The Ross County Grand Jury returned 13 of their 14 cases Friday, July 12th, 2024, with six open for release to the public. From testimony in the the grand jury in one of the cases, according to the Ross County Prosecutor’s Office:
Ross County & Chillicothe — On May 29th, Pickaway County advised Ross County that a stolen vehicle was being driven into the county on State Route 159.
A Ross County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to make a traffic stop on it at the Kenworth factory. The driver stopped briefly, but then resumed driving recklessly, including reaching 100 miles an hour on SR 159 / Bridge Street.
The driver blew threw a red light at Seney Road, and another one at North Plaza Boulevard.
The Chillicothe Police Department had been notified of the situation since the driver was entering city limits, and a police officer deployed stop sticks at Riverside Street.
The driver avoided that, but started to lose control and crossed the center line. He regained control and jumped the curb at Donato’s Pizza at the southeast corner of Bridge and Water streets.
He continued onto the lot of Med-Ox Home Medical at 95 North Bridge Street, and struck a brick pillar on the front of the building.
He continued driving, running over a curb onto a lawn, hitting a utility pole and breaking it off, and into an alley to try to cross the lawn again…hitting yet another utility pole and knocking it down.
He eventually stopped and fled on foot. The Ross County Sheriff’s Office, Chillicothe Police Department, and Ohio State Highway Patrol were notified of his description.
He was caught shortly afterward, near Speedway on the other side of the street, on the northwest corner of Bridge and Main.
18-year-old Joshua Allen Reed of Dayton had caused $1,000 worth of damage at Med-Ox Home Medical – and an undetermined value with the two utility poles, in addition to cutting power.
For indictments on:
- Third-degree felony failure to comply, he could get up to three years and $10,000 in fines.
- Fourth-degree felony receiving stolen property, he could get up to 1 1/2 years and $5,000 in fines.
- Fourth-degree felony vandalism, he could get up to 1 1/2 years and $5,000 in fines.
…Possibly totaling six years and $20,000.
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1 of 3 18-year-old Joshua Allen Reed of Dayton
2 of 3 Reed’s route through Ross County…
3 of 3 …Reed’s approximate route in Chillicothe.