Steven Osborne

A Little Hocking man was arraigned Saturday and remains in jail on a $500,000 bond after an arrest for beating a man unconscious.

Steven Andrew Osborne, 19, of 529 Federal Road, was arrested Friday and charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony.

According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to 3719 Blue Knob Road, Apt. B, Marietta, and located a male, later identified as Devon Ours, lying on the floor bleeding profusely from his head. Ours was transported to Marietta Memorial Hospital for medical treatment, where he underwent emergency brain surgery Friday.

Detectives were called to the scene to conduct the investigation. During the course of the investigation several interviews were conducted as well as an interview with Osborne.

Osborne reportedly told the sheriff’s office he was in a physical altercation with Ours over his girlfriend. During the altercation, Osborne knocked Ours to the ground with a punch, then began kneeing him in the head as he was covering up.

A male witness reportedly told law enforcement he saw Osborne hitting Ours with a baseball bat.

A search warrant was executed at the residence where detectives located a baseball bat that appeared to have blood on it.

During the investigation, the sheriff’s office reportedly learned Osborne was using his girlfriend’s Facebook account to communicate with Ours. Ours was allegedly trying to initiate a romantic relationship with the woman.

Ours reportedly believed he was coming to the apartment to see the woman when in fact Osborne was sending the messages.

Osborne allegedly advised his girlfriend to sit on the couch and go along with it, while he and another male subject hid in the home.

The sheriff’s office reported Ours arrived at the apartment and sat down with the woman on the couch and began rubbing her leg.

At that time, Osborne came out of the bathroom and the fight ensued.

Washington County Prosecutor Nicole Coil said Sunday jail calls are warranting further investigation and deliberation regarding the case.

“There is more evidence that it was premeditated in the jail calls,” she said.

As of Sunday evening, Coil had not had recent medical updates from law enforcement regarding Ours’ condition and she was unsure of his prognosis at this point.

More charges may be filed, pending the investigation. Osborne’s preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday afternoon, Coil said.

Michele Newbanks can be reached at mnewbanks@mariettatimes.com.