The two-day operation focused on the demand side of human trafficking.
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HILLIARD, Ohio A multi-jurisdiction operation resulted in dozens of arrests around the Columbus area.
According to the Office of Attorney General Dave Yost, the arrests were made as part of the human trafficking sting Operation 614.
Much like Operation “Autumn Hope,” in October 2020, multiple agencies worked together to break the cycle of sex trafficking across the state.
The operation, which took place on April 14 and 15 in Columbus and surrounding suburbs, focused on the demand side of human trafficking and involved more than 20 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
City of Hilliard: Settlement reached with former accounting firm for $35,000
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The city of Hilliard and its former accounting firm, Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co., finalized an out-of-court settlement April 12, ending a lawsuit the city had filed in 2019 against the accounting firm.
The settlement for $35,000 is one of several lawsuits that stemmed from the theft of money by the city’s former deputy director of recreation and parks, Heather Ernst, who in October 2018, in a plea bargain, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in office, a third-degree felony, and one count of attempted tampering with records, a fourth-degree felony.
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Hilliard Division of Police officers arrested a 24-year-old Columbus woman for burglary, a felony charge, at 3:57 a.m. March 4 at a residence on the 5100 block of
Gaymon Drive.
After being dispatched to the residence, officers observed a dispute among multiple individuals, and an investigation determined that a woman had attempted to forcibly enter the residence and damaged a vehicle parked in the driveway, said Andrea Litchfield, a police spokeswoman.
The individuals at the residence and the woman whom police arrested knew each other, Litchfield said.
The woman was arrested, transported to the Franklin County jail and police issued a no-trespass warning to her concerning the Gaymon Drive residence.
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Hilliard’s first bank robbery occurred in 1910.
The perpetrators escaped with $5,200 and never were captured. The money also was not recovered.
Thus began the thinking Hilliard might not be as safe as it should be, and official action followed, albeit gradually.
In 1902, city administrators had decided Hilliard needed police protection.
However, it took 14 years of discussions and official red tape before the city finally hired its first marshal.
It took another 13 years before the official approval and construction of Hilliard’s first jailhouse.
This structure, which housed an office room and two jail cells, was on Norwich Street, one block north of Main Street. The building still exists, but it is not used as a police or jail facility.