COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Drug Enforcement Administration calls it one of the most sophisticated drug smuggling cases they’ve ever seen. Last March, agents arrested three men for concealing 1 ton of marijuana inside construction equipment. Now, the case is closed and the suspects are in prison. Agents revealed evidence photos that show how the drug dealers […]
Hot and rainy weather has contributed to an increased number of mushrooms in 2013, which is leading workers at the Central Ohio Poison Center to warn residents about the plants’ potential dangers. Center workers received 74 mushroom-related calls as of mid-July, 2013, which is approximately twice the amount received during the same period in 2012. […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio officials hope to get hundreds of thousands of suspended drivers back on the road — and in some cases back to work — more quickly by allowing them to pay license reinstatement fees in monthly installments and legally resume driving in the meantime. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles says nearly half […]
OTTAWA, Ohio – A 17-year-old boy is being arraigned after his indictment on adult murder charges in the slayings of two teen brothers in northwest Ohio. The indictment handed up Wednesday by a grand jury in Putnam County charges Michael Aaron Fay in the May 9 slayings of 14-year-old Blaine Romes and his 17-year-old brother Blake […]
Columbus City officials are asking for help locating a west-side resident who is accused of breaking into cars in his neighborhood. According to the city attorney’s office, Timothy Keith Brown failed to appear in court to answer to charges of criminal damaging and criminal mischief. He is accused in connection with a series of car […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police were searching for a suspect after a fatal shooting in north Columbus. Stephan L. Austin, 39, was found on the front porch of a home just after midnight with a gunshot wound to his upper body. Neighbors reported hearing at least eight gunshots, some of them pinging off an air conditioner at […]
The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center is using fecal transplants to treat a serious intestinal infection. Dr. Razvan Arsenescu, medical director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic at OSU, has been using a donor’s stool sample to relieve the effects caused by the infection. The intestinal infection, called C. diff, causes severe diarrhea and fatigue in […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus SWAT officials arrested a kidnapping suspect at a north Columbus apartment complex. Matthew A. Drake, 38, was arrested shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday and was charged with one count of kidnapping. Officials said they had been searching for him since around 4 a.m. They responded to a domestic dispute early Tuesday at […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police working at this weekend’s ComFest event at Goodale Park made 77 arrests. The Ohio Investigation Unit said that many of the charges were for illegal drug use and alcohol offenses. According to authorities, 29 of the arrests were of juveniles. That included a 13-year-old who was charged for using marijuana. This was […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 41st edition of ComFest is under way at Goodale Park in Columbus and tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the event. Police officials told 10TV that they want everyone to obey the law. Authorities say they want to ensure the crowd’s safety. While officers said that they want everyone […]
PIQUA, Ohio – Three women are facing felony drug charges after troopers allegedly found them in possession of various drugs with a street value of an estimated $29,600 during a traffic stop in Miami County on Tuesday. Troopers from the Piqua post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol stopped a 2006 Dodge Magnum, with Kentucky registration, […]
A female non-affiliate reported sexual imposition at Ohio State Hospital East, located at 1492 E. Broad St. The incident occurred on June 19 at about 6 p.m. and investigation into the event is still pending, according to a University Police report. This is the fourth instance of sexual imposition or gross sexual imposition reported on […]
