Four Franklin County men indicted in drug, gun ring

COLUMBUS – A federal grand jury has charged four Franklin County men in a 13-count indictment alleging that they conspired to distribute heroin and sell guns illegally.The indictment charges three men who live on the west side of Columbus, Christopher L. McElroy, 19, Lamarco T. Brown, 18, Nathan G. Nixon, aka “Fat Boy,” 20 and Robert A. Petty, 31, of Grove City with conspiracy to unlawfully sell firearms, which is punishable by a maximum sentence of five years in prison. The in