The Scioto County Grand Jury returned more charges against an 18-year-old already facing charges of attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault. Jonah Lawwill now faces charges of participating in a criminal gang and discharging a weapon into a home. The grand jury already indicted him for attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault back on Sept. 26.
The charges stem from a shooting incident back on August 6th that also resulted in charges against 18-year-old Portsmouth resident Tyreese Harding. As we told you over the weekend, Harding also faces charges for attempted aggravated murder, felonious assault, and participating in a criminal gang.
However, Lawwill’s family maintains that he is innocent. HIs sister started a GoFundMe called “Help Jonah Overcome Wrongful Accusations.” So far, that campaign has raised $70 of its intended $10,000 goal. “My brother Jonah Lawwill is being wrongfully accused of something he didn’t do. Something he didn’t commit. I ask you to have a change of heart and see it from a parents,sibling,friend, uncle point of view. He’s never been in any type of trouble. No criminal background or nothing. Still in school soon to graduate. Has his full life ahead of him. This isn’t right and he doesn’t deserve to do time for somebody else’s actions.” His sister expressed concerns that her brother’s Type 1 diabetes would not be properly treated in jail.
Lawwill is due in Scioto County Common Pleas Court for a pretrial hearing on the attempted murder charge. The court declared him indigent and appointed a public defender.
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