TEENAGE SUSPECT IN MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP MURDER, FELONIOUS ASSAULT, AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY INDICTED

Posted on 1/30/2018

Defendant: Deveron Zekoi Huett

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This teenager and his adult accomplice charged into a home during the middle of the day, pulled out handguns, and started shooting.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Deveron Zekoi Huett, age 16, for one count of Aggravated Murder, two counts Murder, one count Attempted Murder, one count Felonious Assault, one count Aggravated Burglary, and two counts of Aggravated Robbery, all counts with firearm specifications, for a total of eight counts.  The indictment alleges that on May 4, 2017, Huett was involved in a home invasion armed robbery that resulted in the shooting death of James Bradford Black, age 34, and the wounding of Erik Steven Taylor, age 38.  Police also arrested Bradley D. Lubell, age 29, in connection with the home invasion.  Lubell was indicted in case number 17CR2674 on May 15^th, 2017 in connection to this crime.  Huett was initially charged in Juvenile Court with delinquency counts of Aggravated Murder and Aggravated Robbery and was bound over to Common Pleas Court on January 19^th, 2018.  Arraignment for Huett will be this Friday afternoon, February 2^nd, 2018 at 1:30 pm in courtroom 2B at 345 S. High Street in downtown Columbus.