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Federal Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for 2025-01-09 ( 2 items )  
Ohio U.S. Attorney: Former Columbus Police Officer Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison for Stealing Cocaine From Crime Scenes, Police Evidence Room (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: A former Columbus police officer was sentenced in federal court here today to 50 months in prison for crimes involving more than 15 kilograms of cocaine and money laundering. Joel M. Mefford, 35, of London, Ohio, was a Columbus police officer assigned to investigate drug crimes. On three occasions between February and April 2020, Mefford worked with ano more PR

U.S. Marshals Arrest Two Murder Suspects (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: Cincinnati, OH - The U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) together with the Central Kentucky Fugitive Task Force (CKFTF), the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, and the Kenton County Sheriff's Office arrested fugitives Willie and Jeromy Jones this morning in Northern Kentucky. The suspects were wanted by the Hamilton County Sheriff's  more PR