Columbus man arrested after repeated breakins and threats to two women
Mar 15, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Columbus man who police say burglarized, threatened and forced his way into an apartment multiple times has been arrested.
According to court documents, officers responded to a residence on North Roys Avenue near the intersection of West Broad Street in the North Hill
top neighborhood. Police said that on Feb. 9, Cortez Moore, 38, forced his way into the apartment and threatened to kill a woman who was there with her daughter.
Soon after Moore left, the victims realized car keys were missing from a chair near the front door. Later that day, the car was allegedly stolen.
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Three weeks later, on March 3, Moore reportedly threatened both at a Family Dollar store about a mile east on West Broad Street. Witnesses told the victims that the man’s name.
Six days later, police said Moore forced his way into the Roys Avenue apartment again and said that the mother’s son owed him money and he was there to collect. The daughter got a picture of Moore.
On Monday, the victims picked Moore out of a police photo array and identified him in all three incidents. He was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated burglary.
On Thursday, a Franklin County Municipal Court judge issued Moore a $500,000 bond and ordered him to next appear in court on March 21 for a preliminary hearing. ...read more read less