A white board hanging in the Franklin County prosecutor’s office is running out of space to write the names of those charged with providing drugs that caused fatal or nonfatal overdoses. The board contains the names of 12 people who have been indicted for one or more counts of involuntary manslaughter. The latest name added […]

A man has been charged with manslaughter after the overdose death of a Grandview Heights man. Grandview Heights Police charged Cory McDowell with manslaughter, along with five other counts, including aggravated drug trafficking, in the death of Ronald Ireson.

Jamie Maynard, age 27, pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of trafficking in heroin during a hearing at the Franklin County Common Pleas Court House Friday. According to investigators, she sold heroin to Courtney Penix, age 24, at the West Point Plaza Shopping Center Walmart in west Columbus on April 27, 2015. […]

The Franklin County Drug Task Force made a major drug bust, recovering $102,000 in cash, $23,000 worth of brown powder heroin and $4,200 worth of cocaine. Christopher Slone, 26, and Nona Mathews, 27, both face charges of possession of heroin and pending additional charges of possession of drugs, trafficking in drugs and weapons charges. Police […]

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office SIU HOPE Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 598 S. Richardson Avenue which stemmed out of non-fatal overdose on interstate 270 in southwest Franklin County. Deputies arrested Shaunell Mcknight on charges of Felony Drug Possession and Corrupting Another with drugs. Brandon Shipley was also arrested in connection to […]