Press Releases

Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a four count indictment on Monique Curry, age 33, for one count of Felonious Assault (F-2), one count of Endangering Children (F-2), one count of Endangering Children (F-3), and one count...

Prosecutor Ron O'Brien was notified this week by the Ohio Parole Board that Dr.Edward F. Jackson had applied for a commutation of his lengthy prison sentence. O'Brien immediately fired off a two page letter to the Parole Board, copied to Governor Kasich, in which he said" I ...

Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has indicted the first known aggravated vehicular homicide while texting case against Daniel R. Jacobs, age 56, in the death of Dalton Ludwig, age 16, and for the serious physical harm to Floyd Evans, age 62...

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Art Schlichter has been charged with Theft from an elderly person in an amount exceeding One Million Dollars, a first degree felony under Ohio law, which is punishable by a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment and a $...

Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that a local attorney has been arrested for accepting drugs in exchange for providing representation in a pending criminal case. On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, the Franklin County Sheriff’s office concluded a short investigation by arr...

Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned several indictments against individuals allegedly involved in an apparent Florida to Ohio link for prescription drug trafficking. The charges range from (RICO) Engaging in a Pattern of Co...

Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a one count indictment on Quindell Sherman, age 20, for one unclassified count of Aggravated Murder in connection to the November 16, 2010 death of his 3 month old son Jayden Mitchell. A ...

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...