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12 people were indicted by the Washington County Grand Jury indictments include:
Kevin Alan Mehl, 40, 4239 Vore Ridge Road, Lot 5, Athens; aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, from March.
Caleb Adam Polsley, 19, 37766 Huntington Road, Glenwood, West Virginia; joint with Mason Reid Harris, 19, 41 Cranberry St., Washington; count improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony and one count failure to comply with underage alcohol laws, a third-degree misdemeanor each, from March 16 – 17.
Richard Thomas Shamblin, 41, 4204 Emerson Ave., Parkersburg; failure to appear as required by recognizance, a fourth-degree felony, from Sept. 30.
James Ryan Andrews, 41, 957 Gantsville Road, Little Hocking; failure to appear as required by recognizance, a fourth-degree felony, from Oct. 9. Andrews was indicted on separate charges for felonious assault, a second-degree felony; misdemeanor theft, a first-degree misdemeanor, from Sept. 30.
Michael Jay Bond, 40, 3306 Central Ave., Parkersburg; failure to appear as required by recognizance, a fourth-degree felony, from Sept. 26.
Ralph D. Hammonds, 46, 838 N. Fourth Street, Marietta; felonious assault, a second-degree felony; assault, a first-degree misdemeanor, from July 2017.
Jacob Lee Brown, 21, 1506 Burnfield Road, Vincent; failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, a third-degree felony, from August 2025.
David Jeffrey Caplinger, 61, 2208 Tygart Street, Parkersburg; receiving stolen property, a fourth-degree felony; possessing criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, from Sept. 25.
Cody Aaron Farnsworth, 29, 1321 Kinderhook Road, Newport; aggravated menacing, a fifth-degree felony; telecommunications harassment, a first-degree misdemeanor, from July 31 – Sept. 9.
Michael S. Rodgers, 50, 472 Muskingum Drive, Marietta; aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony; possession of drug paraphernalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, from February.
Timothy Austin Dotson, 31, 12980 Phelps 632 Road, Phelps, Ky.; possession of a fentanyl-related compound and trafficking in a fentanyl-related compounds, both fourth-degree felonies. Dotson was indicted on separate charges for tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony; identity fraud, a fifth-degree felony, all from August 2025.