Four family members related to Serah Bellar, who was reported missing on April 3 last year at the age of 16, were indicted by an Athens County Grand Jury on Tuesday.Â
Robert, 54, and Deborah Bellar, 49, of Athens, parents of Serah Bellar and 17 other children, are charged with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a second-degree felony, and two charges of endangering children, both third-degree felonies.Â
The endangering children charges list Serah Bellar and another child as victims.Â
âThe Bellar family formed an enterprise in order to maintain control in the home, their cult-like beliefs based on their religious following, and caused physical, emotional, and psychological harm to their children,â their indictments, filed on May 18, state.Â
Teen admits to reckless homicide charge, father indicted in shooting death of 11-year-old Nelsonville boy
The Athens County Prosecutor s Office said the 14-year-old admitted in court to a charge of reckless homicide in the death of 11-year-old Eli Spangler.
Credit: Submitted photo Author: 10TV Web Staff Updated: 6:01 PM EDT May 18, 2021
NELSONVILLE, Ohio A 14-year-old boy charged in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old Nelsonville boy admitted to an allegation of reckless homicide in court Tuesday, according to the Athens County Prosecutor s Office.
According to the police report, Eli Spangler was at his friend s house on March 6 when the 14-year-old got a gun out of the cabinet to show it off.
A Nelsonville teen and his father were charged in connection to the March death of Eli Spangler, 11.
Mason Platt, 14, was adjudicated as delinquent by Athens County Juvenile Court Judge Zach Saunders. He reportedly admitted Tuesday in Athens County Juvenile Court to the charge of reckless homicide, according to an Athens County Prosecutorâs Office press release.
Platt was reportedly playing with a firearm that went off and killed Spangler on March 6 at Plattâs home, the prosecutorâs office said.
In addition, Plattâs father, Donald Platt, 37, of Nelsonville was indicted Tuesday morning by an Athens County Grand Jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; endangering children, a third-degree felony; and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, according to court documents.
NELSONVILLE. Ohio (AP) A teenage boy who fatally shot a younger friend while showing him a gun has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, and the teen's father has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.