Bellbrook police Chief Dave Helling said Detective Keith Salyers has been all over the state tracking the case. Helling said Salyers executed a search warrant on Williams’ car and found property believed to be linked to several thefts, including one possibly out of the Xenia area. Helling said police in Central Ohio also are building cases against Williams.
Williams is suspected of walking into the Bellbrook Community Church, stealing the church’s credit card and buying more than $800 in merchandise on the card in the Columbus area.
Court records show Williams has theft and receiving stolen property convictions in Franklin County.
Other local cases
• Two local juveniles have pleaded guilty to delinquency by reason of burglary for two early-April crimes in Bellbrook.
The boys, a Bellbrook 16-year-old and a Sugarcreek Twp. 17-year-old, were arrested after burglaries on Hillcrest Drive on April 1 and the 7300 block of Wilmington Pike on April 3. In the Hillcrest incident, a resident was assaulted while a woman and child hid inside.
Greene County Assistant Prosecutor Stephanie Hayden said the 17-year-old was given a one-year sentence that was suspended pending his completion of a program at the Miami Valley Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility. She said the 16-year-old will be sentenced in September.
• Kevin Miller of Sugarcreek Twp., who faces menacing and public indecency charges after approaching people while wearing a women’s swimsuit, is scheduled for a hearing in Xenia Municipal Court on Aug. 10.
• Darren Casey of Bellbrook, who was charged with abduction after an Internet-inspired meeting with a woman on Possum Run Road, has pleaded not guilty and been released on his own recognizance. Casey is scheduled for trial Oct. 19.
• Greg Dart, who runs GL Dart General Contracting in Bellbrook, is scheduled for trial Aug. 17 in Kettering Municipal Court on a telephone harassment charge.
• David Grooms, 36, of Centerville is scheduled for trial Oct. 13 on a felony drunken driving charge after being arrested May 7 by Sugarcreek Twp. police near Wilmington Pike and Clyo Road. Grooms faces a felony charge because he has five previous convictions for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
• The three Centerville men who were charged with criminal damaging in connection with a run of mailbox bashings in Bellbrook have pleaded not guilty. Joshua Moberly, 18, and John Moberly, 21, won’t have pretrial hearings until Sept. 15. Justin Robellard, 20, had a hearing Tuesday.
• Two men who face serious drug charges out of Sugarcreek Twp. are just starting their trip through the courts. Stephen McCarthy, 24, of Beavercreek, was indicted on charges of trafficking cocaine and marijuana, and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a first-degree felony. He’ll be arraigned Friday, July 31.
Brandon Grooms, 26, of Dayton, faces felony marijuana possession charges as well as conspiracy and complicity to trafficking in marijuana. Grooms has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial Oct. 26.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2278 or jkelley@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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