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Columbus Police Say Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs Monitored
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Columbus police say they monitor 10 to 15 motorcycle gangs based on criminal activity, a small number of the overall clubs in the city. Mark Lovett… Read More
Columbus Attorney Orders End to Cash Bond for Minor Crimes
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The attorney for Ohio’s capital city has ordered prosecutors to stop asking for cash bonds for minor, nonviolent crimes to reduce jail populations. Columbus City Attorney… Read More
Strip Club Dancers Sue Vice Cops, Claim Retaliatory Charges
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Six Ohio strip club dancers accusing police of malicious prosecution say they were wrongly charged under retaliation by two officers from a Columbus vice unit that… Read More
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Expanding To New Areas Of The State
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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A dozen medical marijuana dispensaries have been given certificates of operation. Dispensaries in Northeast and Eastern Ohio have been open for a few weeks. But there haven’t been any in central… Read More
Prosecutor to Review, Dismiss Cases Brought by Vice Officer
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor says he’ll review and dismiss open cases handled solely by a vice officer who stands accused of forcing women to have sex with… Read More
Feds Accuse Columbus Vice Officer of Forcing Women Into Sex
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The government is accusing a vice squad officer in Ohio of forcing women to have sex with him under threat of an arrest. Charges announced Monday… Read More
Mom of Patient who Died Sues Care Center for Alleged Neglect
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The family of a patient who died is suing an Ohio care facility where alleged neglect led to criminal charges against employees. A wrongful-death lawsuit against… Read More
Police Officer Who Offered Money for Sex Back on Duty
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A Columbus police officer who was suspended after he admitted he offered to pay a woman for sex is now back on duty. Twenty-six-year-old Officer Helal… Read More
Columbus Settling Suit By Pair Arrested With Stormy Daniels
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Columbus City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on a settlement of a federal lawsuit filed by two women arrested along with adult film actress… Read More
Patient’s Widow: Hospital Safeguards ‘Failed Tremendously’
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A woman suing an Ohio hospital and doctor with claims that her husband received an outsized dose of a powerful painkiller before he died says it’s… Read More
Homicides In Capital City Drop 28 Percent From Previous Year
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Columbus logged 103 homicides in 2018, a 28 percent decrease from a record-high 143 homicides the previous year. Officials say 73 percent of the homicides in… Read More
Athens Residents “March For Our Lives” in Columbus
By: Kaitlin Kulich
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While hundreds participated in the March For Our Lives in Athens Saturday morning, 27 Athens residents and students marched through the streets of Columbus for the same cause; to oppose… Read More
Study Prompts Discussion Of Ohio Capital “Segregation”
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A study of where groups of people live concludes that Ohio’s capital city is one of the nation’s most economically segregated major metro areas. The Columbus Dispatch reports that “Segregated… Read More
Ohio Clergy Call For Withdrawal From Immigration Lawsuit
More than 200 Ohio clergy members are calling on Attorney General Mike DeWine to withdraw Ohio from a lawsuit attempting to block President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration. These… Read More