Press Releases

Mar 10 2015

Defendant: Alexander N. Delap

OSU STUDENT INDICTED FOR FATAL STABBING OF 21 YEAR OLD COLUMBUS STATE STUDENT
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against OSU student Alexander N. Delap, age 23, for two counts of Murder, both unclassified felonies, in connection to the March 1, 2015 stabbing death of Columbus State Comm...
Feb 24 2015

Defendant: ABDIRAHMAN SHEIK MOHAMUD

TERRORISM INDICTMENT FILED AGAINST ABDIRAHMAN SHEIK MOHAMUD
Prosecutor Ron O'Brien assigned assistant prosecutor Joseph Gibson to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) as a liaison with this office.  Over the past week Gibson has worked with JTTF, the FBI and the US Attorney’s Office on a case involving an American citizen who is a Co...
Feb 17 2015

Defendant: Tracy Glover and Alberto Hernandez

WOMAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING DOWN 8-YEAR OLD WHILE SHE WAS RAPED BY WOMAN’S BOYFRIEND HAVE BOTH BEEN INDICTED
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Tracy A. Glover, age 44, and her boyfriend Alberto P. Hernandez, age 53, in connection to the sexual assaults that occurred between June 9, 2014 to Fe...
Jan 29 2015

Defendant: Terrance Trent

DRIVER OF DOWNTOWN CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEDESTRIANS INDICTED FOR AGGRAVATED VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Terrance Trent, age 62, for two counts (F-3) Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, and two counts (F-4) Vehicular Assault, for a total of four counts, in connection to the D...
Jan 28 2015

Defendant: Paul S. Kormanik

RICO INDICTMENT FILED AGAINST COLUMBUS ATTORNEY
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an eleven count indictment against Paul Stephen Kormanik, age 65.  The charges range from one count (RICO) Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity (F-1), one count Theft From an Elderly ...
Jan 21 2015

Defendant: Troy D. Cockrell

FORMER DEPUTY FISCAL OFFICER FOR WESTERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INDICTED FOR THEFT IN OFFICE
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Troy D. Cockrell, age 51, for one count (F-3) Theft in Office and one count (F-3) Tampering with Records, for a total of two counts .  Cockrell was a Deputy Fiscal Officer ...
Jan 15 2015

Defendant: Kenneth Leon Hayes, Jr.

FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER INDICTED FOR CHILD ENDANGERING OF
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment on Kenneth Leon Hayes, Jr., age 22, for one count Felonious Assault (F-2), one count Endangering Children (F-2), and one count Endangering Children (F-3), for a total of thre...
Jan 08 2015

Defendant: Roshawn Lamar Tatom

SUSPECT IN 1996 COLD CASE INDICTED FOR RAPE BASED ON DNA HIT
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a rape indictment on Roshawn Lamar Tatom, age 35, in connection to an offense that took place in 1996.  Tatom has been indicted for one count Rape (F-1), and one count Kidnapping (F-1), fo...
Oct 30 2014

Defendant: Jacob T. Ferrero

TWENTY-THREE YEAR OLD INDICTED FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND UNBORN BABY
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Jacob T. Ferrero, age 23, for one count Aggravated Murder (unclassified), two counts Murder (unclassified), one count Aggravated Arson, (F-1), one count Aggravated Ar...
Oct 10 2014

Defendant: Brandi Kierra Byrd

MOM INDICTED FOR BURNING TODDLER
Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Brandi Kierra Byrd, age 23, for one count (F-2) Felonious Assault, one count (F-2) Endangering Children, and one count (F-3) Endangering Children, for a total of 3 c...

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