(Portsmouth, Ohio) Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced today that the Scioto County Grand Jury met and returned 18 Public Indictments and 1 Secret Indictment. An Indictment is not a conviction. All parties are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The Defendants Indicted are charged as follows:
BOBBY JOE SWIM, 38
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
ROBERT B. ELLER, 31
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Domestic Violence
RANDY D. GRIMMETTE, 33
New Boston, Ohio, was indicted on:
Illegal Conveyance of Drugs of Abuse onto Grounds of a Specified Governmental Facility
Possession of Drugs
STEVEN MICHAEL ADAMS, JR., 20
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Carrying a Concealed Weapon
Possessing a Defaced Firearm
DEREK MICHAEL LINKOUS, 28
New Boston, Ohio, was indicted on:
Possessing Criminal Tools
Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
JACQUITA PETTY, 24
Detroit, Michigan, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
STEVEN L. MULLENS, 28
McDermott, Ohio, was indicted on:
Possession of Heroin
AUSTIN WAYNE FULTZ-REEDER, 21
Sciotoville, Ohio, was indicted on:
2 Counts Aggravated Vehicular Homicide
FOREST JOSHUA MALONE, 39
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Obstructing Official Business
MITCHELL L. CRAFT, 50
Sciotoville, Ohio, was indicted on:
Possessing Criminal Tools
Illegal Manufacture of Drugs
Illegal Assembly or Possession of Chemicals for the Manufacture of Drugs
Possessing Drug Abuse Instruments
BENNY RAY KILGORE, JR., 38
Franklin Furnace, Ohio, was indicted on:
2 Counts Aggravated Murder
Murder
Kidnapping
Abduction
Burglary
Intimidation of an Attorney, Victim, or Witness in a Criminal Case
Tampering with Evidence
Having Weapons while under Disability
Trafficking in Heroin
ANTHONY L. LOUDERBACK, 36
Chillicothe, Ohio, was indicted on:
2 Counts Aggravated Murder
Murder
Burglary
Tampering with Evidence
CAYNE D. LAMPKIN, 19
Portsmouth, Ohio, was indicted on:
Burglary
Tampering with Evidence
Gross Abuse of a Corpse
RHONDA PRICE, 44
Otway, Ohio, was indicted on:
Arson
DONALD LEE VEST, 26
Otway, Ohio, was indicted on:
Arson
JAMES ANGEL LEE SPENCER, 23
Somerville, Ohio, was indicted on:
Aggravated Possession of Drugs
CORY LEE CLOSE, 36
Sorrento, Florida, was indicted on:
Receiving Stolen Property
