Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor, announced that the Scioto County Grand Jury met and returned 18 Public Indictments.
An indictment is not a conviction.
All Defendants are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty.
The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows:
Michael Bishop, 39
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Attempted Aggravated Murder
Attempted Murder
Felonious Assault (3 Counts)
Discharge of Firearm On or Near Prohibited Premises
Having Weapons While Under Disability (6 Counts)
Tampering with Evidence
Inducing Panic
Obstructing Official Business
Waylon Cooley, 18
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Attempted Aggravated Murder (3 Counts)
Attempted Murder (2 Counts)
Felonious Assault (2 Counts)
Kidnapping (2 Counts)
Aggravated Robbery ( 2 Counts)
Robbery (3 Counts)
Conspiracy (2 Counts)
Tampering with Evidence (3 Counts)
Trinida Castro, 17
Franklin Furnace, OH, was indicted on:
Attempted Aggravated Murder (3 Counts)
Attempted Murder (2 Counts)
Felonious Assault (2 Counts)
Kidnapping (2 Counts)
Aggravated Robbery ( 2 Counts)
Robbery (3 Counts)
Conspiracy (2 Counts)
Tampering with Evidence (3 Counts)
Thomas Hoskins, 45
Cleveland, Ohio, was indicted on:
Felonious Assault
Assault
Harassment with a Bodily Substance (2 Counts)
Corey Holbrook, 37
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Escape
Christopher Samples, 33
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Strangulation
Domestic Violence
Timothy Harmon, 43
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Trafficking in Drugs
Possession of Drugs
Possessing Criminal Tools
Illegal Use or Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
James Damron, 35
Portsmouth, OH, was indicted on:
Possession of Drugs
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
Curtis Sparks, 42
Portsmouth, OH, was indicted on:
Possession of a Fentanyl-Related Compound
Landon Wilson, 33
Portsmouth, OH, was indicted on:
Possession of Cocaine
Brandon Caldwell, 32
Wheelersburg, OH, was indicted on:
Failure to Verify Address
Maribet Mosley, 61
West Portsmouth, OH, was indicted on:
Possession of Cocaine
Illegal Use or Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Herbert Rister, 29
Lucasville, OH, was indicted on:
Possession of Cocaine
Gage Kimbler, 24
Portsmouth, OH, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Aggravated Menacing (3 Counts)
Ashton Goodman, 20
Newark, OH, was indicted on:
Felonious Assault
Improperly Discharging a Firearm at or into a Habitation or a School Safety Zone
Improperly Handling Firearms in a Motor Vehicle (2 Counts)
Discharge of Firearm (3 Counts)
Tampering with Evidence
Arion Mccort, 22
Portsmouth, OH, was indicted on:
Felonious Assault
Shannon Hall, 27
Portsmouth, OH, was indicted on:
Breaking and Entering
Theft
Misdemeanor Theft
Timothy Skaggs, 60
West Portsmouth, OH, was indicted on:
Receiving Stolen Property