The Franklin County Grand Jury voted Thursday not to indict the officers involved in the August 2023 shooting that lead to the death of Jamie Overstreet. On August 24, 2023, Columbus Division of Police officers responded to a call regarding a man allegedly violating a prote...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea August 21 from Ameir Trent, 22, for the killing of Devin Bannister, 15, in July 2022. Trent pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation, each with 3-year fire...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured guilty pleas Tuesday from Zacharias Mullen, 21, and his brother Willie Mullen, 23, for the killing of Raquan Thomas, 21, of Columbus, in May 2022. The defendants, both residents of Columbus, pleaded guilty to involuntar...

The Franklin County Grand Jury returned a three-count indictment today charging Gerald Dowling, 19, of Columbus, with involuntary manslaughter for the death of Alexa Stakely, 29, of Columbus, as well as with grand theft of a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property. On J...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced that Tyrell Shute, 25, of Columbus, was sentenced today to a prison term of 14 to 19-½ years following his plea to involuntary manslaughter, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, and receivin...

A Franklin County jury on Monday found Keimariyon Ross, 20, of Columbus, guilty on nine counts related to the 2022 shooting death of Kevin Sobnosky, 21, an honors student from Girard, Ohio. Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey Zezech prosecuted the case. He commend...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea Monday from Frank Mitchell, 66, of Columbus, for the killing of Dominick Braxton, 40, of Columbus, in August 2021. Mitchell entered an Alford guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, w...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea Wednesday from Chance Donohoe, 27, for the killing of Shannon Hiott, 29, in August 2023. Donohoe pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and gross abuse of a corpse. Assistant prosecutors Daniel Lenert and ...

A Franklin County grand jury voted Friday not to indict the officers involved in the July 2023 shooting death of Antwan Lindsey. On July 8, 2023, a Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy was working special duty at a Walgreens at James Road and Livingston Avenue on Columbus’ East...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea Thursday from Nachyla Halton, 20, for the killing of Jazmine Chester, 19, in May 2022. The Cleveland-area woman pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, with a three-year firearm sp...