A notice of a plea agreement in the case against Joel Mefford, 34, was filed Tuesday, according to U.S. District Court records. Mefford had been scheduled to go to trial in September.

Joel Mefford, 34, who joined the department in June 2011, is also charged with possession of five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute.

Joel Mefford, 35, of London, Ohio, is the second former Columbus officer to be sentenced to prison for conspiring to steal and sell drugs. In December, John Castillo, 31, of Grove City, was ...

Joel Mefford, 35, of London was assigned to investigate drug crimes. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Mefford worked with John Castillo, another Columbus police officer, to steal and traffic cocaine in ...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio says Joel Mefford, 35, of London, Ohio, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Documents from federal court show the cases of Columbus Division of Police officers John Castillo and Joel Mefford, both arrested Thursday on drug charges, are related to the ...

John Castillo, 31, and Joel Mefford, 34, remain in federal custody pending future hearings in their cases, which will be tried in U.S. District Court.

Federal court records show a former Columbus police officer is expected to enter into a plea agreement in a drug trafficking case. A notice of a plea agreement in the case against Joel Mefford, 34 ...

Joel Mefford's trial is scheduled for April 8. COLUMBUS, Ohio — One of the two officers with the Columbus Division of Police accused of stealing cocaine and giving it to others to sell pleaded ...

Former Columbus Division of Police officer 34-year-old Joel Mefford pleaded not guilty, according to our media partners in Columbus, WBNS-10 TV. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: ...

Columbus, Ohio, police officers John Castillo and Joel Mefford have been charged with possessing with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Mefford has also been charged with ...

Federal court records show a former Columbus police officer is expected to enter into a plea agreement in a drug trafficking case.. A notice of a plea agreement in the case against Joel Mefford ...