Deputy Chief Elrico Alli was placed on relieved-of-duty status after Assistant Chief Lashanna Potts filed a complaint alleging he misled supervisors about parking tickets. Internal affairs is investigating while the union calls the probe administrative.

Campus police warned students after several dorm rooms in Lincoln and Morrill towers reported burglaries. Investigators say the suspect likely entered by tailgating and entering propped doors.

William Brannock is now Pickaway County's chief dog warden as the office grapples with fallout from an Oct. 2024 fatal dog attack. Former chief Preston Schumacher stepped down amid scrutiny.

A student was taken into custody after a gun was found in an administration office at the Willis Education Center in Delaware. Officials say there is no ongoing threat as police investigate.

Sean Price’s family says prosecutors and police owe answers after a wrong‑way driver sparked a chain‑reaction crash on I‑71 that killed the 53‑year‑old. Video and 911 calls are under review.

Court filings say Katelyn Strohacker will accept a plea deal after a video allegedly showed tape restraints on children at a Pataskala daycare. Sentencing is set for April 7.

A New Concord man was charged in federal court after investigators say child sexual abuse material was found on his phone six days after his release from prison.

Video shows ICE agents spraying a Columbus mom and three daughters, the family and their lawyer say Columbus police closed the probe and are asking DHS to investigate.

A person was shot on Thursday at the Martin Luther King branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition and police are investigating.

Family lawyers say Columbus police ignored repeated domestic-violence warnings before Marchelle Freeman was shot in March 2024, a new suit seeks records and accountability.

A child taken from Union County was found safe near Hilliard after police traced a phone ping to a Meijer. A suspect is in custody.

Agents with a Central Ohio task force seized 44 pounds of fentanyl in Madison County — an $800,000 haul — and two people now face charges, state officials said.

Columbus police say a teenage girl was shot Thursday at the Wedgewood apartments in the Hilltop. Detectives are investigating. The complex has been a focus of past enforcement.