A Franklin County Grand Jury today voted not to indict Columbus Police Officer Joshua Ohlinger for shooting an individual involved in a traffic stop. On Aug. 27, 2022, Officers Ohlinger and Jared Truxall initiated a traffic stop of the vehicle containing Najaa Ellman and De...

The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office secured a guilty verdict on Aug. 3 in the rape case against Manning Tarver, 43. The jury found Mr. Tarver guilty on two counts of rape, a felony of the first degree. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 21, and he faces up...

The Franklin County Grand Jury returned a two-count indictment charging former Columbus Police Officer Ricky Ray Anderson with one count of murder and one count of reckless homicide in the shooting death of Donovan Latrell Lewis that happened on August 30, 2022. In count on...

A Franklin County grand jury Friday returned a five-count indictment against Tyrell Shute, 24, of Columbus, on charges relating to the death of a 4-year-old boy in the Franklinton area. On July 22, Shute was driving a stolen Kia Soul when Columbus Police attempted to pull h...

Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Stephen McIntosh sentenced Mamadou Diallo, 43, of Columbus to a term of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 27 years today for the 2021 murder of his wife, Fatoumata Diallo. Mr. Diallo will be required to register as a v...

Abdulbasid Ahmed, 20, of Rosewick Drive in Dublin, pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Hassan Hassan, 22, on Jan. 2, 2023.  Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Bill Sperlazza immediately sentenced Ahmed to 12 to 16-½ years in pri...

A Franklin County jury found Mamadou Diallo, 43, of Columbus, guilty Wednesday of several charges, including the 2021 murder of his wife Fatoumata Diallo. Cory Helffrich and Beau Wenger, both assistant prosecuting attorneys with the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Offic...

Robert Edwards, 68, was found guilty July 14, of two counts of murder, one count aggravated murder and rape, related to the deaths of Alma Lake and Michelle Dawson. Daniel Meyer and David Zeyen, both assistant prosecuting attorneys with the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney...

A 27-year-old Columbus man has been sentenced to 25 to 30-½ years in prison for his role in a 2022 shooting that left Mario Copeland, 38, dead. Devon Robinson pleaded guilty Wednesday, July 28, to voluntary manslaughter for killing Copeland, also of Columbus. Robinson also ...

On June 13, Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Mark Serrott sentenced Ayub Issack, 21, of Franklin County, to 21 to 26½ years in prison after Issack pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter with a three-year gun specification, having a weapon under disability, robbery and carry...