TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Zachary Abell was convicted on Friday of second-degree murder, accessory after the fact, and tampering with evidence in connection to a brutal 2018 murder. The jury reached a verdict after five hours of deliberation, just minutes before 5 p.m. Abell, a Franklin County resident, is set to be sentenced in March. … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio – 2024 looks to be a year filled with high-profile trials at Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Among the most anticipated are cases involving former law enforcement officers charged with murder, an accused serial drug overdose killer, and other controversial cases. Former Franklin County SWAT deputy Michael Jason Meade, 44, is scheduled to … Read more
HONG KONG, China – In a dramatic turn of events, Inspector John Franklin Barnes testified in a criminal trial about a confrontation with an armed robber in Des Voeux-road Central on January 2, as reported by the South China Morning Post on March 27, 1963. The inspector fired multiple shots at the armed robber, who … Read more