/tags/u-s-attorney-for-the-southern-district-of-ohio U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio en-US Copyright Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:25:01 GMT /news/2025-06-06/former-franklin-county-jail-deputy-pleads-guilty-to-setting-up-assault-on-detainee-charged-with-rape A former Franklin County Sheriff's Office jail deputy pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court to depriving an inmate of his civil rights in a 2022 assault. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:25:01 GMT /news/2025-06-06/former-franklin-county-jail-deputy-pleads-guilty-to-setting-up-assault-on-detainee-charged-with-rape George Shillcock /news/2024-12-12/former-columbus-police-officer-sentenced-for-stealing-selling-cocaine John Castillo pleaded guilty to a drug charge and was sentenced to close to four years in prison. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:48:48 GMT /news/2024-12-12/former-columbus-police-officer-sentenced-for-stealing-selling-cocaine ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ News Staff /news/2024-05-13/licking-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-paying-people-to-torture-monkeys-on-camera A Licking County man pleaded guilty to paying people to torture monkeys and then distributed videos of the acts. Mon, 13 May 2024 17:42:44 GMT /news/2024-05-13/licking-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-paying-people-to-torture-monkeys-on-camera George Shillcock /news/2024-04-19/columbus-police-officer-faces-charges-for-turning-off-body-cam-during-encounters-with-women A federal indictment says officer Nicholas P. Duty deactivated or removed his body camera during two encounters with women. Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:08:30 GMT /news/2024-04-19/columbus-police-officer-faces-charges-for-turning-off-body-cam-during-encounters-with-women Mark Ferenchik /news/2024-02-12/columbus-man-who-plotted-to-assassinate-george-w-bush-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson sentenced Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab Monday to 178 months in prison. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:45:12 GMT /news/2024-02-12/columbus-man-who-plotted-to-assassinate-george-w-bush-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison George Shillcock /politics-government/2023-12-04/former-puco-chair-sam-randazzo-indicted-for-taking-4-3-million-in-bribes-from-energy-company Randazzo, 74, was charged with 11 counts, including one count of conspiring to commit travel act bribery and honest services wire fraud, two counts of travel act bribery, two counts of honest services wire fraud, one count of wire fraud and five counts of making illegal monetary transactions. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:28:27 GMT /politics-government/2023-12-04/former-puco-chair-sam-randazzo-indicted-for-taking-4-3-million-in-bribes-from-energy-company George Shillcock /news/2021-11-24/columbus-ms-13-member-sentenced-to-35-years-in-prison A local member of the transnational gang MS-13 has received a 35-year prison sentence for his part in a racketeering conspiracy that included multiple murders. Wed, 24 Nov 2021 22:24:50 GMT /news/2021-11-24/columbus-ms-13-member-sentenced-to-35-years-in-prison Scott Good /news/2021-09-29/two-columbus-police-officers-arrested-by-fbi Officers John Kotchkoski, 33, and Marco Merino, 44 both work in the cartel until of the division's Narcotics Bureau. Federal charges include narcotics distribution and bribery. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:23:41 GMT /news/2021-09-29/two-columbus-police-officers-arrested-by-fbi Steve Brown, Scott Good /news/2021-04-27/ohio-will-allow-changes-to-gender-on-birth-certificates The Ohio Department of Health will not appeal a federal court ruling that barred the state from not allowing people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates. Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:13:04 GMT /news/2021-04-27/ohio-will-allow-changes-to-gender-on-birth-certificates Associated Press