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Three deaths from last summer were the source of vehicular homicide indictments this month by a Washington County grand jury.

Corey C. Lang, 24, of 2915 Plum Run Road, Waterford, was indicted for aggravated vehicular homicide, a second-degree felony, failure to stop after an accident, a second-degree felony, and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.

Lang was in a UTV wreck with Tyron Reed, 23, who was killed on June 3 on Swift Road in Waterford.

“Mr. Lang initially indicated that the buggy was driven by Mr. Reed,” explained Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings. “But Mr. Reed’s head was crushed and his body pinned on the right side of the vehicle and further investigation found it was, in fact, Mr. Lang who was driving.”

In addition to the aggravated vehicular homicide, the charges of failure to stop after an accident and tampering with evidence were incurred because Rings said Lang was operating the buggy while his driving privileges were suspended.

“And there was a whole stash of beer cans hidden across the street from the wreck,” said Rings.

In a separate incident, Mark J. Oates, 30, of 711 Myrtle St., Parkersburg, was indicted on two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, both third-degree felonies.

On Aug. 19, Oates allegedly missed an exit while headed southbound on I-77.

“So he either stopped or slowed and was trying to back up to the illegal u-turn area,” explained Rings.

This caused a pile-up of vehicles and a tractor-trailer which was forced left of center and flipped up in the air, causing motorists John Long and Christi Long, of Union, W. Va., to crash and sustain fatal injuries.

The March grand jury also indicted the following people:

¯ Ryan A. Davis, 35, of 11271 State Route 762, Orient, was indicted for burglary, a second-degree felony, voyeurism, a third-degree misdemeanor, carrying a concealed weapon, a fourth-degree felony, aggravated burglary, a first-degree felony, assault, a fifth-degree felony, intimidation of an attorney, victim, or witness in a criminal case, a third-degree felony, and burglary, a third-degree felony.

The registered sex offender was allegedly caught hiding in a women’s bathroom stall in the Lafayette Hotel in December, filming and recording women in states of undress.

Then again on Jan. 9, Davis was observed entering a Marietta City building at 304 Putnam St., from which he had previously been banned by law enforcement. He reportedly trespassed into the basement, which was closed to the public and hid in a women’s bathroom stall.

“He has a prior offense for doing this in a women’s restroom at Marietta College that he went to prison for and was previously found masturbating in a women’s restroom in the courthouse,” said Assistant Prosecutor Alison Cauthorn.

Then while in the Washington County Jail, Davis allegedly assaulted a corrections officer and threatened another employee of the jail and their family.

“He said ‘He can act hard all he wants but I got him and his family in the streets,'” noted Cauthorn.

Cauthorn said that while Davis was in the jail he also informed another corrections officer that the box cutter he had on his person when arrested at the city building was to be used in a kidnap/rape and murder plan.

“He said he wanted to use that to kidnap, rape and murder a female convenience store clerk,” said Cauthorn. “That’s where the aggravated burglary’s violence specification comes in especially since his previous 2004 conviction of gross sexual imposition is considered a violent offense.”

¯ Travis J. Eue, 34, of 207 Florence St., Belpre, was indicted for aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, robbery, a second-degree felony, and theft, a fifth-degree felony.

On March 6, Eue allegedly robbed Chase Bank in Belpre.

“He tried to cover his face with a hoodie and pointed at a teller while giving her a note,” said Assistant Prosecutor Joe Derkin.

The note read “Robbery, Don’t get Hurt. Big Bills Now.”

“But he wrote that on the back of a check of his, so they had his deposit information, his name and address and looked him up on Facebook and it was the same face,” said Derkin. “And the $7,320 he left with was from a recent deposit, so when the Belpre police found him they also found that deposit slip.”

Only $3,000 was recovered, but Derkin said from the time of the robbery to Eue’s arrest the police and bank acted quickly to retrieve video and identify the alleged robber.

“And the guy was helpful in his own way,” he said. “They had him in about an hour.”

¯ William Aldag, 46, of 106 Alta St., Marietta, was indicted for corrupting another with drugs, a third-degree felony, and corrupting another with drugs, a fourth-degree felony.

The long-time substitute teacher of Marietta High School was allegedly supplying juvenile students with marijuana on multiple instances both on school grounds and at his apartment.

“He was fired by the principal after reports that he was smoking with students but some of the juveniles admitted it happened at his apartment too,” said Derkin. “He was doing this at least between July and November of 2016.”

¯ Co-defendants Matthew J. Dagnesi, 30, of 304 Kenwood Drive, Marietta, Amelia M. Torres, 28, of 304 Kenwood Drive, Marietta, and Justin R. Schroeder, 26, of 304 Kenwood Drive, Marietta, face the following indictments:

¯ Permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony.

¯ Possessing criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.

¯ Possession of drug abuse instruments, a first-degree misdemeanor.

Dagnesi and Schroeder also face the following charges:

¯ Possession of fentanyl, a fifth-degree felony.

