Ohio man charged with killing 4 in different homes

BUCYRUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man was charged with aggravated murder today in the slayings of four men who were found in separate homes earlier this week.

Donald Hoffman has been in custody since Tuesday, when police say he walked into the department alone and provided officers with information that led to two of the bodies. Two others had been found a day earlier.

Hoffman, 41, had been jailed on a probation violation until he was charged in the deaths today. A judge ordered him held on $10 million bond — $2.5 million for each alleged slaying — following a recommendation from the prosecutor, who said Hoffman's criminal record includes assault, menacing and theft.

"There's no doubt that the defendant has been accused of a series of horrific crimes. If he did commit those crimes, he poses a threat to basically every citizen in this community," Crawford County Municipal Court Judge Sean Leuthold said.

The judge appointed a lawyer for Hoffman. A message was left for that attorney.