CRIME & SAFETY
Workers discover body of woman who was fatally shot on Columbus' Southeast Side
Columbus police homicide detectives are investigating after workers discovered a woman's body Thursday afternoon on Columbus' Southeast Side. Police responded Thursday afternoon to a report of a woman's body discovered by workers in the area of Noe-Bixby Road and Carbondale Drive. Columbus Division of Fire medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene at 2:18 p.m.
Gunshot victim found at north Columbus Sheetz parking lot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A person has been hospitalized after a shooting took place on the north side of Columbus. According to Columbus police one person was shot in or near an Advance Auto Parts parking lot on East Dublin Granville Road, just west of Interstate 71. The shooting occurred around 12:45 p.m., when police […]
Watch: Ducklings trapped in storm drain rescued by Westerville police
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — Video released Wednesday by Westerville police shows the process they went through to rescue ducklings trapped in an area storm drain. Officers Jon Baer, Maddie Muncie and TJ Ryan spent around an hour on Monday attempting to save a group of ducklings that had fallen into a storm drain by the […]
Man arrested in south Columbus bus stop killing
View a previous report in the video player above. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A man arrested police believe killed another man at a south Columbus bus stop in late March faced a judge Thursday. Columbus police arrested 35-year-old Joshua Hunt on Wednesday for the death of 61-year-old Dwayne Dowdell. Dowdell died after he was found […]
Video shows officers arresting man at OSU encampment, two others also arrested
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A man was arrested at an encampment on the Ohio State campus assembled by pro-Palestine sympathizers on Thursday. Students started setting up the encampment at 4 a.m. Video shows police officers leading a man, later identified as 25-year-old Curtis Peace, away from the group. ABC...
Reynoldsburg armored truck employee pleads guilty to embezzling more than $220,000 from ATMs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Reynoldsburg man who worked for an armored truck company that delivered cash to bank branches and ATMs pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling money as a bank agent, according to U.S. Attorney Kenneth Parker. Justin Eskridge, 37, admitted he took more than $220,000 from PNC ATMs,...
Detectives searching for men suspected in Columbus deadly shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Columbus police are searching for two suspects who may have been involved in a deadly shooting that led to a crash in late February. Officers found Shandar Weaver fatally wounded inside a car that crashed into a building in the 3000 block of E. Main St. in the early morning hours of Feb. 28.
Ex-Ohio State CB arrested for allegedly robbing bank
A former Ohio State cornerback has been arrested for allegedly robbing a bank in north Columbus, Ohio. Marcus Williamson, who played at Ohio State from 2017-2021, was arrested for robbing First Merchant’s Bank on Wednesday. Williamson allegedly entered the bank around 10:40 a.m. and approached a teller with a note demanding money. Williamson was allegedly... The post Ex-Ohio State CB arrested for allegedly robbing bank appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
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