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...
Dec 20 2017

Defendant: Cottrell Marshall, Jr., Deshawn Lamont Givens, Thorsha Lamont Cartharn, Jeffery Terrell Marshall, Sherman Lloyd Tanner, Michelle L. Martin, and Sara Louise Ann Wilson

RICO INDICTMENT FILED ON SEVEN ADULTS FOR LURING VICTIMS INTO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Our office will continue to work with local law enforcement to prosecute offenders who force or coerce victims into human trafficking.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a RICO...
Dec 19 2017

Defendant: Shelton Demond Burnette

WHITEHALL MAN INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER AND FELONIOUS ASSAULT AFTER STABBING HIS WIFE OVER 2 DOZEN TIMES WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This is a sad case of domestic violence where this man stabbed his wife over two dozen times because he felt like she belittled him in front of her adult daughters.”  Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury ...
Dec 13 2017

Defendant: Robert James Scheiblich and Dillon Jacob Scheiblich

RICO INDICTMENT FILED ON FATHER AND SON FOR STEALING APPROXIMATELY $100,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF TIRES AND RIMS FROM OVER THIRTY VICTIMS LOCATED IN 6 COUNTIES IN OHIO
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This father and son went to approximately three dozen different businesses located in Franklin, Madison, Union, Butler, Medina, and Muskingum Counties and stole approximately $100,000 in tires and/or rims they took from trucks and trailers.”  Pros...
Dec 06 2017

Defendant: Steven M. Wallen and Nina L. Straty

TWO SEPARATE AND UNRELATED PARENTS INDICTED FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATHS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CHILDREN
            Prosecutor Ron O’Brien stated, “An innocent toddler shot to death in one family and a newborn baby with a drug overdose in another family have both died while in the care of their respective parent.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand ...
Dec 01 2017

Defendant: Richard Miguel Hough

DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVER INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN DEATH OF 61 YEAR OLD WOMAN
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This man had drugs in his system when he drove the wrong direction up the entrance ramp and struck the victim and her three passengers head-on as they travelled on the ramp from eastbound Refugee Road to westbound U.S. Route 33.”  ...
Dec 01 2017

Defendant: Virsna Angel Sieng

MAN FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSING LARGE AMOUNT OF COCAINE AND A FIREARM SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that Virsna Angel Sieng, age 41, was sentenced today after previously being found guilty of Possession of Drugs and Having a Weapon Under Disability following a four day jury trial in October.  On July 7 th , 2014, a search warrant was ex...
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 17 2017

Defendant: Jevonte Lemar Tucker

MAN INDICTED FOR SEVERELY BEATING HIS CURRENT GIRLFRIEND’S TWO YEAR OLD TODDLER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST HIS PREGNANT EX-GIRLFRIEND
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This innocent toddler was brutally beaten from head to toe while in the care of his mother’s boyfriend.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment on Jevonte Lemar Tucker in connection to the ...
Nov 09 2017

Defendant: Edward Allen Torres

DRUG AND ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVER INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR HOMICIDE IN DEATH OF CONSTRUCTION WORKER ON I-70
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This man had both alcohol and drugs in his system when he drove through barrels and struck a construction worker who was working in the three right hand lanes that were closed to traffic on I-70 near Hilliard-Rome Road.”  Franklin ...

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