Press Releases

Dec 21 2017

Defendant: Jackie Bell

DRUG TRAFFICKER INDICTED FOR PROVIDING THE HEROIN/FENTANYL AND COCAINE THAT LED TO ONE FATAL AND ONE NEAR FATAL OVERDOSE
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Had EMS not responded by immediately administering Narcan, we would have had two fatalities in this case instead of one. We will continue to aggressively prosecute drug dealers selling these drugs that are killing people in Franklin County.”  Pros...
Nov 22 2017

Defendant: Boos Corona-Aguilar

PROSECUTOR O’BRIEN SEEKS AND COURT GRANTS MOTION TO HOLD MAN IN JAIL WITHOUT BOND AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED WITH 60 POUNDS OF HEROIN/FENTANYL
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien filed a motion in Municipal Court at the initial appearance for Boos Corona-Aguilar, age 21, asking the Arraignment Court Judge Jim O’Grady to detain Corona-Aguilar without bail.  The reason for the motion was that O’Brien alleged that Corona-Aguilar pos...
Nov 03 2017

Defendant: Joel Parker Lassiter, Luis Gerado Delgado and Rashaad Talib Williams

4.5 POUNDS OF FENTANYL SEIZED FROM CAR TRUNK IN HOTEL PARKING LOT – THREE CALIFORNIANS INDICTED AND HELD
     Joel Parker Lassiter, Luis Gerado Delgado and Rashaad Talib Williams were indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury today for Aggravated Trafficking and Aggravated Possession of Drugs.  They face a maximum sentence of 22 years in prison for possessing more than two kilos...
Oct 23 2017

Defendant: Sheila Marie Hutchins

EAST SIDE BABYSITTER INDICTED FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER 12 YEAR OLD DIED FROM FENTANYL OVERDOSE WHILE IN HER CARE
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This babysitter violated her duty of care to the children she was babysitting by possessing fentanyl in her residence while having children present in her home.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury...
Sep 05 2017

Defendant: Julian Bice

MAN INDICTED IN CONNECTION TO FENTANYL DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH FOR SELLING THE DRUGS THAT CAUSED THE OVERDOSE
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien stated, “Through investigation, we have once again been able to identify the person responsible for selling the fentanyl in this case that ultimately took this victim’s life.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has retu...
Jul 07 2017

Defendant: Eric Banks

MAN INDICTED IN CONNECTION TO FENTANYL DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH FOR SELLING THE DRUGS THAT CAUSED THE OVERDOSE
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien stated, “This defendant sold Fentanyl to a person in a nursing home, which resulted in the victim’s death.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Eric Banks, age 25, for one count of Invo...
Apr 12 2017

Defendant: Shawn W. Point

GALLOWAY MAN UNDER INDICTMENT IN TWO COUNTIES FOR SELLING THE DRUGS THAT LED TO TWO DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS AND ONE NEAR FATAL OVERDOSE IN ONE WEEK
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This man is currently under indictment for Involuntary Manslaughter in Fairfield County in connection with the Fentanyl overdose death of a victim in 2015.  One week later, a victim in Franklin County also died from the drugs sold by this man.”  ...
Apr 07 2017

Defendant: Cory Lynn Wesley McDowell

EAST SIDE MAN INDICTED FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN CONNECTION WITH DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Through investigation, we have once again been able to identify the individual responsible for selling the drugs that ultimately took this victim’s life.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an...
Jan 31 2017

Defendant: Juan Antonio Mendoza

PUBLIC WARNING - MAN INDICTED FOR TRAFFICKING PILLS THAT APPEARED TO BE OXYCODONE BUT WERE ACTUALLY COUNTERFEIT PILLS THAT CONTAINED FENTANYL
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien commented, “Franklin County citizens need to be aware that there are pills out on the street that are marked as and appear to be 30 milligram Oxycodone pills that are counterfeit pills that contain Fentanyl.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the F...
Jan 27 2017

Defendant: Denise Nicole Dickinson

MOTHER PLEADS GUILTY TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN HEROIN/FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATH OF HER 11 MONTH OLD TODDLER AND IS SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “It is unacceptable when we see a tragic and avoidable death of an innocent toddler from a heroin and fentanyl overdose.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Denise Nicole Dickinson, age 33, plead guilty today to one count of In...

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