A woman told police that a man impersonating a police officer stopped her Tuesday at Brittain and Hampton roads.
About 5 p.m., the fake cop was driving a white Chevrolet Caprice with red and blue lights. …

Helen Jones-Kelley, the state official placed on unpaid leave for improperly accessing confidential information from state databases on “Joe the Plumber,” has resigned.
Two senior managers involved in the incident also are leaving.
Jones-Kelley was scheduled to …

Former Cleveland Councilman Robert White pled guilty to one count of bribery in U.S. District Court Tuesday and is now facing a likely sentence of between 18 months and two years in prison.
Federal prosecutors charged …

Ohio authorities stormed a farm house in LaGange Monday, December 1, to execute a search warrant, holding the Jacqueline and John Stowers and their son and young grandchildren at gunpoint for nine hours. During the …

NEWARK, Ohio — A Licking County man under investigation for his possible connection to a string of Newark home invasions made his initial court appearance this afternoon.
David L. Ball II, 44, of Newark was arrested …

(Columbus, Ohio) Fifteen members of the notoriously violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang were arrested yesterday by Columbus Police officers and Homeland Security agents.
The arrests of 14 men and one woman were made between 3 and …

According to police reports, the head of Akron’s Fire Department will be charged with striking a pedestrian with his car after a collision Wednesday evening.
Channel 3’s Eric Mansfield has learned that Larry Bunner, 60, will …

Ohio State freshman defensive end Nathan Williams has been charged with shoplifting at a suburban Dayton mall.
The 19-year-old from Washington Court House was arrested Wednesday after being accused of shoplifting three shirts valued at $80 …

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Its largest city is legendary for machine-style politics and its elected leaders have been under investigation for years, but by one measure, Illinois is not even close to the nation’s most-corrupt state.
North Dakota, it turns …

His house was full of so many weapons that a police supervisor called it the largest personal arsenal he’d ever seen. Now that arsenal will be presented to a jury.
Benjamin Terril, 51, lost a suppression …