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The Washington County Grand Jury indicted 14 people this week, including a Belle Valley man who was charged in two separate cases.
In the first case, Timothy J. Steed, 38, last known address of 222 Main St., Belle Valley, was indicted on one count of abduction, one count of having weapons while under disability and one count of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, all third-degree felonies.
According to Marietta Police reports, while traveling west in the 700 block of Glendale Road on Nov. 16, two patrolmen attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a white Ford Mustang for fictitious registration. The vehicle failed to stop and a pursuit ensued. The pursuit went through Marietta, out Fort Harmar Drive and to Bender Road, where the vehicle suffered mechanical failures and the pursuit ended.