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Washington County charges 27 people, including four involved in Marietta shooting, and Beverly Police Chief Bumbalough | News, Sports, Jobs
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Washington County charges 27 people, including four involved in Marietta shooting, and Beverly Police Chief Bumbalough | News, Sports, Jobs

A Washington County Grand Jury on Wednesday morning indicted 27 people, including four, for their involvement in a September shooting on Marietta’s Greene Street that left a woman shot in the face.

The grand jury also indicted Beverly Police Chief Todd Bumbalough in connection with a domestic violence incident involving a young female family member.

Kylar James Wilson, 20, 731 Greene St., Marietta, was charged with a first-degree felony count of attempting to commit a crime with a three-year firearm requirement; third-degree felony count of tampering with evidence; and three counts of second-degree aggravated assault, each with a three-year firearm specification.

The indictment stated that Wilson knowingly physically harmed or attempted to physically harm the victim of an armed attack with a firearm, and that if he had been successful, it would have resulted in the crime of murder by shooting the firearm and hitting the victim’s body. face.

Washington District Attorney Nicole Coil announced that the attempted criminal charge was attempted murder. He said the previous charges in the Oct. 8 indictment against Wilson would be dismissed and that the charges in Wednesday’s indictment would replace the original charges.

Madison Marie Brant, 23, 707 Sixth St., Marietta, was charged along with Wilson with a third-degree felony count of tampering with evidence and a fourth-degree felony count of causing panic with a firearm. year.

The indictment stated that Brant had a firearm on or around him while committing the crime of causing panic.

Coil said the previous charges in the Oct. 8 indictment, including three counts of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, will be dismissed and the charges in the Wednesday indictment will replace the original charges.

The charges against Wilson and Brant were filed around 12:55 a.m. on Sept. 28 at 200 Greene St. It stems from their alleged involvement in a shooting that occurred in the Advance Auto Parts parking lot at Marietta. Police previously told The Times officers responded to a call at Fourth and Putnam streets when shots were heard downtown and found a woman shot in the face but still conscious. Police found 38 shell casings at the scene and determined that four people with four guns were involved in the incident.

Two other suspects involved in the shooting, Ashton J. Dugan, 20, 1046 Laird Ave., Parkersburg, and Brendon M. Pierce, 18, 3109 Elm St., Parkersburg, were indicted Wednesday as one-third co-defendants. tampering with evidence -high-degree felony count; one count of fourth-degree aggravated assault, each with a three-year firearm specification; and one count of obstructing official business, a second-degree misdemeanor.

The indictment states that Dugan and Pierce each had a firearm on them and that they knowingly tried to physically harm Wilson with a firearm.

Wilson has not yet been arraigned on the charges in the new indictment, and Washington County Jail records show he was arrested on the old charges on Oct. 8 and has not been released. A guarantee has not yet been determined for the new expenses.

Brant has not yet been brought to court for the charges in the new indictment and bail has not been set for them. Jail records show he was arrested on old charges on Oct. 17 and released on Oct. 22.

Dugan appeared in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty. A personal recognizance bond was ordered on all charges; One of the conditions was that no contact would be made with Wilson, Pierce or the victim without an attorney present. Jail records show he was arrested and released Wednesday.

According to court records, Dugan’s hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Feb. 11, with Washington County Common Pleas Judge John Halliday presiding.

Pierce has not yet been arraigned and has not entered a plea to the charge, according to court records.

Pierce was booked into jail on Oct. 11 and released Oct. 11 after bail was set at a total of $30,000 on charges of obstructing official business, tampering with evidence and attempted aggravated assault, according to jail records.

No bond has been set on the charges, some of which are different from those listed at the time of Pierce’s arrest, according to court records.

Bumbalough, 56, of Beverly, was also charged Wednesday with a fifth-degree felony charge of obstructing official business and a first-degree misdemeanor charge of domestic violence.

The charges stem from an Oct. 6 incident at Bumbalough’s home involving a 14-year-old female family member, where the child allegedly got into a verbal argument with a woman at the home and Bumbalough got involved in the argument and tackled her. He crashed into his bed and hit his face, causing his glasses to break and injuring his right eye.

There was also an allegation in Marietta City court documents that the Beverly Police officer responding to the incident at Bumbalough’s home said the officer handled the call differently because it involved Bumbalough and thought the Washington County Sheriff’s Office should have taken the call, but Bumbalough did not tell him to call the Sheriff’s Office.

Bumbalow was booked into the Washington County Jail on the charges on Oct. 8 and was released Oct. 9, jail staff previously told The Times.

There was a hearing in Marietta Municipal Court on October 16 where the felony charge was dismissed and no action was taken on the misdemeanor charges, during which it was stated that the Washington County District Attorney’s Office had requested a special prosecutor from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. .

