Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced today that the Scioto County Grand Jury met and returned 25 Public Indictments.
An indictment is not a conviction. All Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows:
RICHARD MICHAEL TURNER, 27
Franklin Furnace, Ohio, was indicted on:
Breaking and Entering
Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle
WAYNE PACE, 38
Wheelersburg, Ohio, was indicted on:
Theft
MATTHEW A. PACE, 34
Wheelersburg, Ohio, was indicted on:
Theft
JOSHUA PAXSON, 32
West Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Escape
JEFFREY SOWARDS, 56
Wheelersburg, Ohio, was indicted on:
Intimidation
JAMES EVANS, 82
Franklin Furnace, Ohio, was indicted on:
Felonious Assault
Aggravated Menacing
Criminal Damaging or Endangering
Aggravated Burglary
RUSSELL K. SMITH, 29
Minford, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possession of Marijuana
PATRICK CHRISTIAN BROWN, 50
Wheelersburg, Ohio, was indicted on:
Possessing Criminal Tools
Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
Illegal Use or Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
JOSHUA P. CABLE, 41
Lucasville, Ohio, was indicted on:
Felonious Assault
Obstructing Official Business
Resisting Arrest
JEREMY DON CRABTREE, 43
Fayetteville, Ohio, was indicted on:
Violating a Protection Order
JONATHAN LEE ARTHUR, 35
West Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Felonious Assault
JASON L. HAMMOND, 42
McDermott, Ohio, was indicted on:
Receiving Stolen Property
3 Counts Complicity in the Commission of an Offense
JON F. RICHARDS, 34
Otway, Ohio, was indicted on:
2 Counts Felonious Assault
Receiving Stolen Property
Attempted Murder
Having Weapons while under Disability
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
DESTINY D. EVANS, 37
Peebles, Ohio, was indicted on:
Receiving Stolen Property
3 Counts Complicity in the Commission of an Offense
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
ALEX F. STONE, 34
Lucasville, Ohio, was indicted on:
Breaking and Entering
Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle
ERICI SPENCER RAMAEKERS, 55
McDermott, Ohio, was indicted on:
2 Counts Felonious Assault
Criminal Trespass
OVI
GEORGE E. WEBSTER, 47
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Obstructing Official Business
Failure to Comply with an Order or Signal of a Police Officer
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possession of Heroin
OVI
MARTIN L. HORSLEY, III, 29
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
Illegal Use or Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
DAVID WAYNE LEVI MERRILL, 34
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Violating a Protection Order
BRYCE A. SHOVER, 31
Lucasville, Ohio, was indicted on:
Receiving Stolen Property
Tampering with Evidence
Possessing Criminal Tools
2 Counts Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs
Trafficking in Drugs
Trafficking in a Fentanyl-Related Compound
2 Counts Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possession of a Fentanyl-Related Compound
Possession of Drugs
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
Illegal Use or Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
SYNTHIA JEAN McCREARY, 45
Homeless, was indicted on:
Illegal Conveyance of Drugs of Abuse onto Grounds of a Specified Governmental Facility
SHANNON ELIZABETH WALBURN, 29
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Petty Theft
Telecommunications Fraud
JOSEPH MONTAVON, 52
McDermott, Ohio, was indicted on:
Trespass in a Habitation
JENNIFER MARIE PENTZ, 36
Minford, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possession of a Fentanyl-Related Compound
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
TODD WILLIAMS, SR., 41
Lucasville, Ohio, was indicted on:
2 Counts Having Weapons while under Disability
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments