Assault

In February, videographer Mike Newman and political blogger D.J. Byrnes, with the Rooster, tried to interview former Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee. Gee took some questions before declining to answer more. That's when Assistant Professor Luke Perez stepped in front of Newman and threw him to the ground to prevent him from talking to Gee.

Luke Perez is seen in the video stepping in front of Mike Newman as Newman attempted to question former OSU President Gordon Gee in the Smith Laboratory. Perez then hits Newman and throws him to the ground.

Ted Carter spoke on WOSU's All Sides with Amy Juravich on Thursday, one day after news broke that an Ohio State professor assaulted a citizen journalist on campus. Ohio State's biggest donor, Les Wexner, is set to be deposed next week before Congress about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

The Ohio political blog, The Rooster, published video showing Chase Center Assistant Professor Luke Perez hitting a cameraman and then throwing him to the ground.

The man, who Grove City police identified as Zachary Mair of Westerville, faces multiple charges. Grove City police said the bullet struck a wall.

Gregory Coleman Jr., 37, died on Sept. 18, 2022. He was comatose for about two weeks after he was assaulted by two men working security for the company that owned the Julep bar.

On June 24, officials say five people assaulted a man on a COTA bus near Parsons Avenue and East Whittier Street on the south side. Columbus police said the man was left "bloodied and dazed" and they are still searching for the suspects.

A federal civil lawsuit has been filed against the Columbus Board of Education and a teacher in the district over an alleged physical assault of a student.

A vast majority of the homicides and more than half of felonious assaults that resulted in injuries this year were a result of gun violence, according to the Columbus Division of Police.

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