A North Linden house that drew police 115 times since 2022 is now boarded up, after a Columbus court gave the city permission to shut the property down. The move follows years of domestic-violence calls, mental-health disturbances and other incidents that made the home a recurring public-safety headache.
According to WSYX, the order covers a home at 1924 E. North Broadway, and Columbus police carried it out after the city’s Property Action Team won in court. The station reported that police had logged 115 calls for service there since 2022, including 30 domestic-violence incidents, dozens of mental-health disturbance calls, an overdose, a felonious assault and reports of burglary and theft. Officers were sometimes dispatched to the property multiple times in one day. Earlier in 2026, detectives warned the people responsible for the home to clean it up or face legal action, but calls tied to criminal conduct continued before the team filed suit in Environmental Court.
The Property Action Team describes its mission as working with police, fire, public health, code enforcement and community leaders on properties that undermine public safety, according to the Columbus City Attorney’s Office. The office says most cases begin with a community complaint, meaning nuisance-property enforcement often starts long before a judge signs an order.
How Columbus Uses Environmental Court
Columbus’ Nuisance Abatement Code provides for a civil complaint seeking injunctive relief in the environmental division of Franklin County Municipal Court when officials are trying to address a public nuisance, according to the Columbus City Code. In practical terms, the city used a property-focused legal remedy here: secure the structure after warnings and repeated police responses did not produce a fix.
North Linden Has Seen Earlier Property Crackdowns
The current board-up fits a broader Columbus pattern. A 2025 release from the Columbus City Attorney’s Office described a similar order at a Linden property after a homicide and repeated calls for service, while Hoodline previously reported a separate North Linden board-up after roughly 60 incidents over about three years.
For nearby residents, the immediate change is straightforward: a home that repeatedly drew emergency responses has been physically closed off. The city’s message is equally direct—when a property keeps generating violence, overdoses and disorder, officials are willing to take the fight into court and put plywood where warnings failed.
