By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Judge Robert D. Nichols jailed a Grove City resident on Thursday after the man withdrew his previous guilty plea and his attorney quit in apparent disgust. Deputies handcuffed Frank A. Moll IV, 34, 1864 Willow Run Road, and led the man away, following a brief disturbance in the Madison [...]
By Haley Phillippi For The Madison Press An Iraq War veteran diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder was sentenced in Madison County Common Pleas Court Friday to three years of community control instead of prison. Chad A. Boggs, 27, whose last known address is 8595 Smith-Calhoun Road, Plain City, pleaded guilty on May 25 to [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The judge, prosecutor, defense attorney and court reporter were ready, but the defendant was a no-show. As a result, London police are now searching for Donald F. Lemasters, 44, 153 Liberty St., after the man failed to appear in Madison County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday for his jury [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer State and local parks are not the places to unwind with drugs and alcohol on hot summer days. That’s the message officials are driving home, following nine recent arrests at Madison Lake State Park and Prairie Oaks Metro Park. Jennifer E. Cockerham, 23, 2854 LaVista Drive, Columbus; Danyeal Saleh, [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer The second of two men accused of a botched robbery attempt at The First Community Bank in Midway last summer was formally arraigned in Madison County Common Pleas Court on Monday. Bruce Hamilton, 40, last known address 280 Cole Rd., Sabina, was charged with breaking and entering, inducing panic [...]
ELYRIA (AP) — Police in suburban Cleveland say a woman who owns a cleaning service broke into a house and washed the dishes, took out the trash, and vacuumed before leaving a bill with her name on it. And police say it might not be the first time. The woman, Sue Warren of Elyria, is [...]
The last of three people accused of burglarizing the home of Madison County Commissioner Dave Dhume on Jan. 30 pleaded guilty to the charge in common pleas court last week.
COLUMBUS (AP) — An Ohio sheriff is promising discipline against dozens of deputies following an investigation into filthy conditions in a jail cell where an inmate died of a heart attack last fall. Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott says the man’s death was not related to the cell’s condition but the state of the cell [...]
