Less than six months after assaulting a local teen, a Marysville man has been indicted, charged with attacking him again.
The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Jeffrey Febus, 48, of 329 S. Plum St., Marysville. He is charged with one count of felony domestic violence.
According to court documents, on Jan. 9, police received a 911 call about a domestic dispute. When investigators arrived, they spoke to a woman and her 14-year-old son. The woman is Febus’ live-in girlfriend. Both said Febus was “drunk and acting aggressive.” The pair explained that one of the woman’s other children spilled a soda and Febus became angry.
“Jeffery apparently went after (the woman), verbally, and (the son) stood in Jeffery’s path, disallowing Jeffrey to approach (the woman),” according to court documents.
Febus allegedly put the boy in a headlock. The woman’s other son allegedly put Febus in a headlock.
“The three then separated for a short time and then Jeffrey placed (the boy) back into a headlock and laid upon (the boy) for a time,” according to court documents.
That’s when the woman called 911.
Febus said the altercation did not occur as the woman and her children said it had. He said the woman’s sons “jumped” him.
According to court documents, both Febus and the boy had signs of a physical altercation.
Domestic violence is usually charged as a misdemeanor. However, once an individual has a domestic violence conviction, future allegations are charged as felonies.
In September, Febus pleaded no contest and was found guilty of a June domestic violence involving the same boy.
If convicted, Febus could face as many as 18 months in prison.
Also indicted was:
– Dustin W. Riffle, 37, of 273 W. Bomford St., Richwood. Riffle is charged with one count each of domestic violence, unlawful restraint and violating a protection order.
According to court documents, on Sept. 14, Riffle took a phone from a woman at his home. The woman wanted to leave but Riffle allegedly wouldn’t let her. Additionally, Riffle, “drug (the woman) across the floor and hit her in multiple locations. Dustin then struck (the woman) in the face with his boot, causing serious physical harm to her jaw.”
In November, he was indicted on the domestic violence and unlawful restraint. As part of that charge, a protection order was issued, prohibiting Riffle from having any contact with the victim.
According to court documents, on Jan. 3, police were called to an Ottawa Street home. The victim in the domestic violence allegation said Riffle had shown up to the home where she was living. The man at that house went to a shed, “when Dustin closed the door behind him, and attempted to lock him inside.”
The woman said he forced her car window down then forced his way inside her car. The woman said she and the other man ran into the home and Riffle went through the contents of her car.
When police confronted him, Riffle admitted confronting the woman and man. He told police he believed the man was selling drugs to the woman.
If convicted on all charges, Riffle could face more than two and a half years in prison.
Riffle was convicted of domestic violence, involving the same woman, in 2017.
– Joshua A. Honaker, 37, of 14381 Watkins Rd., Marysville. Honaker is charged with two counts of domestic violence.
Union County Prosecutor David Phillips said on Jan. 20, Honaker and a woman were arguing about the volume of the television.
“At some point in time, he threw a TV. remote, hitting her in the head,” Phillips said
He said Honaker was “intoxicated” at the time.
The woman declined to assistance and did not want to ask for a protection order.
If convicted, Honaker could face as many as 18 months in prison.
In 2012, Honaker pleaded guilty to attempted felonious assault. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors agreed to drop charges of domestic violence, abduction and felonious assault. In that case, the victim from the current allegation attempted to keep Honaker from leaving the home because he had been drinking.
When Honaker learned the woman had hidden his keys, he choked her, and then put a pillow over her face to keep her quiet. He took her keys and wouldn’t let her leave. He threatened that if the woman called for help, he would say it was self-defense. He also said he would leave with one of the children and the woman would never see the child again. He told the children in the home that if they tried to get help, the police would arrest their mother and they would have to live with foster parents.
Following that conviction, Honaker was sentenced to five years community control.
– Austin Keith Jones, 25, of 80 Pin Oak Dr., Marysville. Jones is charged with one count of domestic violence.
According to court documents, on Jan 18, both Jones and the alleged victim contacted police. Jones and the woman were in a relationship and had been living together. Jones suspected the woman was cheating on him. According to court documents, when Jones arrived home and found the woman and another man at the home, “he grew angry.”
The woman said she and Jones got into “a heated verbal argument.”
She said Jones tried to take her phone to call her mother and she shoved him, hitting him in the face as she did. According to court documents, Jones took her phone and threw it, “then punched her in the right side of the face with a closed fist, knocking her to the ground.”
Police said the woman had swelling on her face and eye.
Jones has a 2015 conviction for disorderly conduct, “which was an amended charge out of domestic violence,” according to court documents.
If convicted, Jones could face as many as 18 months in prison.
– Anthony W. Whitt, 34, of 284 W. Bomford St., Richwood. Whitt is charged with one count of domestic violence. According to court documents, on Jan 23, Whitt’s live-in girlfriend tried to leave the home. Whitt allegedly stopped her repeatedly, grabbing her multiple times and punching her. Police noted the alleged assault caused red marks and bruising on a variety of areas on the woman’s body.
Whitt has an aggravated menacing conviction and a pair of domestic violence convictions, including one where he beat and threatened to cut his mother’s throat.
If convicted, Whitt could face as many as five years in prison.