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W. Va. Woman Sentenced In Scheme To Offer Information To Russia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for planning to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency… Read More
Shots Fired Into Home Of Ohio Health Official; No Injuries
UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say shots were fired over the weekend into a home owned by an Ohio health department official, but no one was injured. Police in… Read More
Glouster Man Who Stole From Father Sentenced To Prison
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A Glouster man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $2,000 from his father. In late 2019, Jack W…. Read More
Driven Off The Road And Assaulted: Animal Rights Group Confronts Alleged Cockfighting In Southeastern Ohio
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio (OVR) — Members of an Illinois-based animal protection group say one of their members was assaulted and another was driven off the road recently after confronting a… Read More
Lawmaker Resigns From West Virginia House After Being Charged For His Role In U.S. Capitol Insurrection
WAYNE COUNTY, W.Va. (WVPB) — Derrick Evans, a newly elected West Virginia state lawmaker, has resigned before serving a single day in the West Virginia House of Delegates. The 35-year-old… Read More
Marietta Doctor Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Illegally Distributing Opioids
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A Marietta doctor was sentenced in U.S. District Court Friday to eight years in prison for illegally prescribing opioids and other controlled substances and defrauding health care… Read More
Local Surge In Catalytic Converter Thefts Reflects National Trend
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Pat Gryszka arrived at his shop on a Monday morning in mid-September to find he’d become the latest victim of a recent crime ring. Gryszka and his… Read More
Teens Receive 3 Years In Juvenile Facility For Killing Photographer With Falling Log At Hocking Hills
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two teenage boys have been ordered held in a juvenile facility for at least three years in the death of a woman killed last year when… Read More
Third Person Charged In Death Of Woman Struck By Log At Hocking Hills
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A third person has been charged in the death of a woman killed last year when she was struck by a log that two teenage boys… Read More
Militia Members Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer, FBI Says
“I’ll be honest, I never could have imagined anything like this,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says. Over the summer, conspirators allegedly began training for a potential attack.
Teen Admits Pushing Log, Striking And Killing Woman At State Park
LOGAN, Ohio (AP) — A teenager has admitted helping to push a log off a cliff that struck and killed a married mother of four who was taking photographs at… Read More
Update: Licking Co. Man Charged With Additional Rapes
UPDATE 8/31/2020 Bryan C. Sattelmyer is now charged with raping a 10-year-old and an 18-year-old female, in addition to the original charge of raping a 13 year-old girl. On Monday,… Read More
Sex Offender Registries Often Fail Those They Are Designed To Protect
NPR reviewed sex offender registry databases nationwide and found a system with myriad problems, including tens of thousands of convicted offenders who law enforcement have lost track of.
‘Bulk Amounts Of Suspected Heroin’ Found In The Plains
THE PLAINS, Ohio (WOUB) — The Athens County Sheriff’s Criminal Interdiction Unit (CIU) is reporting the second drug bust within four days. This one was on Roy Avenue in The… Read More
Ohio House Speaker Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy In Nuclear Bailout
(UPDATED AT 5:30 p.m.) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Federal officials on Tuesday unraveled details of a years-long conspiracy involving Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, who prosecutors say headed a scheme… Read More
Grandfather, Wife Face Murder Charges In Death Of Girl, 5
NEW BOSTON, Ohio (AP) — Court records show an Ohio man and his wife have been charged with aggravated murder in the death of the man’s 5-year-old granddaughter. The Portsmouth… Read More
4 Toledo City Council Members In Custody Amid Bribery Probe
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Federal prosecutors say four Toledo City Council members and a private attorney took part in a bribery and extortion scheme that encouraged soliciting and/or accepting cash… Read More
Fifteen Arrested After Multi-County Methamphetamine Bust
LANCASTER, Ohio (WOUB) — Fifteen people have been indicted in Fairfield, Hocking, and Pickaway counties after a multi-county drug trafficking operation. The Fairfield-Athens-Logan-Circleville Major Crimes Unit announced Friday that “Operation… Read More
Report Recommends Lowering Ohio Parole Officers’ Caseload
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A new report is recommending that Ohio lower the caseload of the officers who monitor inmates after release. The report released Monday says the current caseload… Read More
Governor to Announce Changes to Paroled Inmate Monitoring
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is announcing changes to the way Ohio monitors inmates who have been released from prison but are still being monitored by the… Read More
Ohio State Reaches Settlements with Half of Richard Strauss Accusers
Ohio State University announced that it’s reached a monetary settlement with some of the men who have alleged sexual abuse by longtime doctor Richard Strauss. Officials said in press release Friday that… Read More
Marietta Doctor Convicted of Illegally Prescribing Pain Pills
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A federal jury has convicted an Ohio doctor accused of illegally distributing medication including pain pills. The government had charged Dr. Roger Anderson of Marietta with… Read More
West Virginia Univ. President Responds after 2 Shootings
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University’s president is emphasizing a commitment to safety after two recent shootings near the Morgantown campus, one of them involving a fatality. Gordon Gee… Read More
W.Va. State Senator has Trial set on Prostitution Charge
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia state Sen. Mike Maroney is set to go on trial in April on charges that he solicited a prostitute. A Marshall County court clerk… Read More
Three Convicted in 2018 Death of Ohio University Student
ATHENS, Ohio — Three of the men indicted in relation to the 2018 hazing-related death of an Ohio University student were convicted on some of the charges against them, according… Read More
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