A Delaware man who shot and killed his roommate will serve 10 years in prison. Joel Sellers, 25, avoided a murder charge last month in the death of his childhood friend George McArthur, but was found guilty of a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
Chongkonnee Thomas, who allegedly shot her husband in the back last week, pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to one count of attempted murder and two counts of felonious assault.
The former Delaware Township fiscal officer will serve jail time for stealing tax money while in office.Phyllis Amato, 60, was in court this week and pleaded guilty to complicity to theft, a first-degree misdemeanor. Delaware County Common Pleas Judge W. Duncan Whitney sentenced Amato to two years community control (probation), 10 days in jail and a $500 fine.
COLUMBUS — With time running out to move the state’s presidential and U.S. House primaries back to March, an Ohio congressman is asking a judge to put contested GOP-drawn congressional lines into place immediately.
If Ohio voters pass a statewide ballot issue this Nov. 8, it would give two Delaware County judges who would otherwise be too old to run again a chance for another term in office.
A Marengo-area man will likely serve three years in prison after changing his plea Tuesday on charges that he fractured the skull of his ex-girlfriend’s infant daughter. Jason M. Walters, 27, of 3035 Township Road 21, entered what’s known as an Alford Plea, a legal maneuver that acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to convict without admitting guilt, to a second-degree felony count of child endangerment. As part of a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop assault and domestic violence charges.
CLEVELAND — Guided by flashlight and wearing face masks, jurors were met with rooms buzzing with flies and a high-heeled shoe left on a microwave Monday as they visited the home of an Ohio man charged with killing 11 women and hiding their bodies around his property.
Delaware County Common Pleas Judge Everett H. Krueger wants the thousands of people who have gotten divorced in his court to feel confident in the justice system. That’s why his staff is beginning a review of divorce cases on the heels of a May 26 appellate court ruling that overturned a 2005 divorce he presided over.