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STEUBENVILLE -- A Wheeling man who allegedly tried to sell stolen merchandise to the person he'd stolen it from was among nine people indicted Wednesday by a Jefferson County grand jury, Prosecutor Jane Hanlin said.
Derick Charles Namack, 247 Oglebay Village Drive, Wheeling, was ordered to stand trial on charges of grand theft, breaking and entering and grand theft when the property is a firearm or dangerous ordnance, all felonies.
Authorities allege Namack, 48, robbed a Jefferson County storage unit Sept. 19, then paid a woman $20 to take the items, including antique guns, to a pawn shop in Wheeling only to find out "they were the pawn shop owner's items."
Grand jurors also returned true bills against:
• Joseph E. Hayman, 48, 21 township Road 125, Dillonvale, a felony charge of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanor resisting arrest.
Sheriff's deputies had reported Hayman fled a traffic stop Nov. 9, and after his vehicle got stuck in a field, ran into a wooded area where he was apprehended by K-9 Rasti.
• Harry L. Howard, 221 township Road 245, Toronto, possession of cocaine and aggravated possession of drugs, both felonies.
Authorities allege Howard, 60, tried to flee an Ohio State Highway Patrol traffic stop Dec. 13 and when he was stopped, "a ball of crack cocaine fell out of his pants."
• Gabriel David Welshans, 36, 48 Perkins Lane, Burgettstown, burglary and failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, both felonies.
Welshans allegedly broke into a structure Nov. 25 and then fled sheriff's deputies, "causing a substantial risk of serious physical harm to persons or property."
• Tyler Lee Lewis, 30, Niles, failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, a felony, along with misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, possessing drug abuse instruments, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and falsification.
Lewis, 30, allegedly led sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase Nov. 16 from state Route 7 onto U.S. Route 22 before crashing his vehicle behind a building on state Route 43.
Authorities reported finding drug paraphernalia in his vehicle.
• Domynic Matthew Jermayn Yerger, 37, Crown Point, Ohio, burglary, a felony.
Authorities allege Yerger was caught on video stealing laptops and other equipment from a Steubenville location Dec. 13.
• William Gerald Hall, 88 Styleline Blvd., Toronto, a felony charge of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, and misdemeanor charges of obstructing official business and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug abuse or a combination of them.
Hall, 35, was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when he fled police in Toronto.
• Kevin Leroy Grimes, 41, 324 High St., Amsterdam, aggravated possession of drugs, a felony.
Officers allegedly discovered Grimes, 41, trying to conceal methamphetamine under his foot during a traffic stop Sept. 13.
• Grand jurors also amended two separate indictments previously returned against Michael Leroy Jett Jr., 27, 756½ Commercial Ave., Mingo Junction.
Jett in August had been indicted on charges drug and weapons charges, with a major drug offender specification, while in November he was indicted on separate charges of possessing cocaine and possessing a fentanyl-related compound. Authorities had said Jett was out on bond when he was arrested the second time.
Prosecutors said the amended indictments reflect "different weights and substances than (police) originally thought."