The shocking Dec. 30 double murder of former Ashland dentist Spencer Tepe, 37, and his wife Monique, 39, in their Columbus home has drawn national attention — and speculation. Monique’s ex-husband Michael McKee, 39, a vascular surgeon in Rockford, Illinois, was charged with two counts of murder and is being held in an Illinois jail […]
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24-year-old man charged with murder after his Crestline parents found dead
A 24-year-old man — suspected in the deaths of his Crestline parents — was captured Wednesday after he reportedly fled into Canada.
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News Man Weekly: Mansfield police on the hunt for a brutal, cold-case killer
MANSFIELD — The 29th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, part of a special two-part episode, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell talks about how a 43-year-old Mansfield murder mystery was recently solved. He is joined by Mansfield police chief Jason Bammann, Detective Terry Butler and DNA expert […]
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$5 million cash bond set for Mansfield man charged in Ferndale Avenue homicides
MANSFIELD — Bond was set at $5 million cash Thursday morning for a 22-year-old charged with murder in an Oct. 27 Halloween party shooting that killed two people and wounded four others. Mansfield Municipal Court Magistrate John McCollister set the bond during an initial appearance for Cyrus Jalyn Ellerbe, who was arrested Wednesday by Mansfield […]
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UPDATE: Mansfield’s ninth shooting homicide victim identified
MANSFIELD — The city’s ninth shooting homicide victim of 2023 has been identified as Jason F. Antrican of Mansfield by the Richland County Coroner’s Office. Coroner investigator Tom Stortz said Wednesday morning the body of the 42-year-old man will be taken to Montgomery County for autopsy. According to public records, Antrican lived at 523 Hull […]
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$1 million bail set for two Mansfield men charged with murder
MANSFIELD — Bail was set at $1 million on Tuesday morning for two men charged with the Sunday murder of Jahajee Cobb, 25. A Mansfield Municipal Court magistrate ordered the cash bail for Avanta Adams, 22, and Michael Coffee Jr., 30, during their arraignment. Coffee turned himself into police Monday afternoon and Adams was arrested […]
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Two Mansfield murder suspects in custody
MANSFIELD — The two suspects from a Sunday morning homicide on Blymyer Avenue are in police custody, both charged with murder. Michael Lee Coffee Jr., 30, turned himself into police Monday afternoon and Avanta Shemar Dakota Payne Adams, 22, was arrested at his workplace, according to Jason Bammann, the city’s assistant police chief. Both men […]
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Two men charged with murder in Mansfield shooting death
MANSFIELD — Mansfield police have charged two men with murder in the Sunday morning shooting death of a 25-year-old man on Blymyer Avenue. Michael Lee Coffee Jr., 30, and Avanta Shemar Dakota Payne Adams, 22, are charged with first-degree felony murder, according to Mansfield police Chief Keith Porch. “Shortly after the investigation began, detectives were […]