A 21-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing his father, a medical doctor who lost his license for running a pill mill.
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Jonah Bryce Lake was sentenced Wednesday in the murder of his father, Dr. Kevin B. Lake.
In June 2017, police and medics were called to Dr. Lake’s home in the New Albany-area on the report of shots fired. An investigation found that a home invasion had been staged by Jonah.
Between 2006 and 2013, Dr. Lake maintained the Columbus Southern Medical Center Clinic which provided unlawful prescriptions of controlled substances to addicts.
Earlier in 2017, Dr. Lake pled guilty in federal court to fraud, tax evasion and drug charges.
Jonah will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
