Press Releases

Mar 16 2016

Defendant: Elijah Jamal Hand

17 YEAR OLD INVOLVED IN ROBBERY INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED MURDER
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a seven count indictment on Elijah Jamal Hand, age 17, in connection to the May 8, 2015 early morning robbery that happened outside an eastside apartment located at 2471 Shore Boulevard East, wh...
Mar 15 2016

Defendant: Joviyon S. Turner

MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Joviyon S. Turner, age 19, plead guilty today to one count of Murder (an unclassified felony) with a firearm specification, in connection to the June 7, 2015 murder of Raheem Dearmond, age 22.  The shooting death of Dearmond happened foll...
Mar 14 2016

Defendant: Raymont Abdul Durwin

MAN INDICTED FOR LURING VICTIMS INTO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today Raymont Abdul Durwin Moore AKA Shorty, age 42, plead guilty today to one count Attempted Trafficking in Persons (F-2), and one count of Compelling Prostitution (F-3) in connection to Moore prostituting out two adult female victims under ...
Mar 11 2016

Defendant: Marctarious Kejuan Grace

SUSPECT INDICTED IN DEATH OF SEVEN YEAR OLD
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Marctarious Kejuan Grace, age 18, for two counts of Aggravated Murder, one count of Murder, three counts of Attempted Murder, three counts of Felonious Assault and on...
Mar 02 2016

Defendant: Blake Ryan Hector

SUSPECT INDICTED FOR EIGHT AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES IN FIVE DAYS
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Blake Ryan Hector, age 20, for eight robberies over a 5 day period throughout central Ohio.  “We rarely see this number of robberies in less than a we...
Mar 01 2016

Defendant: Wendell L. Callahan

DEATH PENALTY INDICTMENT FILED ON WENDELL CALLAHAN FOR TRIPLE MURDERS OF EX-GIRLFRIEND AND HER TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a ten count death penalty indictment on Wendell Callahan, age 35, in connection to the January 12, 2016 triple murders of his ex-girlfriend Erveena Hammonds, age 32, and her two young daughters ...
Feb 29 2016

Defendant: Billy Dee Anderson

FORMER INMATE INDICTED FOR RAPE AT CHASE BANK IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Billy Dee Anderson, age 31, for one count of Kidnapping (F-1), and six counts of Rape (F-1), for a total of seven counts, in connection the kidnapping and rape that t...
Feb 24 2016

Defendant: Jeffrey Knight

Man Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of his Adult Son
Jeffrey Knight pled guilty today to a charge of F-1 Involuntary Manslaughter in the death of his 25 year old son, Jonathan.  The father and son had been drinking and became involved in an argument and a fight at Jeffrey Knight’s home.  The elder Knight hit his son in the head...
Feb 16 2016

Defendant: Jacob Ferrero

Jacob Ferrero Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Murder of his girlfriend and to the Murder of their unborn child, Aggravated Arson and Abuse of a Corpse
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that Jacob T. Ferrero, has entered Guilty Pleas of Aggravated Murder, Murder, Aggravated Arson and Gross Abuse of a Corpse.  Ferrero was on trial for the October 8, 2014 death of his pregnant girlfriend, Samantha Darlene Greenlee, who wa...
Feb 05 2016

Defendant: New World Recycling, Yujian Wang, PSC Metals, Jeremy Webster, Masser Metals & Recycling, G-Cor Automotive, Adam Greenblott, Sims Brothers Recycling, A to Z Recycling, Inc., Lin Wang, Xiaodong Qu

LONG TERM SCRAP YARD INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN INDICTMENTS FOR ACCEPTING PROHIBITED OR STOLEN PROPERTY
The Columbus Division of Police, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office are proud to announce the result of the first ever under-cover compliance investigation in the nation focused specifically on all scrap yards within a single large mu...

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