MANSFIELD — Mansfield police and the Richland County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday morning were investigating a dead body found in an attic crawl space on West Third Street. Bob Ball, chief investigator for the coroner’s office, said the remains were found Monday afternoon by a crew working to install electrical wire at the vacant 270 […]
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Four people were inside Chestnut Street home when 16-year-old shot to death
MANSFIELD — There were four other people inside the house at 67 E. Chestnut St. when a 16-year-old Mansfield youth was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon, according to police Capt. Randy Carver. “We are talking to everyone else who was in the house at the time,” Carver said Thursday afternoon. “The investigation is fluid and […]
Preliminary hearing Feb. 29 for Perrysville man charged with shooting Ontario police officer
MANSFIELD — A preliminary hearing was continued on Thursday against a Perrysville man charged with attempted aggravated murder for the shooting of a female hostage and an Ontario police officer. Mansfield Municipal Court Judge David Badnell continued the legal proceeding until Feb. 29 at 1:15 p.m., granting a motion filed Tuesday by Richland County Prosecutor […]
Grand jury: Two Mansfield men indicted on double-murder charges
Cyrus J. Ellerbe, 22, faces multiple indictments, including murder and felonious assault for the shooting deaths of two men.
Ontario police officer, civilian woman shot Sunday night
ONTARIO — An Ontario police officer and a civilian woman were shot Sunday evening when law enforcement officers responded to an alleged violation of protection order. The alleged gunman in the case, 32-year-old Jareth Vance of Perrysville, was arrested after a four-hour standoff at the residence, according to police. According to a written statement from […]
Mansfield man arrested for double-homicide near North Lake Park in 2023
COLUMBUS — A 22-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning in Columbus on murder charges from a double-homicide inside a moving car in Mansfield in June 2023. Ja’Vontae Jones Ja’Vontae Jones was apprehended by members of the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team at a home on Alumcrest Lane in Columbus on the city’s […]
Mansfield police find two people shot to death on Monday night
MANSFIELD — The new year is beginning the same way the same way the old one ended in Mansfield — violently. Mansfield police found two people shot to death Monday night inside a house on the city’s east side in what could be a murder-suicide. It’s the second and third shooting deaths in the last […]
Man wounds two in Mansfield and then kills himself during standoff: Police
MANSFIELD — A man reportedly shot two people in a South Main Street house on Sunday evening before fleeing to a nearby residence and ultimately killing himself during a standoff with law enforcement. Mansfield police were called early Sunday evening to 560 S. Main St. regarding a reported shooting around 9:13 p.m. Two victims were […]
Mansfield suspect ID’d in Centerburg bank robbery
MOUNT VERNON — The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has revealed the name of a Mansfield man arrested on Thursday night in connection with an armed bank robbery in Centerburg. Richard D. Poole, 43, of Mansfield, is in custody in the Knox County Jail, according to a Friday afternoon press release from Sheriff David Shaffer. “The […]
Catalyst partners with Mansfield PD to revive mobile crisis teams
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Police Capt. Chad Brubaker says law enforcement officers typically have three options when responding to a call about someone experiencing a mental health crisis. If the person has violated the law, police can arrest them. If a person poses a threat to themselves or others, police can take them to a local […]