On April 6, a Franklin County jury found Cortez Jackson, 33, guilty of the 2021 murder of Alyse Edwards, his girlfriend at the time with whom he had three children. Jackson, of Columbus, had been charged with two counts of murder with a 3-year firearm specification in Edwa...

Q’Juantez Poole, 23, was sentenced by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Kimberly Cocroft Thursday to a life sentence of at least 27 years in prison for the 2020 shooting death of 26-year-old Dontey Wiley in 2020. Poole has been in jail since the day of the assault, Oct. 7, 20...

Henry Borges pleaded guilty today to voluntary manslaughter with a firearm specification in the 2020 shooting death of Ricky Rittenberry. He also pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of a weapon while under detention. He was immediately sentenced to the recommended se...

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carl Aveni on Tuesday sentenced Raylin Jarrett, 25, of Columbus to 13 years in prison following Jarret’s guilty plea to aggravated robbery with a 3-year firearm specification and 12 counts of robbery. On March 31, 2021, Jarrett wa...

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...