Press Releases

Dec 11 2012

Defendant: Abbas M. Ali

Man Charged In Sexual Assault At Goodale Park Charges Dismissed After Receipt Of DNA Results
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that Abbas M. Ali, age 25, charges were dismissed after DNA results came back from the lab that exclude him as the offender in connection with the September 16, 2012 attack of a woman in Goodale Park. The victim was attacked in...
Nov 30 2012

Defendant: William Duke Six

Westside Suspect Indicted For Multiple Robberies
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against William Duke Six, age 46, for 15 robberies committed over a 23 day span primarily on the west side of Columbus. Six has been indicted for fifteen coun...
Nov 28 2012

Defendant: Hollywood Casino Press Advisory

Joint Press Conference With Ohio Casino Control Commission
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that at 11 A.M. on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 he will hold a joint Press Conference with Karen J. Huey, Director of Enforcement for the Ohio Casino Control Commission, in order to announce current results of a month long investigation relati...
Nov 26 2012

Defendant: Michael Berry

14 People Indicted From A Drug Ring Travelling Between Columbus And Florida To Traffic In Oxycodone
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned indictments against fourteen separate individuals involved in a drug trafficking ring allegedly led by Michael Berry, age 29. The counts in the indictments range from Engaging in a Pattern...
Nov 20 2012

Defendant: Rebecca A. Christian

Former Clinton Township Fiscal Officer To Appear In Court On Theft Charges
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the former Clinton Township fiscal officer, Rebecca A. Christian, age 58, is expected to appear in court today to waive her right to indictment followed by the filing of a Bill of Information and subsequent guilty plea to the Bill of Info...
Oct 31 2012

Defendant: Bath Salts Indictment

Additional Indictments Handed Down In Bath Salts Cases
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has handed down additional indictments in the first three cases involving the trafficking of bath salts in Franklin County against the following defendants: Soleiman Mobarak, DOB 11/25/82, of 1830 Solera Dri...
Oct 31 2012

Defendant: Dartanian Hawkins

One Of Four Connected To Murder Of Whitehall Man Indicted
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Dartanian Hawkins, age 19, for two counts Aggravated Murder (Unclassified), one count Kidnapping (F-1), and one count Aggravated Robbery (F-1), for a total of four co...
Oct 05 2012

Defendant: Deneen Black

Hilltop Area Creeper Indicted
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced today that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a nine count indictment against Deneen Leonard Black, age 32, for his alleged involvement in a string of burglaries that occurred between December 28, 2011 and August 8, 2012. Black has be...
Oct 02 2012

Defendant: Austin M. Cusey Plea Outcome

One Of Trio Connected To Dublin Sunoco Murder Changes Plea To Guilty
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that Austin M. Cusey, age 18, pled guilty at a hearing this morning in connection to the February 13, 2012 slaying of Mohamed Hassan, age 46, at the 201 W. Bridge Street Sunoco station in Dublin. Cusey also pled guilty for his involvement in t...
Oct 02 2012

Defendant: Matthew Atkinson Plea

Man Connected To Aggravated Vehicular Homicide Changes Plea To Guilty
Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that Matthew Atkinson, age 34, pled guilty at a hearing today to one F-2 count of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, in connection to the December 16, 2011 head-on-collision on the far east side of town which resulted in the death of Chad Fields, ...

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