Prosecuting Attorney Jason D. Holdren announces that the Gallia County Grand Jury met in June and returned indictments for the following individuals:
– Samantha A. Harder, age 34, of Vinton, Ohio, one count of Tampering with Evidence, a felony of the third degree.
– Douglas E. Walker, age 35, of Crown City, Ohio, one count of Weapons Under Disability, a felony of the third degree.
– Isaac N. Baisden, age 29, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Domestic Violence, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Isaac J. G. Harris, age 32, of Columbus, Ohio, one count of Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs, a felony of the second degree, one count Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a felony of the third degree, one count Trafficking in Cocaine, a felony of the fourth degree, and one count Possession of Cocaine, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Zachariah A. Lewis, age 30, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Trafficking in Cocaine, a felony of the fourth degree, and one count Possession of Cocaine, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Gregory A. Coger, age 33, of Columbus, Ohio, one count of Possession of Heroin, a felony of the second degree, and one count of Trafficking in Heroin, a felony of the second degree.
– Jimmie C. Shorter, age 47, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Improper Handling of a Firearm in a Motor Vehicle, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Jesse L. Partlow, age 28, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a felony of the fifth degree, and one count of Possession of Drugs, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Rebecca L. Thompson, age 35, of Gallipolis, Ohio, two counts of Aggravated Possession of Drugs, felonies of the fifth degree.
– Ryan Cochran, age 26, of Bidwell, Ohio, one count of Tampering with Evidence, a felony of the third degree.
– Randy B. Ebersbach, age 60, of Langsville, Ohio, one count of Improper Handling of a Firearm in a Motor Vehicle, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Synthia L. Hurt, age 29, of Bidwell, Ohio, one count of Failure to Appear, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Michael R. Johnson, age 44, of Bidwell, Ohio, one count of Improper Handling of a Firearm in a Motor Vehicle, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Harold McCormick, Jr., age 58, of Saint Clairsville, Ohio, one count of Theft by Deception, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Jamie E. Russell, age 40, of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, one count of Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Jonathan R. Leach, age 19, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Trafficking in Marihuana, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Dustin E. Null, age 37, of Bidwell, Ohio, one count of Forgery, a felony of the fourth degree.
– David P. Price, age 22, of Jackson, Ohio, one count of Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs, a felony of the fifth degree, and one count of Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Nita W. McBride, age 54, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Telecommunications Fraud, a felony of the fifth degree, and one count of Theft, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Ashley R. Neal, age 28, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Breaking and Entering, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Eddie R. Bryant, age 25, of Charleston, West Virginia, one count of Failure to Appear, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Melvin S. Valentine, age 41, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Failure to Appear, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Anthony M. Moore, age 40, of Columbus, Ohio, one count of Failure to Appear, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Evelyn Litchfield, age 40, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Failure to Appear, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Judy A. Swim, age 56, of Vinton, Ohio, one count of Breaking and Entering, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Robert D. Peters, age 26, of Jackson, Ohio, one count of Breaking and Entering, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Allen W. Burke, age 38, of Bidwell, Ohio, two counts of Felony OVI, felonies of the fourth degree.
– Shannon T. Henderson, age 21, of Vinton, Ohio, one count of Failure to Comply, a felony of the third degree.
– Charles A. McBrayer, age 37, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Forgery, a felony of the fifth degree, and one count of Illegal Processing of Drug Documents, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Shannon N. Johnson, age 39, of Bidwell, Ohio, one count of Trafficking in Cocaine, a felony of the fourth degree, and one count of Possession of Cocaine, a felony of the fourth degree.
– Stephon M. Mikell, age 44, of Gallipolis, Ohio, two counts of Trafficking in Heroin, felonies of the fifth degree, two counts of Possession of Heroin, felonies of the fifth degree.
– Jamin D. Johnson, age 32, of Gallipolis, Ohio, one count of Possession of Heroin, a felony of the fifth degree, and one count of Trafficking in Heroin, a felony of the fifth degree.
– Tara L. Eblin, age 36, of Bidwell, Ohio, one count of Aggravated Possession of Drugs, a felony of the fifth degree.
The cases against those indicted will proceed in the Gallia County Common Pleas Court.
