After a recent session of the Ottawa County Grand Jury, indictments have now been returned against the following individuals, according to Prosecuting Attorney James VanEerten:
The incident resulted in the arrest of six Black men on aggravated rioting charges who were released two days later with all charges dropped following a protest for their release outside the Ottawa County Courthouse.
Joining the civil suit filed Nov. 5 by Diamone Wilson, Ryan Hollingshead, Panzie Hunter and Paris Hunter against the Village of Put-in-Bay and officers Terry Rutledge Jr. and Michael Russo are Shalon Shelton, Dameyion Smith, Spencer Robinson, Aaron Tucker and Trae Caffey, who were involved during the incident that began as a traffic stop for running a stop sign and having too many passengers on a golf cart and escalated to several officers using stun guns against members of the group.