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A Washington County Grand Jury indicted a Lowell man Wednesday afternoon for his involvement in the October standoff.

According to Chief Deputy Mark Warden, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team responded to a home containing a distraught person on the evening of Oct. 27. The man was identified as Tom Shank of Lowell. He said the manager was notified of the incident around 6 p.m. and officers contacted Shanks, but he retreated to the second-floor residential section of a detached garage.

“He basically barricaded himself in there.” The manager said.

The Sheriff’s Office established a perimeter around the scene and attempted to contact Shanks through negotiators, but according to the Warden, this was unsuccessful and the Sheriff’s Office launched drones.

“He actually fired a gun at the drones” The manager said.

He said Shanks also fired a gun into the residential area of ​​the detached garage.

Shank, now identified as Thomas Lee Shank II, 64, 212 Fifth St., Lowell, was charged with one count of improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation or school security area, a second-degree felony, and one count of possession of a firearm. causing panic, a fifth-degree felony.

Also indicted include:

* Christopher Carl Parsley, 44, Rt. 1 Box 171D, Williamson, W.Va., as of October 2023, on one count each of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, and possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony.

* Calvin V. Bradley, 38, 7278 Colonial Affair Dr., New Albany, Ohio, one count each of trafficking in cocaine; possession of cocaine; trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound; and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, all first-degree felonies; and failure to comply with the command or signal of a police officer, a first-degree misdemeanor, as of August. Bradley is also described as a major drug offender and had specifications for the seizure of cell phones and cash in a drug case.

* Javon Ramir Jones, 22, 1244 Burkhart Ave., Akron, faces one count each of trafficking in marijuana and possession of marijuana, both third-degree felonies, as of July 2023.

* Jeffery Boyd Jeffers, 58, 105 Muskingum Dr., Marietta, one count each of possession of a weapon while under disability, a third-degree felony; unlawful possession of dangerous ammunition, a fifth-degree felony; and two counts of receiving stolen property, a fourth-degree felony, from September.

* Alicia Danielle Woods, 40, homeless, charged with one count each of strangulation and disrupting public service; both fourth-degree felonies; and domestic violence, a first-degree misdemeanor, as of September. In a separate case, Woods was also charged since September with unlawful transportation of drugs of abuse on the grounds of a designated government facility, a third-degree felony.

* Co-defendants Brian Kenneth Taylor, 29, of 2742 Milltown Road, Reno, and Brittany Elizabeth Taylor, 25, of the same address, were each charged with four counts of child endangerment, a third-degree felony, dating back to August.

*Co-defendants Eric “Toby” Ellis Luke, 38, 711 Second St., Marietta; Lakyn Nikole Hunter, 24, 165 Starlite Dr., Lot 17, Marietta; and Kirk Russell Slider, 31, last known address 26935 St. Rt. 7, Apt. 2A, Marietta, two counts of grand theft of a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property, both fourth-degree felonies, from July.

* Co-defendants Bradley Allen Whitlatch, 43, 824 37th St., Vienna, and Tyren Travon Thompson, 30, 879 N. Jenkins Boulevard, Akron, are each charged with one count each of aggravated drug trafficking and aggravated drug possession, both first-degree felonies and Trafficking a fentanyl-related compound and possession of a fentanyl-related compound are both second-degree felonies, as of October. Whitlatch and Thompson also had specifications for the seizure of money and cellphones in a drug case.

* Travis John Jones, 45, 4200 Ellis Rd., Coolville, one count of aggravated drug possession, a fifth-degree felony, as of December 2023.

* Dylan Mitchell Sprague, 22, homeless, charged with one count each of strangulation, a third-degree felony; aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor, resisting arrest and obstructing official business, both second-degree misdemeanors; and unlawful use or possession of drug paraphernalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor as of November.

* Terry Brian Fox, 50, 312 Walnut St., Belpre, on one count each of aggravated drug possession, a third-degree felony; and unlawful use or possession of drug paraphernalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, beginning in August 2023.

* Michael M. Murray, 56, 2517 Moody Ridge Rd., Vincent, two counts of burglary from April 2019, a fourth-degree felony.

* Brent John McKinney, 50, 29075 St. Rt. 7, Marietta, one count of aggravated drug possession, a fifth-degree felony, from July.

* Dustin Lee McKnight, 39, last known address 8239 St. Rt. 60, Lowell, as of November 2023, one count of grand larceny of a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony.

* Douglas Lee Landers, 45, 326 Kenna Drive, Charleston, one count of failure to comply with the command or signal of a police officer, a fourth-degree felony from October.

* John Muiu Porter, 36, 33497 Brownsville Co. Line Rd., New Matamoras, two counts of assault, a fourth-degree felony; and each is charged with obstructing official business, a fifth-degree felony; and resisting arrest, a second-degree misdemeanor, as of September.

* Jason Anthony Dick, 46, 416 Ramblewood Rd., Patriot, Ohio, one count of burglary, fifth-degree felony, from August.

* Miranda Elaine King, 30, 16066 Heilands Kies Rd., Botkins, Ohio, one count each of breaking and entering, a fifth-degree felony; and misdemeanor theft, a first-degree misdemeanor, as of September.

Marcelo Lopez Martinez, 26, homeless, one count of burglary, fifth-degree felony; and three counts of receiving stolen property, two fifth-degree felonies and one first-degree misdemeanor since November.