Hambric Gets Five Years Community Control

A 54-year-old woman avoids prison time for a southwest Columbus shooting after pleading guilty to felonious assault.

Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Violence

Hambric Gets Five Years Community Control

Regina Hambric, 54, was sentenced to five years of community control for a shooting on Galli Court in southwest Columbus. She had pleaded guilty to felonious assault in August 2025, and charges of attempted murder, domestic violence and receiving stolen property were dropped.

Why it matters

The sentence means Hambric will remain out of prison as long as she complies with community control terms. If she violates those terms, she faces 8 1/2 years in prison.

Hambric has been sentenced and is now under community control rather than incarcerated. The victim was hospitalized in critical condition after the April 30, 2024 shooting but survived.

The players

Regina Hambric

A 54-year-old Columbus woman who pleaded guilty to felonious assault in connection with the shooting.

The details

Officers responded to the 600 block of Galli Court in southwest Columbus, where they found one person with a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition and survived.

April 30, 2024: Shooting on Galli Court in southwest Columbus.
Aug. 25, 2025: Hambric pleads guilty to felonious assault.
Nov. 5, 2026: Hambric is sentenced to five years of community control.

Legal Context

Under Ohio's community control system, judges can impose supervision in place of prison while holding a suspended prison term over the offender. Cases like this show how plea agreements that drop attempted murder charges can lead to supervised sentences rather than incarceration.

Residents of the Galli Court area and nearby Lincoln Park West may see the case as a reminder of the shooting that hospitalized a victim in 2024. The community control terms will determine whether the defendant remains under supervision locally for the next five years.

The takeaway

Community control sentences can keep offenders out of prison, but they carry a suspended prison term that takes effect if conditions are violated. Readers following local court outcomes should watch for compliance reports over the coming years.