Court News

A Columbus man faces over a dozen felony charges after allegedly sending harassing emails to a Marysville judge and court attorneys as well as threatening a city law official. The Union County Grand J...

An alleged serial arsonist has been charged locally in connection to multiple fires in Union and Franklin counties. The Union County Grand Jury indicted Affan Mohammed Taj, 21, of Dublin, with nine fe...

A Marysville man faces four felony charges after allegedly holding his girlfriend and her child at knifepoint. The Union County Grand Jury indicted Omar Alexis Barraza, 32, who is currently in the Tri...

A Marysville man is facing 16 felony charges for allegedly possessing child pornography that he claimed he “accidentally” downloaded. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Anthony Carl Bruton Jr., ...

Four of the five alleged members of the group behind the drug trafficking enterprise that operated in Union County between Richwood and Marysville have pleaded guilty to crimes connected to the operat...

The Marysville man who shot at local police will face decades in prison following his Friday sentencing hearing. The courtroom was full of local law enforcement who attended to show support to the off...

An Ostrander woman is facing five years in prison after allegedly spending over $70,000 on personal items with her employer’s credit card. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Traci Anne Warner, 4...

A Marysville man with prior convictions of domestic violence faces a third-degree felony charge after allegedly threatening to stab his mother with a fork. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Ree...

“I did commit the murder.” Those were the words of 28-year-old Micaiah Swindler, the man charged with stabbing his father to death at a Mill Valley home in April of 2025, during a plea hearing in the ...

The Marysville woman who was arrested for making alleged terroristic threats against the schools has now been indicted. The Union County Grand Jury has charged Colleen Joan May, 37, of 288 Prairie Dri...

A man involved in the 2024 drive-by shooting of Marysville’s Uptown has entered a plea of guilty just a few days before his scheduled jury trial. In a plea hearing at the Union County Court of Common ...

The Union County Grand Jury has separately indicted five fathers locally for not providing child support to their children. In a recent batch of indictments, the court has charged five men with multip...

A former coordinator at a local non-profit has been indicted after allegedly receiving over $250,000 in salary over the course of three years while employed with falsified educational qualifications. ...

A Plain City man faces a laundry list of felony charges after allegedly waterboarding his wife. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Joshua Lee Hole, 48, of 9643 Brock Road in Plain City, and char...

A homeless man in the Marysville area arrested for aggravated burglary is now facing a first-degree felony charge after allegedly entering his brother’s home and attacking him. The Union County Grand ...

The Marysville man charged with attacking another man with a machete has now pled guilty. Following a two-day jury trial in the Union County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 9 and Feb. 10, Morris William...

A trio of area residents have been indicted by the Union County Grand Jury on charges stemming from improper firearm handling. Their arraignments are scheduled for Feb. 11, 2026. - Jason Allen Bevard,...

The Marysville man charged in the Mill Valley murder case, Micaiah Immanuel Swindler, 28, has now withdrawn his not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) plea. After determining that he was mentally fit...

A Richwood man has been charged with assaulting a pair of Marysville police officers while he was being arrested. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Brian Patrick Smith, 39, of 275 N. Franklin S...

Three Marysville residents have been charged in connection to a commercial sex operation and money laundering at a Marysville massage parlor raided by area police in February of 2025. The Union County...

The Union County Grand Jury has indicted six women in connection to alleged crimes committed while incarcerated at the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW). They are scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 11. ...

This story has been updated from a previous version to correct the dealership's name. “No, now you’ll sit there and wait like a good girl,” were the words of a homeless man after he allegedly abducted...

A Marysville woman is facing a charge of tampering after allegedly hiding a bottle of synthetic urine inside of her to pass a drug screening. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Tiffany Ann Combs...

A man from West Mansfield has been charged with vehicular homicide in the traffic deaths of two Columbus residents. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Kevin Scott Arrowood Jr., 55, of West Mansf...

A Marysville man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly misfiring a 134-year-old bolt action rifle with intent to shoot his mother’s boyfriend. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted...

A Marysville man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of raping a five-year-old girl. Recently, a sentencing hearing was held at the Union County Court of Common Pleas for Rob...

Two high-profile local court cases involving violent crimes have had some recent developments. Mill Valley murder The Marysville man charged in the Mill Valley murder case, Micaiah Immanuel Swindler, ...

A Marysville man has been charged after allegedly breaking into his girlfriend’s bedroom and attempting to strangle her. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Antonio Jeter, 31, of 551 Linden St., ...

A Marysville man could be facing two decades in prison on charges stemming from an incident in 2024 in which he allegedly smothered his girlfriend with a pillow and threatened to kill other members of...

A Marysville man faces prison time after being charged in the alleged strangulation of his fiancée. The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Joshua Daniel Aaron Griffith, 46, whose court-listed addres...