Charges Dropped Against Hancock County Robbery Suspect

6/18/18 – 7:13 A.M.

The Hancock County prosecutor has dismissed aggravated robbery and complicity to rape charges against a Lima man. The move comes after an Allen County judge sentenced 21-year-old Cory Jackson to 30 years to life in prison for an Allen County murder.

The incidents in Hancock County incidents allegedly happened in January of 2017. The Lima News reports a jury convicted Jackson for the 2016 murder of Amari Gooding in downtown Lima earlier this year. A judge sentenced him in April.

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