Ashland County Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Tunnell Announces December 2022 Felony Indictments

• January 4, 2023

Yesterday Ashland County Prosecuting Attorney Christopher R. Tunnell released ten (10) felony indictments issued by the Ashland County Grand Jury which met for a day- long session in December.

The Grand Jury issued a total of eighteen (18) indictments, eight of which remain sealed because they have not been served as of today’s date. The following persons were the subject of an indictment and have or will appear before the Ashland County Court of Common Pleas:

• Ahmed Palmer of Mansfield, case no. 22-CRI-217, investigating agency APD

Count One: Aggravated Possession of Drugs/ with three specifications

Count Two: Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs/ with three specifications

Count Three: Possession of Cocaine/ with three specifications

Count Four: Trafficking in Cocaine/ with three specifications

Count Five: Possession of a Fentanyl-Related Compound/ with three specifications

Count Six: Trafficking in a Fentanyl-Related Compound/ with three specifications

Count Seven: Possession of Drugs/ with three specifications

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Zachary Ross Finchum of Greenwood, IN, case no. 22-CRI-232, investigating

agency ACSO

Count One: Aggravated Possession of Drugs/ with One specification

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Josephine Mary Richmond of Ashland, case no. 22-CRI-229, investigating agency

ACSO

Count One: Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them – OVI

Count Two: Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them – OVI

Count Three: Resisting arrest

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Jeffrey Olmstead of Loudonville, case no. 22-CRI-230, investigating agency APD

Count One: Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them – OVI / with one specifications

Count Two: Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them – OVI / with one specifications

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Salia Setser of Mansfield, case no. 22-CRI-236, investigating agency APD

Count One: Theft

Count Two: Possessing Criminal Tools

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Meghan Dunbar of Brookpark, OH, case no. 22-CRI-235, investigating agency APD

Count One: Complicity (theft) / with one specifications

Count Two: Possessing criminal tools / with one specifications

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Shawna Davis of Ashland, case no. 22-CRI-158, investigating agency APD

Count One: Complicity (Arson)

Count Two: (Arson)

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Mark Owens, Jr. of Ashland, case no. 22-CRI-243, investigating agency APD

Count One: Aggravated Possession of Drugs/ with one specification

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Emery Kopina of Ashland, case no. 22-CRI-247, investigating agency APD

COUNT ONE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

COUNT TWO: VIOLATING A PROTECTION ORDER

COUNT THREE: INTIMIDATION

See Copy of Indictment

 

• Connor Nicholas Herevia of Shelby, case no. 22-CRI-231, investigating agency ACSO

COUNT ONE: VIOLATING A PROTECTION ORDER

See Copy of Indictment

Prosecutor Tunnell would like to thank the Grand Jurors for their time and assistance, and the men and women of the investigating agencies for their hard work in protecting Ashland County citizens. Prosecutor Tunnell further stressed that all persons indicted by the December Grand Jury are innocent until proven guilty.

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