Press Releases

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a death penalty indictment on Caron Montgomery, age 36, in connection to the triple murders that occurred Thanksgiving Day on the north side of Columbus. Montgomery allegedly stabbed to death hi...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned two separate indictments on Eric Renard Cowart, age 44. Cowart was indicted for one count (F-1) Failure to Verify Current Address, and one count (F-1) Failure to Provide Notice of Change of Addr...

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Sylvete P. Gilbert, age 46, for 12 robberies over a 4 year period throughout central Ohio. “We rarely see female bank robbers”, O’Brien said. Although...

Today, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces the indictment of two women, Linnette Curran and Hope Berry-Hook, for separate robberies that occurred on the north side of Columbus on Christmas day. The Franklin County Grand Jury indicted Curran for two counts (F-2) ...

Today, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces the indictment of Daniel J. Nichter by the Franklin County Grand Jury. Nichter was indicted for fraud-related offenses involving one count (F-1) Theft, one count (F-1) Engaging In a Pattern Of Corrupt Activity, twenty–tw...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned indictments against nineteen separate members and associates of the Short North Posse, also known as the Short North Crips, operating in the Weinland Park area. The charges range from Enga...

Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Caron Montgomery, age 36, has waived his two preliminary hearings scheduled for this morning, December 7, 2010 at 10:00 am in connection to the murders of his girlfriend, Tia Hendricks, age 31, their 2 year old son Tyron Hendricks,...

Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Quindell Sherman has waived his preliminary hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning, November 24, 2010 at 10:00 am in connection to the death of his infant son, Jayden. The case has been bound over to the Franklin County Grand Jury ...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a five count indictment on Bryan M. Johnson in connection to the November 7, 2010 death of 22 month old London Hodge. Johnson was the 19 year old boyfriend to Natasha Steele, age 21, who is the ...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that at 5:00 p.m., November 3, 2010, Franklin County received a copy of a motion from the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene in the case Shreve v. Franklin County, et al.  Officials from Franklin County are currently reviewing this filing...