The Grand Jury returned 16 indictments, Friday; 8 were open.
The Ross County Grand Jury has issued an indictment against a Columbus man on charges stemming from a stabbing. On January 11, Chillicothe Police responded to a stabbing at 188 East Water Street. The victim was taken to the hospital with multiple wounds to the stomach and forearm. The indictment alleges 37-year-old Ruben Reeves went to the home, got into an altercation with the victim, and then stabbed him.
Reeves was later arrested in Columbus.
If convicted of felonious assault (F2), he could be sentenced to 2-8 years and a $15,000 fine.
In another case, a Columbus woman was indicted for receiving stolen property. According to the Prosecutor's Office, a victim reported in December that her vehicle had been broken into and her purse stolen while her car was parked in Zane Plaza. She was able to give a description of a black Ford Explorer that was initially parked near her car, which fit the description of a vehicle used in a number of shoplifting incidents.
That vehicle was spotted and stopped by Chillicothe Police three days later. The victim's Social Security Card was reportedly found in the purse of passenger 30-year-old Maria Dilisio. The victim's purse and credit cards were also allegedly found near where Dilisio was sitting.
Numerous stolen goods were reportedly found in the vehicle, and the driver was arrested on active warrants for thefts at Wal-Mart and Menards.
Dilisio has been indicted for a fifth-degree felony of receiving stolen property, which carries a penalty of 6-12 months in prison and a $2,500 fine.
Other indictments include:
*27-year-old Charles Bundy and 25-year-old Hope McKenzie, of Chillicothe, on multiple counts stemming from an incident in which Chillicothe Police found a meth lab in their Western Avenue home on December 12. Officials with the Prosecutor's Office say authorities also found ingredients to make meth (coffee filters, fuel, lithium batteries, empty cold packs, Sudafed, and a pill crusher), meth (0.9 grams), heroin (0.2 grams), and Oxycodone (12 pills) in their shared bedroom.
Bundy and McKenzie have been charged with three counts of illegal possession of drugs, possession of heroin, and illegal assembly/possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs.
Bundy, who has a prior conviction of illegal manufacture of drugs from 2007, has been indicted on an additional charge of illegal manufacture (F2) in this case.
*31-year-old Shawn Carey, of Chillicothe, for third-degree domestic violence. He’s accused of hitting and choking his child’s mother, as well as threatening the woman and his child, in November. Carey has prior domestic violence convictions from 2000 and 2010; he was also convicted of negligent assault in 2003.
*29-year-old Alicia Hardesty, of Chillicothe, for possession of heroin and tampering with evidence. She’s accused of throwing a syringe out of her bedroom window while police were executing a search warrant at her home. She was arrested was said to have removed a baggy containing 0.1 grams of heroin from her person during jail processing.
*31-year-old Rex Keeton and 26-year-old Jeremy Dunn, of Chillicothe, for possession of heroin. The indictment alleges police searched Keeton’s home in December and found a spoon that contained had heroin residue near him. Dunn was allegedly found with 0.1 grams of heroin in his wallet.
