Clark County grand jury indictments |Springfield, OH Crime

Two people have been indicted on involuntary manslaughter and complicity charges after an investigation into the death of a Springfield man over the 4th of July.

Erin Nicole Mansfield, 39, and Charles Anthony Rogers, 49, both of 4060 St. Paris Pike, were charged by a Clark County grand jury Monday in the death of 50-year-old Todd Griffith.

Griffith died July 4 after German Twp. medics and Clark County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the IOOF Campgrounds, 3607 Syder-Domer Road, on the holiday on reports of a fight with a man not breathing.

Mansfield and Rogers were identified as suspects at the scene, deputies said. An eye witness at the scene said Griffith was in a fight with a woman who choked him.

During detectives’ questioning, Rogers said he, Mansfield and Griffith “always wrestle,” according to a sheriff’s office incident report.

Mansfield and Rogers will be arraigned in a Clark County Common Pleas courtroom later this week.

New Carlisle

Attempted murder charges filed after stabbing

A New Carlisle man has been indicted on charges of attempted murder and felonious assault after he was accused of stabbing another man inside of his home.

Troy W. Tester, 45, 903 Brookfield Ave., New Carlisle, was arrested by Clark County Sheriff’s Office deputies on the night of Nov. 14. A man was found with serious stab wounds and allegedly told investigators Tester was the suspect, according to court records. Tester was located by deputies with a bloody knife in his coat pocket, deputies said.

Tester pleaded not guilty in a Clark County Municipal Court arraignment after his arrest. He will be arraigned in a Common Pleas courtroom later this week.

The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Andrew Wilson reports that the Grand Jury also returned the following indictments:

•Michael Anthony Clay, 28, 516 W. Pleasant St.: Possession of heroin, possession of cocaine, tampering w/ evidence resisting arrest.

•William Brian Smith, 29, Lancaster: Aggravated possession of drugs.

•Charles Anthony Rogers, 49, 4060 St. Paris Pike: Complicity to involuntary manslaughter, complicity to voluntary manslaughter

•Erin Nicole Mansfield, 39, 4060 St. Paris Pike: Involuntary manslaughter (aggravated assault as underlying offense), involuntary manslaughter (assault/knowingly cause physical harm), involuntary manslaughter(assault/recklessly cause serious physical harm), voluntary manslaughter.

•Corey Allen Lanier, 45, 237 W. Auburn Ave.: Burglary.

•Brian Curtis, 42: Two counts of burglary.

•Trudy A. Jernigan, 50, 1950 Folk Ream Road: Two counts of theft.

•Troy W. Tester 903 Brookfield Ave., New Carlisle: Attempted Murder and felonious assault.

•Cody Michael White, 21: Forgery

•Ashley Sharp, 30, 747 E. Pleasant St.: Two counts of receiving stolen property.

•Colin Avery Jenkins, 27, 1729 Troy Road: Possession of heroin.

•Dontesz Lamar Brandon, 18, 821 Innisfallen Ave., Apt D: Burglary and trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present.

•Clarence E. Jackson, 53, London, Ohio: Possession of cocaine.

•Raymond W. Sims, 57, 557 S. Limestone St.: Breaking and entering.

•Jerry Francis, 46: Theft.

•Eric S. Bartley, 36, 1620 Broadway St.: Theft and forgery.