One brother charged in Italian Village homicide near dumpster could serve life in prison
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – One of two brothers accused of killing a man whose body was found behind a dumpster pleaded guilty in court Thursday.
In Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, 24-year-old Michael Mickens III entered a plea of guilty for the murder of Isaiah Thompson-Angus, who was found next to an Italian Village dumpster on June 19, 2023.
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Columbus police said that at 4:15 a.m. that morning, officers found Thompson-Angus near the 1000 block of North 4th Street lying next to a dumpster with a gunshot wound to the head. Video surveillance captured the moments leading up to the fatal shooting.
At around 2:24 a.m., a camera spotted Thompson-Angus walking back to the dumpster with another man before they began fighting. Another man and a woman then ran up to the two, and the third man also reached into his front shorts pocket before joining in.
Shortly after the third man and woman got to the dumpster, the video showed all three leaving quickly. Three weeks later Mickens III and his brother Micheal Mickens Jr. were named as suspects and charged with murder. The two were arrested days apart in July.
From the plea agreement, Mickens III will serve 15 years to life in prison. A trial for Mickens Jr. has yet to begin. He has pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated murder, felonious assault, and kidnapping.
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