A Pike County man who avoided charges of kidnapping and assault because of a prosecutor’s paperwork error will spend the next year in prison.

The Pike County man who avoided charges of kidnapping and assaulting his estranged wife because of a prosecutor’s paperwork error could still spend a year in prison after a judge ruled a trial will move forward on a weapon charge.

An Ohio man accused of kidnapping and beating his estranged wife has avoided trial on eight of nine charges because of a prosecutor’s paperwork error.

A paperwork error by a local prosecutor may have helped a mother’s alleged attacker walk out of jail.

Police say a fight between several young females resulted in three injuries and an arrest Saturday night.

A Columbus man was sentenced Friday for assaulting a 1-year-old child.

A male suspect strikes a 15-year-old in the mouth with a handgun and quickly flees the North Side scene Thursday evening.

UPDATE: A Columbus man appears before a judge Thursday after he is accused of a variety of felony crimes from felonious assault to kidnapping.

UPDATE: CPD arrests a fugitive after a Tuesday night crime spree wherein he allegedly committed an armed robbery, fired a weapon at officers and carjacked his female victim.

Tuesday evening shooting is now latest homicide of 2009.

A man who is accused of fatally injuring an infant was arraigned Saturday morning.

A Columbus man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in a beating that killed a preschool boy.

A suspect is taken into custody after a school-bus driver was kidnapped and assaulted Monday morning, authorities said.

A teen is arrested after he allegedly shoots at two juveniles in a local mall parking lot.

Why would a man who punched and knocked out a dog’s tooth have to spend more time in jail than a man whose punch was responsible for another person’s death?