Ohio prosecutors and an accused doctor's criminal defense team are about to empanel a jury to decide whether the doctor is guilty of the crimes with which he is charged. He is accused of several felonies and misdemeanors, including rape and sexual imposition. Last...
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Felony charges filed against foster teen in woman’s death
In 2012, an Ohio teen was living in a foster home. At the time, she was 17 years old. After certain events took place in the home, the girl was arrested for murder and now faces felony charges in connection with her foster mother's death. According to reports, the...
Daughter’s divorce led to felony charges and a prison sentence
Fathers love their daughters and would do nearly anything for them. However, one doctor was accused of taking his love for his daughter too far. He was recently sentenced after pleading guilty to reduced felony charges in an Ohio courtroom. His daughter was going...
Accident on I-77 leads to felony charges for Ohio man
Shortly before 5:30 a.m. on a recent Friday morning, Ohio Highway Patrol officers joined county deputies in responding to reports of a collision on Interstate 77. Troopers and deputies believed the driver of the at-fault vehicle fled the scene and began a search. A...
Ohio man convicted of felony charges related to his wife’s death
It was about 1:15 a.m. on November 16, 2012, when a 19-year-old Ohio woman repeatedly stabbed and cut a woman in her bed with a knife from her own kitchen. Police arrived to find the younger woman still in the house, and she never claimed that she did not kill the...
Was teen who faces felony charges defending against a bully?
Decades ago, the social structure of schools lent itself to one group of kids picking on another. That was considered normal and was accepted even if it was wrong. A rash of children finding themselves facing felony charges for finally retaliating against a bully has...
Man pleads guilty to felony charges in murder of Ohio girl
Back in Dec. 1984 here in Ohio, a then 14-year-old girl was on her way to school when she went missing. Sometime later, it was discovered that she was raped and murdered. The man accused of her death recently pleaded guilty to felony charges. The man originally...
Ohio teen charged with numerous felonies in grandmother’s death
In January of this year, an 81-year-old woman was found dead in the basement of her Ohio home. Authorities say that the woman had been stabbed repeatedly. Recently, the deceased woman's grandson was charged with multiple felonies in connection with her death. Within...
Do felony charges mean giving up privacy of a smartphone?
Ohio residents may not be aware that this was the question before the United States Supreme Court on May 6. The court heard oral arguments regarding two cases involving searches of cell phones seized during a warrantless search upon arrest for either misdemeanor or...
Ohio man pleads guilty to felony charges of manslaughter
In 2008, three men were shot and killed over the course of three months. An Ohio man was arrested and charged with their deaths. Recently, he pleaded guilty to three felony charges of manslaughter. It is presumed that when he is sentenced on June 24, he will receive a...