The fate of accused murderer Joel Sellers is now in the hands of a Delaware County jury. Closing arguments were presented Thursday in the trial. Sellers is accused of fatally shooting his roommate after an argument over an all-night party in the apartment they shared.
During emotional testimony Wednesday, an at times tearful Joel Sellers told jurors that, on the day he shot and killed his childhood friend, he didn’t think that friend would stop hitting him. “I thought, ‘Wow, when is this going to stop?’ I kept saying, ‘Please. Please stop. You win.’ I was telling him he could have his way,” Sellers said during testimony on the third day of his murder trial in the Delaware County Common Pleas courtroom of Judge Everett H. Krueger.
A man appeared in court Monday via a video link from the Delaware County Jail to face charges after police say he robbed a Delaware credit union last week. Leslie E. Williams, 49, of 114 Eaton St., Delaware, pleaded not guilty to aggravated robbery, breaking and entering and domestic violence charges. He turned himself to police Sunday after he was identified using surveillance footage from the CES Credit Union, 33 London Road, on Aug. 10.
A 62-year-old Delaware man with a lengthy rap sheet who was arrested on a Los Angeles 1978 murder charge Monday night ironically served on the block watch and safety committee for the retirement community where he lived, according to neighbors there.
A 19-year-old Delaware man will pay for his decision to leave his infant son at home while he held up a local pizza shop at gunpoint. Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Judge Everett H. Krueger on Thursday sentenced Brad Lee Miller, of 60 Griswold St., to three years in prison. He will be eligible for early release after six months. Miller pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery, carrying a concealed weapon and child endangerment last month.
A Crawford County man knew he was asking for trouble when he tried to scam the Delaware County Task Force last year.
A 57-year-old doctor with a Westerville family practice was indicted on 28 forgery counts Friday after prosecutors say he faked the names of three other doctors on contracts to oversee CVS Pharmacy’s local walk-in medical clinics.
A 26-year-old Columbus man this week admitted to stealing two handguns from a Powell shooting range, including one that was used to shoot at a Columbus police officer.