Ohio Mom Gets 10 Years for Leaving Baby in Hot Car
Last September 4th, a woman from Zanesville named Samantha Donohoe went inside her apartment. While in the apartment, Donohoe left her two-month-old son in the car for hours with the heat index that day reaching 97 degrees Fahrenheit or 36 degrees Celsius. The child was found dead when Donohoe returned to the scene. Prosecutors are…
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Ohio Man Allegedly Killed Infant Son in Warren
On April 29th, an indictment was unsealed for 27-year-old Cody Colwell for the murder and felonious assault of his two children. Colwell, a Warren County resident, was charged after his 2-month-old son Cayden Colwell died in a suspicious manner. Authorities found the child after responding to a 911 call. The call was from Colwell who…
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Police Investigate Woman’s Body in Franklin County
Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating after a woman’s body was discovered Thursday morning by a person out on a walk. Both Mifflin Township, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office are working together to assess the crime scene and learn how the woman died. Mifflin Township Police spokeswoman…
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Controversial Hocking County Coroner Sued for Improperly Investigating Death of Young Hiker
Dr. David Cummins, Hocking County coroner, has faced endless controversy, accusations from his opponents that he has not done his job, and has even been previously charged with counts of dereliction of duty and obstructing official business. Cummins who was also embroiled in a funding dispute and has been criticized by other officials for refusing…
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Acquittal on Murder Charge for Montez Hollins
Arguments can sometimes get heated and escalate very quickly. When weapons get involved, people can get hurt and chaos often ensues. In extreme cases, if someone is killed, the courts will have to sort through the mess. Such was the case of Montez Hollins, a man on trial for murder in the death of Jason…
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Program Sends Drug Offenders to Rehab Instead of Prison
principal Brian Joslyn was featured on NBC 4 to discuss his thoughts on a docket program designed to stop mandatory sentencing for drug offenders. The program takes non-violent drug offenders out of prison and puts them into diversion programs that offer things like drug rehabilitation and treatment. With prison populations swelling beyond capacity, some jurisdictions…
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