Government seeks to evict man convicted in university hate crime plot from his home, defendant responds

Audrey Coleman, Reegan Davis
Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:56:40 +0000
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Man who plotted hate crime on campus has moved two blocks from campus. The Ohio government requested to evict him due to safety concerns.
Credit: Zachary Rilley | Lantern File Photo.

After the Ohio government requested to evict Tres Genco from his home on June 8, his legal team responded on June 17, arguing the request is unnecessary and influenced by emotions, rather than the law.?

In 2020, Genco pleaded guilty to plotting a hate crime against women on Ohio State’s campus. He was released from federal prison on April 30. His current home, which he moved into mid-May, sits two blocks away from campus.

“This Court’s decision-making must be guided by the actual facts and the actual law, not by optics, not by emotion, and not by the fear that has been stoked by the government’s motion to evict Mr. Genco from his home,” according to court documents obtained by The Lantern that were filed by Joseph Medici and Karen Savir, Genco’s legal team.?

Additionally, the report states that “evicting Mr. Genco from his apartment and banning him from residing within two miles of any college or university in Ohio involves a greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary.”?

The government’s request, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, to evict Genco states that his residence should be located at least two miles from any Ohio university or college and should be pre-approved by the probation office, as well as keeping the campus ban that is already in place.

“At a minimum, the government requests that the defendant be prohibited from living within 2 miles of College 1 and that he be prohibited from entering the premises of College 1, consistent with the campus ban that is already in place,” the request states. “As an alternative, if a residence location condition is not granted, the government seeks the imposition of electronic monitoring that would prohibit the defendant from going on the property of College 1.”

Genco has been living “productively and harmoniously” since his release from prison, according to his attorneys.

“Fortunately, as it turns out, this location was a good choice for Mr. Genco,” the document stated. “Since August of 2025, Mr. Genco has been residing, working, dining, socializing, attending religious services and on-line classes, all in downtown [Columbus] without issue.”

Genco’s defense is arguing that the request was filed based on emotion, instead of? assessing the legalities of the case.?

According to the defence filing documents obtained by The Lantern, Genco did not choose to live where he resides. He was ordered to live in his current home in the Columbus metro area by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which is a government and law enforcement agency operating under the Department of Justice.

Genco was arrested in April 2021, where authorities found a letter planning his attack for a shooting of 3,000 women at “OSU medical” in Columbus that was going to be executed in May, according to previous Lantern reporting.?

Genco self-identified as an “incel,” according to prior Lantern reporting, a pop culture term defined as “a member of an online community of young men who consider themselves unable to attract women sexually, typically associated with views that are hostile toward women and men who are sexually active,” defined by Oxford Languages.

Genco was released from prison after a nearly six-year sentence for his charges.?

This is an ongoing story and will be updated when more information is obtained.?