CRIME & SAFETY
Fight turns fatal outside of Waffle House near Ohio State campus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A fight involving up to 20 people turned fatal after one person was shot outside of a restaurant near Ohio State University early Monday morning. According to officers at the scene, police were called to the Waffle House restaurant on North High Street in the University District at around 2:30 a.m. […]
Child found at store in Hilltop being reunited with family
UPDATE: Columbus police said the case involving a child found on Sullivant Avenue has been resolved. According to Franklin County Children Services, the child’s parents contacted police about the boy. The family is in the process of being reunited. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Police are looking for the parents or guardians of a young boy […]
Police: Woman found dead in southeast Columbus from apparent shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus police are investigating the death of a woman after her body was found on the city's southeast side Thursday afternoon. Investigators responded to a suspicious death investigation near Noe Bixby Road and Carbondale Drive after a body was found by workers in the area. The...
61-year-old woman dead in north Columbus homicide
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A 61-year-old woman was found dead after police said she suffered a “brutal attack” on Friday. Police discovered the remains of Li-Chu Lin on the 6000 block of Zumstein Drive, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Lin was pronounced dead at the scene. In a Saturday update, police said a […]
Republican party operative charged with OVI, weapons violation in Delaware County
An influential Delaware County Republican Party operative whom police stopped on suspicion of impaired driving last week asked Genoa Township police to call her friend, a Genoa Township trustee, as she was being handcuffed. A motorist called Genoa Township police just after 10 p.m. April 19 to report seeing a reckless driver "cross...
Man held on $1 million bond after allegedly injuring woman, 2-year-old in attempted burglary
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man is charged with aggravated burglary after allegedly breaking into a woman's south Columbus apartment, attempting to steal from her and injuring both her and her 2-year-old child Tuesday evening, according to Franklin County court documents. Records state that just before 9:50 p.m., the woman...
Ohio armored truck worker admits stealing cash intended for ATMs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man who worked for an armored truck company could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison after he admitted stealing more than $200,000 in cash intended for ATM machines. Justin Eskridge, 37, of Reynoldsburg, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbus to...
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