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Mother, who waited several days to call 911 after breaking her baby’s skuII and then lleaving his body in the home to decmpose, was sentenced!
Columbus, OH – According to the court documents, the 40-year-old mom, later identified as MeIissa, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years for her role in the death of her baby. The woman pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and was sentenced on Thursday. Prosecutors claim the woman called 911 days after she broke her baby’s skuII and then left the child’s body to decmpose in the house for several days.
Columbus firefighter facing rape charge
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Columbus firefighter is charged with rape in Fairfield County. Christopher Shaffer, 38, of Pickerington, faces one count of felony first-degree rape for an incident that happened over the weekend. Shaffer was charged and arrested. Court documents online did not detail what happened. A Columbus...
Police Release More Footage of Trio Connected to Alexa Stakely’s Death
WFCN – Columbus police released new surveillance footage on Wednesday, identifying three suspects being sought in connection with the death of a mother and speech pathologist from central Ohio. The victim tragically lost her life while trying to prevent the theft of her vehicle, which had her son inside....
Columbus woman charged with reckless homicide following Saturday shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus woman is in custody following a shooting death in northeast Columbus Saturday morning. Shirldenna Featherstone, 19, is charged with reckless homicide after police found Tahvon Ford dead from a gunshot wound. According to court documents, Featherstone told police she accidentally shot Ford while the two were looking at a […]
Columbus police identify Hilliard man fatally shot on Northeast Side in dispute over woman
Columbus police have identified a Hilliard man whom they say was ambushed and killed Sunday amid an ongoing dispute with another man over a woman. Andrew Stephens, 28, of Hilliard, was driving his vehicle Sunday morning in the 2400 block of Timbertrail Drive North on Columbus' Northeast Side when police say he was shot in the head by 33-year-old Erik Wagner of the Forest Park West neighborhood on the North Side. ...
Ohio State Robbery and Shooting: Police Release Video, Suspect Remains at Large
Columbus, Ohio – Police in Columbus, Ohio, are searching for a gunman who committed a robbery earlier this month close to the Ohio State University campus. Just before 2 a.m. on July 7, a heist took place at the Gateway Plaza in the University District, which is located in the 1500 block of North High Street.
Two men sentenced for firing dozens of rounds into wrong apartment, killing innocent woman
Sorenta Hylton was asleep in her bed around 3:45 a.m. on April 25, 2022, when bullets tore through the walls, one of them striking her in the shoulder and traveling into her lung. About an hour later, the 31-year-old mother of three was dead. ...
Fifth former Columbus Zoo employee charged in $2.3 million scandal
To view previous coverage of the zoo fraud trial, watch the video player above. DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) — A fifth defendant in the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium fraud scandal was charged with theft Friday in an ongoing investigation into $2.3 million in stolen funds. Grant Bell, a former purchasing assistant for the zoo and the […]
Columbus woman indicted in relation to Licking County man's death
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A woman from Columbus has been indicted on charges relating to the death of a man in Licking County earlier this month. Deputies were called to the 100 block of Lees Drive on the morning of July 5 on a report of a person who was not breathing.
One dead, suspect charged after ambush outside Northeast Side apartments
A man has been arrested and charged with murder after Columbus police said he ambushed a man who was with a woman he knew, killing him. Erik Wagner, 33, of the Northeast Side, was arrested Sunday afternoon. ...
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