U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio

A local member of the transnational gang MS-13 has received a 35-year prison sentence for his part in a racketeering conspiracy that included multiple murders.

Officers John Kotchkoski, 33, and Marco Merino, 44 both work in the cartel until of the division's Narcotics Bureau. Federal charges include narcotics distribution and bribery.

The Ohio Department of Health will not appeal a federal court ruling that barred the state from not allowing people to change the gender listings on their birth certificates.