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Cory Ernest Holland Charged With Murder in Allen County
Allen County booking record lists one felony charge and names the sheriff's office as the arresting agency.
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Production note: This article was reviewed and rewritten through Registry Recognizer's manual editorial process on 2026-09-03. The booking record and booking photograph are verified against the source system's own retained capture. The booking source published no statute citation for the charge, so the Ohio section cited above is general legal context attributed to the official code rather than the section the county charged. A search for Allen County court documents was not attempted: this outlet does not yet have a configured court-records source for that county, so no court filings were found or ruled out either way. No case disposition is on record.
Cory Ernest Holland, 56, was booked at the Allen County Jail on September 2, 2026, according to the Allen County Sheriff's Office inmate inquiry system. The record lists one charge, written as "MURDER" and classified as a felony, and names the Allen County Sheriff's Office as the arresting agency. The record gives an arrest time earlier the same morning than the booking. It lists no bond amount and no case or docket number.
The record publishes no statute citation, so the following is general legal context drawn from the current official Ohio Revised Code rather than the section the county charged. Section 2903.02 defines murder. Its first division provides that no person shall purposely cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy. A second division covers causing a death as a proximate result of committing or attempting to commit an offense of violence that is a felony of the first or second degree, other than the offenses that section excepts. This description explains what the statute covers; it is not a finding that Holland committed any element of it, and any penalty it carries would apply only upon conviction.
A booking record is a public record of an arrest and a charge. It is not a conviction, and Holland is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court. No indictment, plea, or case disposition is recorded for this booking.
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