COLUMBUS – Three men are under arrest while two others remain at large after a crackdown on gang activities in two Northeast Side neighborhoods, Columbus police said.
The five were indicted March 10 by a Franklin County Grand Jury on a total of 63 felony counts of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, as well as drug and weapons violations.
Dwayne Stewart, Reuben Stewart and Jermaine Howard were taken into custody on 25 counts while police continue to search for Deante Martin and Ricardo Stewart, wanted on 38 counts.
The charges include drug possession, drug trafficking and having weapons while under disability.
An investigation led by Columbus Police officers from the Reroute Initiative and the Gang Enforcement Unit was a response to numerous community complaints in the Milo-Grogan and North Linden neighborhoods.
The investigation led to the execution of multiple search warrants in homes and two nuisance properties with the assistance of the office of the Columbus City Attorney.
Two sought in November slaying
Police are looking for two men in connection with the death of Anthony Elmore, who was inside a home on the Northeast Side when Evan Jones and Jermaine Johnson, both 32, allegedly fired shots into the building, Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Columbus police Homicide Unit said.
Officers found Elmore, 21, suffering from gunshot wounds inside the home in the 1600 block of E. 16th Avenue on Nov. 22 after being called to investigate reports of a home struck by gunfire.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the suspects is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477)