A police investigation into an alleged assault video has led to a series of sex-related indictments for a Marysville man.
A Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jason Matthew Boblitt, 19, of 690 Milford Avenue, Apt. 8B, charging him with one count each of sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and gross sexual imposition.
According to court documents, in August police learned of a video that showed an alleged assault. The video shows Boblitt allegedly being attacked. A female can be heard telling Boblitt, “That’s what you get for touching me.”
When police interviewed the girl, 16, she told them Boblitt had sexually touched her.
Investigators determined that on Aug. 6, the girl and Boblitt were at a 13-year-old girl’s home on Milcrest Drive.
“Investigation determined Jason Boblitt introduced alcohol surreptitiously via a mixture of Gatorade,” according to court documents.
He allegedly gave alcohol to both girls. Court documents allege he gave alcohol to the victim “for the purpose of preventing resistance.”
According to court documents, the victim went to the girl’s bed and fell asleep. The victim was “fully clothed” when she went to bed, according to court documents.
At some point the girl who lived at the home went to the room to also go to bed and saw Boblitt in the bed “on top” of the victim according to court documents. The girl said the victim and Boblitt were now naked.
If convicted on all counts, Boblitt could face as many as seven years in prison.
Also indicted was:
– Timothy Gilbert Ferguson, 43, of 90 Cottonwood Drive. Ferguson is charged with one count of first-degree felony trafficking in cocaine as well as possession of cocaine and possessing criminal tools.
On Nov. 28, an officer with the Marysville Division of Police located a vehicle that investigators had been informed could have been involved in trafficking in illicit narcotics.
According to court documents, the officer “observed a traffic violation on the vehicle.”
The car was stopped at the intersection of Route 4 and Taylor Avenue. Additional officers, including a K-9 officer, were called to the scene.
“Upon a search of the vehicle, a clear bag with a white powdery substance was located in the trunk area,” according to court documents.
The bag was located inside a fake utility light.
The powder tested positive for cocaine and weighed nearly 28 grams, enough for dozens of uses.
According to court documents, in April 2021, Ferguson was convicted of second-degree felony possession of cocaine.
If convicted on all counts, Ferguson could face more than 20 years in prison.
– Paul Holbrook, 56, of 308 Buerger St. Holbrook is charged with one count of trespassing in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present.
According to court documents, at about 5 a.m., Dec. 15, police were called to a home in the 900 block of Van Kirk Drive on the report of a burglary in progress.
The victim wrote in a statement that she “awoke on couch and saw bald man in gray/blue zipped hooded sweatshirt in my house standing in doorway, he was inside of the storm door.”
She said the front door was unlocked and explained that, “if he had knocked, I would have heard him, but he didn’t.”
“I yelled ‘Get out,’” the woman wrote.
She told investigators that the man, later identified as Holbrook, pointed to the ceiling and said he was talking to another person.
The woman repeatedly told the man to leave. She said he eventually agreed and shut the door on his way out.
“I saw him standing in the street, walking up and down as though he was lost,” the victim wrote.
Responding officers located Holbrook outside the home as he began to walk in the street away from the home.
The officers knew Holbrook as a suspect in a series of vehicle break ins on Sherwood Avenue.
“Paul Holbrook admitted that he pulled a door handle on at least one car door,” according to court documents.
If convicted, Holbrook could face as many as 18 months in prison.
– Jeanne Marie Kemp, 43, of Columbus, charged with one count of failure to appear as required.
In October, Kemp was indicted on grand theft of a motor vehicle. She was allegedly living in a man’s car and used it to go to the hospital “for a proclaimed medical issue.”
The man tried to contact Kemp but couldn’t find her or the vehicle.
Kemp was eventually arrested and charged. As part of the legal process, Kemp was to appear at a Dec. 19 pretrial but allegedly did not.
She could face as many as 18 months in prison if convicted on the theft charge and an additional 18 months in prison if convicted on the failure to appear.