Rape

The documentary “I Am Evidence” looked at how cities handled testing rape kits that sat shelved for years, and Cleveland played a part. The filmmakers compared different cities’ approaches and resources, and they found Cleveland ahead of some others, particularly with the work of Cuyahoga County's Sexual Assault Kit Task Force.

Attorney General Mike DeWine announced Friday that state officials have cleared Ohio's backlog of untested rape kits. The state has been working through…

Four years ago, Cait Hogan woke up in her bed on a Sunday morning after a night of drinking in the small college town of Athens, Ohio. Her entire body...

The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed the case of an adult identified as a suspect in a rape he allegedly committed as a teenager 24 years ago.The high…

Three Union County teenagers have been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl following a high school football game in September.The Marysville boys -…

A grand jury has indicted a Delaware man on rape charges for alleging raping a girl he met on an instant-messaging app. Franklin County Prosecutor Ron…

A man has been indicted in a 1997 rape at a central Ohio park after new testing on old evidence helped identify him through DNA.Prosecutors announced…

Police in Ohio's capital say cold-case investigators have used DNA evidence to link a rape case nearly two decades old to a man recently arrested in…

A judge has set bail at $1.5 million for a central Ohio man accused of raping a bank employee last week.Columbus police say 31-year-old Billy Anderson…

A drum major instructor for Ohio State University's marching band who is accused of sexually assaulting a female student has been indicted on rape…