Press Releases

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Zachary Ruppel, age 28, and former music teacher and choir director of St. Francis DeSales High School, entered a guilty plea today to five sex offenses before Judge Colleen O’Donnell for one count Compelling Prostitution (F3), one count ...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Kurt Flood, age 24, for one count Murder (unclassified), one count Felonious Assault (F-2), one count Child Endangering (F-2), one count Tampering with Evidence (F-3), and ...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Michael Gene Quatrine, age 51, for one count (F-4) Trademark Counterfeiting.  Quatrine was allegedly involved in selling counterfeit versions of the popular “Undisput...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against OSU student Alexander N. Delap, age 23, for two counts of Murder, both unclassified felonies, in connection to the March 1, 2015 stabbing death of Columbus State Comm...

Prosecutor Ron O'Brien assigned assistant prosecutor Joseph Gibson to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) as a liaison with this office.  Over the past week Gibson has worked with JTTF, the FBI and the US Attorney’s Office on a case involving an American citizen who is a Co...

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Tracy A. Glover, age 44, and her boyfriend Alberto P. Hernandez, age 53, in connection to the sexual assaults that occurred between June 9, 2014 to Fe...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Terrance Trent, age 62, for two counts (F-3) Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, and two counts (F-4) Vehicular Assault, for a total of four counts, in connection to the D...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an eleven count indictment against Paul Stephen Kormanik, age 65.  The charges range from one count (RICO) Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity (F-1), one count Theft From an Elderly ...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Troy D. Cockrell, age 51, for one count (F-3) Theft in Office and one count (F-3) Tampering with Records, for a total of two counts .  Cockrell was a Deputy Fiscal Officer ...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment on Kenneth Leon Hayes, Jr., age 22, for one count Felonious Assault (F-2), one count Endangering Children (F-2), and one count Endangering Children (F-3), for a total of thre...