¯ Aggravated trafficking in drugs (fentanyl), a third-degree felony.

¯ Aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony.

¯ Aggravated trafficking in drugs, a second-degree felony.

¯ Possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony.

¯ Trafficking in cocaine, a fifth-degree felony.

Schroeder also faces one count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.

Dagnesi and Torres also face one count each of endangering children, a first-degree misdemeanor.

The three were arrested on Oct. 24 on a search warrant at the Kenwood address.

“At the time there were five children in the home, two shared by Dagnesi and Torres and three kids of Brittany Karcher, of Marietta,” said Derkin. “The baby was laying in bed with Dagnesi and his drugs and there was baby stuff and kids’ stuff mixed in with drug paraphernalia all over the house. They were selling fentanyl, cocaine and meth out of their house.”

Derkin said Dagnesi was a supplier of the drugs and both Torres and Schroeder were dealers in the area, he said.

Dagnesi and Torres also face the following charges for an additional 85.05 grams of methamphetamine, 18.02 grams of heroin and $1,251 in cash seized from their home on Kenwood Drive on March 1 after the two posted bail for the initial charges:

¯ Trafficking in methamphetamine, a second-degree felony.

¯ Possession of methamphetamine, a second-degree felony.

¯ Tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.

¯ Having weapons under disability, a third-degree felony.

¯ Trafficking in heroin, a second-degree felony.

¯ Possession of heroin, a second-degree felony.

¯ Possessing criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.

¯ Possession of drug abuse instruments, a first-degree misdemeanor.

Dagnesi also faces the charge of resisting arrest, a second-degree misdemeanor.

Torres also faces the charge of permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony.

¯ Joseph A. Carpenter, 36, of 65 Church St., Vincent, was indicted for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony.

Carpenter was arrested after a traffic stop by the Ohio State Highway Patrol in April. He was pulled over on Seventh Street in Marietta and allegedly found in possession of 0.5 grams of methamphetamine.

¯ Amy B. Finley, 41, of 221 Homemade Hollow, Pinsonfork, Ky., was indicted for possession of cocaine, a first-degree felony, and possession of heroin, a second-degree felony.

In March 2015, Finley was stopped by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and allegedly found in possession of 38 grams of cocaine and 16.5 grams of heroin.

“Certainly there is the inference because of the amount that there’s intent to sell,” said Rings. “She was caught transporting these large quantities near exit 6 on I-77 in Marietta.”

¯ Tiffany R. Brookover, 37, of 700 16th St., Parkersburg, was indicted for two fifth-degree felony counts of possession of drugs, and possession of drug instruments, a second-degree misdemeanor.

During a traffic stop by Belpre City Police in June 2017, Brookover was allegedly found in possession of 0.1 grams of methamphetamine and an unprescribed hydrocodone pill.

Rings said she was also found in possession of a syringe and needle.

¯ Paul C. Wright, 30, of 135 Groves Ave., Marietta, was indicted for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, possession of drug paraphernalia, a first-degree misdemeanor, and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.

On April 14, 2017, law enforcement were notified that Wright, who was wanted on outstanding warrants, was at the Spinning Wheel in Newport.

After Wright was secured by law enforcement he allegedly tried to run from officials.

“He took off on foot, I think to get some distance between himself and the officers,” said Rings. “Then while handcuffed he reached in his pocket and threw away meth. That meth was later recovered.”

Rings said the amount of methamphetamine was 0.5 grams.

¯ Carla J. Baxter, 57, of 220 Meigs St., Marietta, was indicted for disrupting public services, a fourth-degree felony, illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified government facility, a third-degree felony, and disrupting public services, a fourth-degree felony.

On Feb. 19 Baxter called the Marietta Police Department alleging an emergency, but when officers arrived no emergent situation was found.

“So she was arrested and then when she went to the jail she had lidocaine on her that she took in,” said Derkin. “Then she called MPD again on March 1, when she got out of jail, even though there was again no emergency.”

¯ Elizabeth J. Tucker, 31, of 248 Pennsylvania Ave., Marietta, was indicted for identity fraud, a fifth-degree felony.

After an acquaintance of Tucker noticed high car insurance bills due to repeated traffic violations for which she had not been present she notified law enforcement, explained Rings.

“This led to finding Elizabeth who was giving the name, date of birth and Social Security number of someone else for traffic violations,” he said. “She was arrested in February 2017.”

¯ Bradly A. Gordon, 31, of 111 Mackey Drive, Barnesville, was indicted for theft, a fifth-degree felony.

On March 30, 2017, Gordon was allegedly found in possession of a stolen credit card.

The card’s rightful owner, Ashlynn VanCuren, of Cadiz, had previously had her vehicle stolen, which had since been recovered.

“We’re not sure if Mr. Gordon was the one that took the car, but he was using her credit card,” said Rings.

¯ Grace J. Wunderlich, 20, of 1526 Swift Road, Waterford, was indicted for theft from a disabled adult, a fourth-degree felony.

