Press Releases

May 16 2017

Defendant: Bradley D. Lubell

ADULT SUSPECT IN MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP MURDER, FELONIOUS ASSAULT, AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY INDICTED
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This man and his teenage accomplice charged into a home during the middle of the day, pulled out handguns, and started shooting.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Bradley D. ...
May 12 2017

Defendant: Randall Ray Belcher

MAN INDICTED FOR DUMPING HAZARDOUS WASTE IN MORE THAN 200 LARGE VEHICLE FUEL TANKS AT 10 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Grand Jury indicted Randall Ray Belcher, age 45, of a total of 20 counts of Illegal Hazardous Waste Disposal, Hazardous Waste Transportation and Open Dumping.  “Over the course of several months in 2014 and 2015, Belcher dumped ...
May 08 2017

Defendant: Masser Metals, Sims Brothers Recycling, G-Cor Automotive, New World Recycling, PSC Metals and A to Z Recycling

LONG TERM SCRAP YARD INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN CONVICTIONS FOR SIX SCRAP YARDS FOR ACCEPTING PROHIBITED OR STOLEN PROPERTY
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Six scrap yards have been convicted for violating scrap purchasing laws.”  The Columbus Division of Police, Columbus Department of Public Safety, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office are proud to announce t...
Apr 20 2017

Defendant: Anita Marie Martin

RICO INDICTMENT FILED ON WOMAN FOR USING COUNTERFEIT PERSONAL CHECKS AT KROGER STORES IN FRANKLIN AND DELAWARE COUNTY
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This woman went to over a dozen different Kroger stores and used counterfeit personal checks to make approximately $3,000 in purchases.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a RICO indictment ag...
Apr 19 2017

Defendant: Darryl J. Lee

MAN INDICTED FOR MURDERING HIS FRIEND AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO HIDE HER BODY
                                                             Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Following an argument, this man murdered his friend and then put her body in the backseat of his vehicle.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury h...
Apr 18 2017

Defendant: Billy Dee Anderson

MAN SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RAPE AT CHASE BANK IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Billy Dee Anderson was sentenced today to forty years in prison in connection the kidnapping and rape that took place in the downtown Columbus Chase Bank tower located at the intersection of 3rd and Broad Streets on February 19, 2016.”  While in ...
Apr 18 2017

Defendant: Salina Alishia Alrawahna

WOMAN INDICTED FOR MURDER AFTER HER VICTIM DIES TWO MONTHS LATER FROM COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO HIS BEING SHOT IN THE UPPER BACK
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “Following a confrontation with the victim, this woman grabbed her gun from her apartment and shot the victim in the upper back after he had left her residence and was walking away.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County...
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 10 2017

Defendant: Douglas E. Krumlauf

SUSPECT IN 1985 COLD CASE INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED MURDER
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “When a killer’s fingerprints were entered into the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) following an unrelated arrest in 2015, Columbus Police Cold Case Homicide Detectives were able to connect him to an unsolved murder that occurre...

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