Ava Boldizar

digital reporter @nbc4i covering crime, cold cases, courts, local politics, law enforcement, public safety and more. | email: [email protected]

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Students from Georgetown University have asked Ohio Gov. DeWine to grant clemency to a Columbus man who has spent more than a decade in prison. https://t.co/a74CAvBrh9

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An incoming Ohio law will create a 15-foot buffer around police officers and other first responders while they are carrying out their duties. https://t.co/PUi5W1sFY2

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A Columbus man has been indicted in a 1985 Cincinnati-area homicide after police conducted new forensic testing. https://t.co/EXbaEP5Bm7

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More than eight years after 19-year-old LeShay Dungey vanished while walking to a friend's home in Columbus, investigators are still searching for answers. https://t.co/yHVoDSMQzs

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A few weeks before publicly calling for Ohio to abolish the death penalty, Gov. Mike DeWine quietly commuted a death sentence for the first time. https://t.co/iLD5u4wooT

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Human remains found in two separate Minnesota lakes more than 30 years ago have been identified as a missing Columbus woman. https://t.co/2FZuiv4eyh

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House Bills 654 and 459 were unanimously approved and await action in the Senate. https://t.co/FFTQIbIvSp

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An Ohio bill inspired by the 2017 murder of Ohio State student Reagan Tokes has passed the House. https://t.co/ooAqiw21ds

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More than 1,800 people have signed a petition fighting against a planned Buc-ee’s in Mansfield, citing a number of concerns. https://t.co/J7JEK195tA

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Two Ohio lawmakers are attempting to ban the use of taxpayer dollars for political branding on public signage, such as road signs. https://t.co/Rn3fWqwxVf

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McDonald’s plans to demolish its classic Gahanna location and replace it with a building that has its modern branding. https://t.co/9LxGbEjIJK

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Some nonprofits say public identification of domestic-abuse offenders may also indirectly identify victims. https://t.co/CAqb6hXMuG

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A central Ohio funeral home that was sued for mistakenly cremating a woman against her wishes has issued an apology, but says the lawsuit could put it out of business. https://t.co/t6OVrYrtWe

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The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that people who are federally barred from possessing firearms can petition the state to have their gun rights restored. https://t.co/KKSJy3BiPU

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A federal judge in Ohio has tasked the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles with reviewing thousands of rejected vanity plates. https://t.co/sjbVnAcB4A

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A woman has filed a lawsuit alleging Columbus police allowed her 1994 rape case sit idle for decades despite leads she provided. https://t.co/lUdEgKuIUt

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The families of missing Ohioans marched the streets of west Columbus on Saturday with posters of their loved ones in hand. https://t.co/EuUwDHOmkW

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Tres Genco's 2021 arrest came after police uncovered a plot to commit a mass shooting at Ohio State, with a goal of killing 3,000 people. https://t.co/HccBjtdL0T

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The family of a central Ohio woman is suing a local funeral home, alleging she was mistakenly cremated. https://t.co/NCgc24vOni

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Jessica Schleder said she thought she did everything right when she hired a babysitter last spring, employing a nanny she found on https://t.co/ZfmhM9qx4r.  https://t.co/UZ0UIGgEqs