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Court: Dad can fight adoption of kids whose mother he killed
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press
Mon,02/14/22-9:00AM , 153 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio father can fight the adoption of the children whose mother he killed, after a divided state Supreme Court said there was a good reason he hadn't been in touch with them since the slaying: He was following a judge's order not to contact them.
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Sean Walton, left, an attorney representing the family of Casey Goodson Jr., and Goodson's mother, Tamala Payne, take questions after a hearing to determine whether the former Ohio sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Goodson in 2020 should be tried in state or federal court, on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Walton said murder cases are almost always tried in state court, and said that's where this prosecution belongs. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

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Judge to decide if officer was federal agent during shooting
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press
Fri,02/11/22-3:25PM , 122 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Whether an officer was operating under federal authority as a deputized U.S. marshal or in his role as a full-time Ohio sheriff's deputy is at the heart of a rare legal proceeding over where the officer should be tried for a fatal 2020 shooting.
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In this Aug. 29, 1991, file photo, Tommy Thompson stands at the helm of the Arctic Explorer as Bob Evans, center, and Barry Schatz look on in Norfolk, Va. Thompson, a former deep-sea treasure hunter, is about to mark his fifth year in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of 500 missing gold coins found in the historic shipwreck of the S.S. Central America, known as the Ship of Gold. (Doral Chenoweth III/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

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Another delay for ex-deep-sea treasure hunter stuck in jail
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press
Mon,01/24/22-9:58AM , 140 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The long-running case of a former deep-sea treasure hunter marking his sixth year in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has hit yet another roadblock.
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Ohio prosecutors: Keep Casey Goodson case in state court
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press
Wed,12/08/21-9:24AM , 104 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged with murder and reckless homicide in the death of a man he shot last year was not acting as a federal agent at the time and his case should remain in state court, prosecutors argued as
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