Press Releases

Jul 28 2016

Defendant: Javon Jermaine Lyons

23 YEAR OLD INDICTED FOR SHOOTING DEATH OF 26 YEAR OLD DRIVING ON I-70 WEST
Franklin County Prosecutor said, “This defendant had been adjudicated a delinquent child of a Burglary in 2010 and had a prior Aggravated Robbery conviction as an adult from 2011.  He was not allowed to possess the gun he used to shoot and kill this man as he was driving on t...
Jul 27 2016

Defendant: Milous Humphrey Keith

UNCLE INDICTED FOR KILLING 12 YEAR OLD NIECE AND INJURING 10 YEAR OLD NEPHEW
Franklin County Prosecutor said, “Based on two prior Felonious Assault convictions, this man was not allowed to possess the gun he used to shoot and kill his niece and to shoot and injure his nephew when he tried to quiet them down”.  Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien an...
Jul 27 2016

Defendant: Pokemon Go Public Safety Statement

PROSECUTOR O’BRIEN URGES FRANKLIN COUNTY POKEMON GO GAME PLAYERS TO FOCUS ON THEIR SAFETY RATHER THAN THEIR SCORES
Franklin County Prosecutor said, “Since the Pokemon Go game was launched earlier this month, there have been reports issued across the country regarding numerous serious injuries and dangerous encounters connected to many playing the game”.  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced t...
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 22 2016

Defendant: Lindsay Meaghan Newkirk AKA Lindsey Newkirk

DAUGHTER INDICTED FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FOR INJECTING HEROIN AND CAUSING THE DEATH OF HER FATHER
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This daughter prepared and injected heroin into her father’s arm which caused his death”.  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a two count indictment against Lindsay Meaghan Newkirk AKA Lindsey Newkir...
Jul 18 2016

Defendant: Jon Michael Jones

HILLIARD MAN INDICTED FOR PROVIDING HEROIN THAT LED TO NEAR FATAL OVERDOSE
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “The victim in this case injected some heroin from a $30 buy and then proceeded to operate a motor vehicle on I-270.  Almost immediately thereafter, he lost consciousness while behind the steering wheel, and his passenger (the defendant in this ca...
Jul 15 2016

Defendant: Jjamar Flowers Patterson

NEW CODIS HIT LINKS TWO STRANGER RAPES IN ONE MONTH TO THE SAME SUSPECT
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This man held a knife to his victims and threatened to kill both of them prior to their rapes in the same month.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment on Jjamar Flowers P...
Jul 14 2016

Defendant: Charles Sheard and Rayshon J. Smith

TWO SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN HOME INVASION WHILE MOM AND TWO YEAR OLD WERE HOME ALONE INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “one of these men held a gun to the head of a two year old little girl, while the other one pointed a gun at the mom, as they repeatedly demanded valuables from the victims.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand J...
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 ...
Jul 07 2016

Defendant: Christopher David Welch

FORMER LOCAL MOVING COMPANY EMPLOYEE STEALS JEWELRY AND COINS VALUED OVER $50,000 FROM 91 YEAR OLD VICTIM
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said, “This was an entrusted moving company employee who abused his position for his own personal gain by stealing valuable and sentimental jewelry and coins from an unsuspecting 91 year old man.”  Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today ...

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