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Apr 2, 2010 Joy Nutt

Half Million Dollar Embezzlement Case Indicted

                         

          Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announces that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a one count indictment against Joy M. Nutt, a former employee of Nutis Press located at 2929 E. Broad Street.  O’Brien said, “Nutt was a trusted employee who is alleged to have abused her position by embezzling over a half million dollars for approximately 3-1/2 years”. 

              Nutt has been indicted for one count (F-2) Theft.  The Theft carries a maximum penalty of 8 years.  Nutis Press has several subsidiary companies and those companies are used to purchase and sell real estate.  Nutt’s position as bookkeeper at Nutis Press gave her access to the check books for these corporate accounts.  Nutt was responsible for writing checks on these accounts for the purposes of paying bills on the properties held by each corporation.  The indictment alleges that between 2006 and 2009, Joy Nutt  had been writing and signing checks to herself, to cash, and to others, totaling in excess of $597,000. 

              Arraignment for Joy Nutt is set for April 2, 2010 at 1:30 pm in courtroom 1B.
Mar 29, 2010 Lawrence Dibble

INDICTMENT OF DEFENDANT LAWRENCE A. DIBBLE FOR SEXUAL IMPOSITION AND MULTIPLE COUNTS OF VOYEURISM

           Between April and May 2009, Lawrence Dibble allegedly put his hand up the skirt of an 18 year old female student and fondled her while they were on school property.  Wellington School is a private school located at 3650 Reed Road in Upper Arlington.  Dibble was the theatre director at the school and had been on staff there since 1998.  As the investigation by the Upper Arlington Police progressed, it was discovered and alleged in the indictment that Dibble installed a secret camera at the school and surreptitiously videotaped theater students in various stages of undress.  Dibble has been indicted today by a Franklin County Grand Jury for 17 counts of Voyeurism (F-5), 3 counts Voyeurism (M-2), and 1 count Sexual Imposition (M-3), for a total of 21 counts.  All victims have been contacted by the Upper Arlington Police but are identified in the indictment only by initials.  None of the victims are still students at the school. 

            A warrant was issued for Dibble’s arrest and he is expected to surrender himself.
Mar 29, 2010 John Jerome Reeves and Nikki Dnikole Reeves

COUPLE INDICTED FOR BEATING DEATH OF TODDLER

 

              Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned two indictments, one on John Jerome Reeves and the other on Nikki Dnikole Reeves in connection to the March 18, 2010 death of 4 year old Lawrence Martin King, III.

              John Reeves, 29 year old step-father to the child, has been indicted for one count of Aggravated Murder (F-1), one count of Murder (F-1), one count of Felonious Assault (F-2), and two counts of Endangering Children (F-2), for a total of five counts.  Nikki Reeves, 23 year old biological mother, has been indicted for one count of Murder (F-1), one count of Felonious Assault (F-1), two counts of Endangering Children (F-2), and one count of Permitting Child Abuse (F-1), for a total of five counts.

              Emergency personnel received a 911 call shortly after midnight on March 18th to the residence at 6443 Mount Badon Road in Canal Winchester.  When they arrived, the 4 year old was unresponsive.  Medics transported the boy to Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:54 am.  It is alleged that the child was repeatedly beaten by John Reeves over a period of several days as a method of discipline, and that this was permitted by the boy’s mother.  John Reeves faces a maximum sentence of  life without parole and Nikki Reeves faces up to a life sentence.

              Arraignment for the Reeves will be at 1:30 pm on March 31, 2010 in courtroom 1A.
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