In June 2017 Wunderlich allegedly took jewelry from a disabled resident of Waterford.

“Some of the valuables have been recovered, but the total value of what’s left is (more than) $1,000,” Rings said. “They were acquaintances.”

¯ Donald Kennedy, 24, of 717 N. Sandusky St., Mt. Vernon, was indicted for escape, a fifth-degree felony, two counts of petty theft, both first-degree misdemeanors, and breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony.

On Feb. 5, Kennedy was allegedly trying to steal from the Dollar General in New Matamoras.

“Then when he was arrested he got out of the window of the police car and ran,” said Derkin. “There was also a warrant out for his arrest because he had broken into another garage and stolen 50 pounds of burger meat.”

The earlier theft was from Greg Leasure, of Grandview Township.

¯ Jaden D. Wise, 19, of 35 Wildwood Drive, Parkersburg, was indicted for breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony, and petty theft, a first-degree misdemeanor.

On Feb. 7 Wise allegedly broke into the HSB Mart in Belpre in the middle of the night and stole various items.

¯ Co-defendants David L. Slagle, Jr., 36, of 4869 Rainbow Road, Lowell, and Lisa M. Bartlett, 29, of 2650 Moss Run Road, Marietta, were indicted for receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony, misuse of credit cards, a first-degree misdemeanor, theft, a first-degree misdemeanor.

In December 2017 the pair were living with Slagle’s stepfather, Brian Brooker, when one morning Brooker found that his wallet was missing from his vehicle.

“By the time Mr. Brooker reported the missing wallet David and Lisa were at Walmart making over $900 in purchases on his credit card,” said Washington County Assistant Prosecutor Amy Graham.

The pair purchased cigarettes, phone cards and groceries.

¯ Justin W. Barth, 33, of 516 Smith St., Marietta, was indicted for receiving stolen property, a fourth-degree felony.

On March 5, officers were dispatched to Walmart to look into a man sleeping in the front seat of his vehicle.

“He told them his name was Jeremy Barth, which was made up,” said Graham.

Then she explained that the officers had run the plates of the vehicle and realized it was stolen out of West Virginia.

¯ Hope J. Thomas, 27, of 192 Norris Cemetery, Cutler, was indicted for theft, a fourth-degree felony.

Thomas was working as a health care and home assistance provider for Norman Braxton, of Barlow when between Jan. 13, 2017 and Feb. 6, 2018, she allegedly wrote checks out to herself and paid bills online out of his accounts.

“She said it was to pay for her car loan and other bills, but it was without his permission,” said Graham. “And this was theft from an elderly-disabled adult who is legally blind… she used her position of trust.”

¯ Patrick C. Henry, 48, of 284 Irwin Place, Cincinnati, was indicted for burglary, a second-degree felony, theft, a fifth-degree felony, and possessing criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.

Henry allegedly stole 11 iPads and an ink cartridge from the stock area of Walmart on Aug. 5, 2015, and at the time of his arrest was found in possession of bolt cutters.

“He was not an employee of the store and so had no reason to even be back in the stock area,” said Graham.

¯ Jamie N. Mangum, 47, of 545 Mohawk Ave., Akron, was indicted for receiving stolen property, a fourth-degree felony, and failure to comply with order or signal of a police officer, a third-degree felony.

After law enforcement tried to pull over Mangum for a traffic violation on I-77 on Dec. 22, Mangum led a police chase on the southbound side.

“Turns out the car was stolen,” said Derkin.

¯ Kyle Morrison, 22, homeless, was indicted for disrupting public services, a fourth-degree felony, criminal mischief, a first-degree misdemeanor, and two counts of intimidation, both third-degree felonies.

While a resident of the Washington County Jail, Morrison allegedly made threats to the captain and his family on Jan. 22 and was allegedly found disabling the sprinkler system on March 3.

¯ Robert M. Parrish, 41, of 310 Jones Run Road, Rinard Mills, was indicted for domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony.

On Jan. 30 Parrish allegedly got into an argument with his mother, Penny Jones, when he hit her and shoved her to the ground.

“She hit her head and the family called 911,” said Derkin.

¯ Justin T. Gibbs, 26, of 309 Maple St., Marietta, was indicted for failure to appear, a fourth-degree felony.

Gibbs failed to appear for his final pretrial on March 1 in a safecracking case for which he was indicted in November for.

Gibbs was previously charged with attempting to break into a safe at the Harmar Tavern on Oct. 1.

¯ David J. Rickard, 41, of 140 Pahlhurst Road, Parkersburg, was indicted for improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony.

On Jan. 7 Rickard was stopped on Ohio 339 by the Ohio State Highway Patrol after wrecking his vehicle near the Barlow area.

“He had bolted from a traffic stop in West Virginia,” said Graham. “Then he wrecked and when they found him they found a 9-millimeter handgun loaded and holstered on his person.”

Without a concealed carry permit, Rickard was charged with improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.