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| Feb 4, 2011 | Frederick L. Baker | O’BRIEN ANNOUNCES LOCAL ATTORNEY’S ARREST-DRUGS FOR REPRESENTATION
January 28, 2011
Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that a local attorney has been arrested for accepting drugs in exchange for providing representation in a pending criminal case. On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, the Franklin County Sheriff’s office concluded a short investigation by arresting Frederick L. Baker, age 54, who resides in Westerville. Baker, a licensed attorney, is a 1982 Capital University Law School graduate, with an office at Columbus State Community College, located at 550 E. Spring Street in Columbus.
O’Brien stated, “Baker was arrested for illegal possession of the prescription painkiller drug Oxycodone, and due to the amount involved, it is a second-degree felony”. O’Brien further stated, “This offense is punishable by a maximum penalty of 8 years in prison”. Prosecutor O’Brien requested the Sheriff’s Office investigate the matter when he learned that Baker had offered to provide representation to a prisoner in the county jail at no cost, but in exchange for the painkiller drug Oxycodone. Baker was arrested when he accepted 100 Oxycodone from an undercover officer in exchange for the attorney fee in representing a prisoner in a pending criminal case. Baker’s bond was set at $50,000 and his preliminary hearing is set for February 4, 2011. |
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| Jan 25, 2011 | Alexes, Christopher and Ricky Akers | INDICTMENT OF SEVERAL PEOPLE TRAFFICKING DRUGS PRESCRIBED BY FLORIDA PHYSICIAN
Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned several indictments against individuals allegedly involved in an apparent Florida to Ohio link for prescription drug trafficking. The charges range from (RICO) Engaging in a Pattern of Corrupt Activity, Aggravated Trafficking in Drugs, Trafficking in Drugs, Aggravated Possession of Drugs, Possession of Drugs, and Illegal Conveyance of Drugs onto the Grounds of a Detention Facility. Those indicted were Alexes Akers, age 21, her husband Christopher Akers, age 25, and Christopher’s father Ricky Akers, Sr., age 48. The husband and wife were arrested in early August of 2010, and police confiscated approximately 9,500 prescription pills and over $115,000 in cash. Ricky Akers was arrested last month. “If convicted on all charges, the defendants face in excess of twenty years incarceration”, O’Brien stated. |
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| Jan 21, 2011 | Quindell Sherman |
INDICTMENT OF QUINDELL SHERMAN IN CONNECTION TO THE MURDER OF HIS SON
Today, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien announced that the Franklin County Grand Jury has returned a one count indictment on Quindell Sherman, age 20, for one unclassified count of Aggravated Murder in connection to the November 16, 2010 death of his 3 month old son Jayden Mitchell. A Plea Agreement has been reached and was also filed with the Clerk. “The defendant faces up to a potential sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole”, O’Brien stated. Columbus Police received a domestic-violence call around 10 pm to 1121 E. 16th Avenue. It is alleged the defendant threw the baby to the pavement several times before running and hiding with the baby in a garbage bin, where police found them both. The baby was transported to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:39 pm.
“The indictment accounts for the death of an innocent baby”, O”Brien said. The victim’s family does not wish to make any comments until the conclusion of the case. Arraignment will be set for January 21, 2011, at 1:30 pm in courtroom 1A. |
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