Grand jury indicts 28 Tuesday
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
A Highland County grand jury returned indictments in the May session against 28 individuals Wednesday on charges that included receiving stolen property, felonious assault, forgery, tampering with evidence and endangering children.
Over half the indictments 16 to be exact were directly related to drug possession.
Timothy J. White, 46, Hillsboro, faces a five-count indictment that involved the alleged use of a stun gun on two juveniles.
The first two counts of felonious assault, both second-degree felonies, allege that from Feb. 1 through April 9, 2021, White used a Runt 20-million volt stun gun on a pair of children, whom the indictment lists as being 10 and 11 years of age at the time.
Clinton Countians indicted by Highland Co. grand jury on drug charges; Hillsboro man accused of using stun gun on children
HILLSBORO A Highland County grand jury returned indictments in the May session.
Several Clinton County residents were indicted on drug-related charges:
• Ashleigh P. Myers, 33, Wilmington, for failure to appear, a fourth-degree felony. Online court records showed that a capias warrant for her arrest was issued on April 7 related to her four-count indictment on drug possession charges.
• Tera Barker, 39, Wilmington, for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony.
• Joseph J. Cramton, 43, New Vienna, for aggravated possession of methamphetamine, a fifth-degree felony.
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UPDATED: 33 indicted in Highland County grand jury s May 4 session
A Hillsboro man indicted on five felony counts that included allegations of “causing or attempting to cause physical harm” to children was among the 33 individuals charged in the Tuesday, May 4 Highland County grand jury session.
Timothy J. White, 46, of Hillsboro was charged with two counts of felonious assault, both second-degree felonies; two counts of endangering children, both third-degree felonies; and one count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.
It is alleged that on or about Feb. 1 through April 9, White “did knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm” to two victims using a 20 million-volt stun gun. He is also accused of “recklessly administering corporal punishment or other physical disciplinary measure or physically restraining” two