According to the indictment, Marietta City Law Director Paul Bertram is the special prosecutor in the Bumbalough case. An arraignment or hearing has not yet been scheduled for Bumbalough in Washington state Common Pleas Court.

Others charged include:

≤ Moses Schmucker, 50, 705 Young Street South East, Massillon, Ohio, was charged as of May 2023 with a fourth-degree felony count of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

≤ Justin Bruce Ketterman, 38, 151 Highland Lake Terrace, Washington, W.Va., was charged with a second-degree felony count of aggravated trafficking in drugs, a second-degree felony count of aggravated drug possession, and a fifth-degree felony count of aggravated drug possession effective December 2023 . In a separate case, Ketterman was charged with drug trafficking, a third-degree felony, drug possession, a third-degree felony, and drug trafficking, a fifth-degree felony. in a fentanyl-related compound and, as of February, a fifth-degree felony for drug possession.

≤ William Thomas Klintworth, 60, 321 Sherlock Rd., Waterford, charged with first-degree aggravated menacing; one count of intimidation, a third-degree felony, and one count of obstructing official business, a fifth-degree felony, both with a one-year firearm specification; and a third-degree felony district for possession of a weapon while under disability, which includes eight specifications for possession of a weapon while under disability, effective Oct. 8.

≤ Willis Patrick O’Brien, 31, 2840 Salt Springs Rd., Grant, Ohio, was charged with two fourth-degree felony counts of failure to file a change of address as of May 2023.

≤ Robert K. Warren, 51, 212 Simmons Dr., Ripley, was charged as of June 2021 with fifth-degree aggravated drug possession.

≤ Douglas Jackson II, 25, 2171 Jackson Blvd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was charged as of May 2021 with a fifth-degree felony count of possession of criminal tools.

≤ Allen Richard Sampson, 35, 206 Brentwood St., Marietta, was charged with a third-degree felony count of failure to provide notice of a change of address beginning in February.

¯ Nathaniel George Lee Payne, 23, 127 Muskingum Dr., Marietta, was charged with third-degree felony failure to notify change of vehicle information or identifiers beginning in March.

¯ Justin Wayne Fore, 43, 1658 Pansy Dr., Charleston, W.Va., was indicted as of October 2022 on a fifth-degree felony charge of identity fraud.

¯ William Albert Kennedy, 58, 6505 Valley Dr., East Sparta, Ohio, was charged as of November 2021 with one count of aggravated trafficking in drugs, a second-degree felony, and one count of aggravated drug possession, a second-degree felony.

¯ Ryan Eugene Paxton, 37, Waterford, was charged with aggravated burglary, a first-degree felony, domestic violence, a first-degree misdemeanor, child endangerment, a first-degree misdemeanor, and child endangerment, a first-degree misdemeanor. Using a weapon while intoxicated since July.

¯ John William Dearing, 45, 275 Front St., Marietta, was charged in July with fifth-degree felony larceny.

¯ Justin Joe Moore, 36, 1380 Wheeler Rd., Zanesville, was charged with a fourth-degree felony count of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, a forfeiture of the weapon, and a fifth-degree misdemeanor count of criminal mischief. Possession of dangerous ammunition with the condition of confiscation of the weapon as of February.

¯ Chaden Christopher Bruce, 21, 709 Ninth St., Marietta, was charged with aggravated drug possession, a fifth-degree felony, dating back to June.

¯ Kylie Rae McCoy Farnsworth, 21, 202 East Fay Ave., Marietta, was charged with aggravated drug possession, a fifth-degree felony, stemming from April.

¯ Stephan Neale McGuire, 43, 223 Maple St., Belpre, was charged with a third-degree felony count of tampering with evidence and a third-degree felony count of aggravated drug possession. Co-defendant Samantha Joe Stauffer, 38, 523 Second St., Marietta, was charged with a third-degree felony count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony count of aggravated drug possession and a fourth-degree felony count of aggravated drug possession. possession of a fentanyl-related compound. Both defendants’ charges were dated January.

¯ David William Strattion, 69, and co-defendant Julia Mare Porter, 58, both of 11776 State Route 555, Cutler, were charged with one count each of second-degree aggravated drug trafficking and one count of second-degree aggravated drug trafficking. drug possession; each has 28 specifications for gun confiscation in a drug case; third-degree felony count of possession of a weapon while under disability; and a fourth-degree felony count of receiving stolen property from August. Co-defendant Joan Irizarry, 61, 2705 Lake Rd., Fleming, was charged as of August with a fifth-degree felony count of aggravated drug possession.

¯ Lisa Lee Patterson, 29, 309 Maple St., Unit D, Marietta, was charged with fifth-degree felony larceny from June through September.