Prosecutor Ron O'Brien

Press Releases

Mar 17 2014

Defendant: Nathan W. Baker

OSU GRAD STUDENT INDICTED ON CHILD SEX CHARGES
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Nathan William Baker, age 32, for two counts (F-5) Disseminating Matter Harmful to Juveniles, three counts (F-4) Pandering Sexually Oriented Matter Involving a Minor,...
Mar 17 2014

Defendant: Keith Jerome Pippins, Jack Allen Morris II, Tyler Mills Griffin, Robert Lee Redd III, Charles William Allen, Jr, Ian Michael Pippins, Kiersten Lindsey Smith, Percy Ramone Burney, Aidlo Perez

9 PEOPLE INDICTED FROM DRUG TRAFFICKING OPERATION IN SOUTH COLUMBUS
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned indictments against eight separate individuals involved in a drug trafficking organization allegedly led by Keith Jerome Pippins, Jr., age 21, Jack Allen Morris, II, age 26, and Tyler Mill...
Mar 14 2014

Defendant: Melissa Ann Robins

DRIVER OF CRASH THAT KILLED THREE PEOPLE INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Melissa Ann Robins, age 32, for three counts (F-2) Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, three counts (F-3) Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, four counts (F-3) Aggravated Vehic...
Feb 19 2014

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TASK FORCE INVESTIGATING HOMICIDES ANNOUNCES TIPLINE Investigating “common threads” between 16 murders
COLUMBUS – Federal and local law enforcement agencies have established a tip line as a way to encourage people to call with information on 15 homicides that have occurred in central Ohio between 1998 and 2013.   The tip line number is 614 849-1766.   “Information develo...
Jan 24 2014

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MAN WITH EXPLOSIVES IN NORTH SIDE HOME INDICTED
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Mark Alan Kulis, age 55, for six counts (F-3) Criminal Possession of an Explosive Device with Specification, and one count (F-4) Carrying Concealed Weapon, for a tota...
Jan 16 2014

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JUVENILE SUSPECT IN TWO COLUMBUS MURDERS AND MADISON COUNTY TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA CRIME SPREE INDICTED
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Devonere Simmonds, age 17, for five counts Aggravated Robbery with Specification (F-1), two counts Aggravated Murder with Specification (unclassified), two counts Mur...
Jan 10 2014

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FIVE REPEAT DRUNK DRIVERS INDICTED WHO EACH HAVE 5 OR MORE PRIOR CONVICTIONS
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned five separate indictments against five individuals for Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs with Specification.  “Each of these defendants was impaired by ...
Dec 20 2013

Defendant: Trixie Kay Belew, Syndon Cunningham, Darryl Ferguson, David Phillips, Sean Wolfe

THREE THEFT RELATED CASES INDICTED
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned three theft related indictments.  O’Brien said “These employees were trusted employees who abused their positions for their own personal gain.” Trixie Kay Belew has been indicted for one count ...
Dec 17 2013

Defendant: John Doe KA 7/10/94

FIRST JOHN DOE RAPE CASE INDICTED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
            Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has indicted the first John Doe rape case in Franklin County stemming from an offense that took place in 1994.  The case was indicted under the name of “John Doe” to avoid the expiration of the s...
Dec 05 2013

Defendant: Zachary R. Ruppel

FORMER DESALES CHOIR DIRECTOR INDICTED FOR SOLICITING SEX ACT AND NUDE PICTURES FROM STUDENTS
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has indicted Zachary R. Ruppel, age 27, for six counts (F-2) Pandering Obscenity Involving a Minor, one count (F-3) Compelling Prostitution, one count (F5) Importuning, one count (F-5) Disseminating Ma...
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