franklin County jury found Mapp, 36, of Columbus, guilty on five t...

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Kim Brown on Monday sentenced Santiago Martinez to the statutorily mandated life in prison with parole eligibility in 15 years for the murder of his wife, Alexandria Berrios. A Franklin County jury found Martinez guilty of the 202...

Robert Thomas, 73, of Columbus, on Friday was found guilty of aggravated menacing but not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a shooting last year that left a man dead. On June 20, 2021, Robert Thomas confronted his neighbor’s granddaughter and her husband, Jason Keys, on ...

A 20-year-old Columbus man who orchestrated a string of aggravated robberies with guns was sentenced on Thursday, Nov. 10, to 28 to 30.5 years in prison. Franklin County Court Judge Michael Holbrook sentenced Basho H. Arbo on six separate counts of aggravated robberies for ...

A Franklin County jury today found Santiago Martinez guilty of murder in the 2021 death of his wife, Alexandra Berrios. Martinez will be sentenced on Nov. 21. He is facing a mandatory sentence of 15 years to life in prison. Martinez testified that he and his wife were takin...

A 58-year-old woman who caused a crash that left two adults and an unborn child dead was sentenced Friday for the crime. Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Kimberly Cocroft sentenced Kimberly Renee Mantkowski to 14 to 16 years in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation ...

A Franklin County grand jury voted today not to indict law enforcement officers involved in the 2021 shooting death of Donta Stewart. On Dec. 8, 2021, members of the United States Marshall’s Office S.O.F.A.S.T. task force arrived at 2719 Four Seasons Drive in Columbus to se...

A Franklin County grand jury voted not to indict Columbus Division of Police officers and Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital security officers involved in the April 12, 2021, shooting death of Miles Jackson. The grand jury’s verdict was announced on Oct. 26, 2022. On April 12, 2...

A Franklin County jury on Friday, October 28, 2022, found Columbus resident Shawn Mapp, 36, guilty of aggravated murder and attempted murder with firearm specifications during a week-long trial. The jury convicted Mapp of all five counts stemming from the shooting that left ...

Gary Tyack, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, wishes to congratulate the Franklin County Board of Commissioners for their Resolution dated September 6, 2022. (No. 0655-22). “This Resolution recognizes the governmental response necessary to address the scourge of gun vio...