The second chance given to a Columbus teen earlier this year has run out.
Nineteen-year-old Akie Benjamin was ordered Monday to serve nine and a half years in prison after violating the terms of his probation. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Michael Holbrook handed down the sentence just months after he’d opted for community control over prison time, hoping Benjamin would turn things around.
Holbrook explained he took the risk partly because no one had been physically hurt in Benjamin’s prior cases, which included felonious assault and receiving stolen property…