Ross County — Chillicothe — The Ross County Grand Jury met on Friday, July 25th, 2025. From testimony in one of the cases, according to the Ross County Prosecutor’s Office:
On May 1st, a Sheriff’s deputy noticed an unlit license plate an a vehicle that had just been pulled into a closed business. The driver, 56-year-old Patrick Stuart Jackson of Portsmouth, said he had pulled over because he saw the deputy.
But the deputy saw that Jackson had signs of impairment: bloodshot glassy eyes, slurred speech – as well as a strong odor of alcohol and marijuana.
She arrested him for OVI. In an inventory of the vehicle, a loaded handgun in a black bag was found on the passenger floorboard.
Jackson is not under disability for firearms, but since he was charged with OVI, the firearm became a felony.
For indictments on misdemeanor operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and fifth-degree felony improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, Jackson could get up to 12 1/2 months and $2,500 in fines.
