Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced that the Scioto County Grand Jury met and returned 13 Public Indictments.
An indictment is not a guilty verdict. The Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows:
Aaron Armstrong, 30
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Breaking and Entering
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possessing Criminal Tools
Receiving Stolen Property
Misdemeanor Theft
Aggravated Menacing
Illegal Use or Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Larry Cooper, 33
Otway, Ohio, was indicted on:
Failure to Appear as Required by Recognizance
Dillion Blankenship, 20
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Obstructing Justice
Austin Burke, 25
Lucasville, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Murder
Jesse Myers, 43
West Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Robbery
Disrupting Public Services
Domestic Violence
Benjamin Jones, 18
Lucasville, Ohio, was indicted on:
Felonious Assault (2 Counts)
Improperly Discharging a Firearm at or into a Habitation or a School Zone
Having Weapons While Under Disability
Brandon Brown, 23
South Shore, KY, was indicted on:
Attempted Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle
Escape
Resisting Arrest
Disorderly Conduct
Christian Scarberry, 27
Chillicothe, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs (3 Counts)
Ericka Robertson, 40
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possessing Criminal Tools
Resisting Arrest
Mark Mckillips, 49
Minford, Ohio, was indicted on:
Attempted Trespass in a Habitation when a Person is Present or Likely to be Present
Disorderly Conduct
Charles Smith, 26
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Domestic Violence
Aggravated Menacing
Samantha Turner, 41
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Possession of a Fentanyl-Related Compound
Possession of Drugs (2 Counts)
Illegal Use or Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Brooklyn Frazie, 41
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Murder
Murder (3 Counts)
Felonious Assault (2 Counts)
Attempted Failure to Stop After an Accident
Inducing Panic
Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol
Operation in Willful and Wanton Disregard of the Safety of Persons or Property
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Aggravated Vehicular Homicide (2 Counts)
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