Press Releases

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...
Jan 24 2017

Defendant: Rayshon La Carlos Alexander

MAN PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED FOR SELLING LARGE ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER (CARFENTANIL) SOLD AS HEROIN, CAUSING 2 DEATHS AND 9 OVERDOSES
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Mr. Alexander sold Carfentanil, a Schedule-II narcotic which is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 more times that of fentanyl, which killed two people and caused nine others to overdose”.  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Raysho...
Jan 18 2017

Defendant: Anthony James Reitan

REYNOLDSBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS MANDATORY INCARCERATION FOR PROVIDING FENTANYL LACED HEROIN THAT LED TO TWO NEAR FATAL OVERDOSES
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “We have accomplished getting another heroin trafficker off our streets in Franklin County while he serves a mandatory six year sentence in prison.”   Ron O’Brien announced that Anthony James Reitan, age 26, pled guilty today to tw...
Oct 20 2016

Defendant: Paris Leigh Hatton

MONDAY’S MOST WANTED HEROIN TRAFFICKER INDICTED AND ARRESTED FOR PROVIDING HEROIN THAT LED TO FATAL OVERDOSE
          Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “One of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Most Wanted, Paris Leigh Hatton, has been arrested for selling the heroin/fentanyl which killed another person in our county.  We will continue to aggressively prosecute these traffickers so t...
Oct 14 2016

Defendant: Sara E. Eberhard and Rayshon La Carlos Alexander

TWO UNRELATED HEROIN TRAFFICKERS INDICTED FOR PROVIDING HEROIN THAT LED TO ONE FATAL AND ONE NEAR FATAL OVERDOSE
          Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “We will continue to aggressively prosecute drug dealers selling heroin/fentanyl/carfentanil. The drugs they are selling are killing people in Franklin County.  Had EMS not responded by immediately administering Narcan to one of the vict...
Jul 25 2016

Defendant: Rayshon La Carlos Alexander

MAN INDICTED FOR SELLING LARGE ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER (CARFENTANIL) SOLD AS HEROIN, CAUSING 1 DEATH AND 9 OVERDOSES
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Mr. Alexander sold Carfentanil, a Schedule-II narcotic which is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 more times that of fentanyl, which killed a person and caused nine others to overdose”.  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Fran...
Jul 12 2016

Defendant: Rayshon Alexander

PROSECUTOR O’BRIEN SEEKS AND COURT GRANTS MOTION TO HOLD DRUG SELLER IN JAIL WITHOUT BOND IN OVERDOSE DEATH
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien filed a motion in Municipal Court at the initial appearance for Rayshon Alexander asking the Arraignment Court Judge Paul Herbert to detain Alexander without bail.  The reason for the motion was that O’Brien alleged that Alexander posed a danger to the ...

Pages: 4 of 5