Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer has been indicted by a grand jury today on 43 counts of multiple charges, including 38 felony counts, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced late Tuesday. Carol Hamilton O’Brien, the Delaware County prosecutor, has been serving as special prosecutor.
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Hamilton O’Brien was appointed to investigate Overmyer by the Ohio Supreme Court in February, and seven months later, the prosecutor presented her findings to a special grand jury that met Tuesday.
Overmyer graduated from Ohio Peace Office Training Academy in 1995 and received an associate’s degree from Terra State University in 2001 and a bachelor’s degree from Tiffin University in 2003, according to Sandusky County’s website.
Several counts in the indictment include theft in office of monetary values over $1,000, but less than $7,500.
The risky drug charges, according to the indictment, stemmed from Overmyer taking Percocet, Hydrocodone and Oxycodone from the office.
Overmyer is expected to be arraigned Wednesday.
O’Brien also investigated the use of $2,500 from the sheriff’s Furtherance of Justice account money that Overmyer cashed and was said to have given to the detective bureau to conduct drug buys. Overmyer is alleged to have deceived physicians and pharmicists in order to obtain prescription pain medication, according to DeWine’s release.
Overmyer allegedly picked up unused prescriptions and other medications dropped off at area police departments by residents but never accounted for the drugs properly.
Overmyer’s complaint against O’Connell was referred to county Prosecutor Tom Stierwalt to determine whether criminal charges should be filed against O’Connell.
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The county’s six police chiefs grew concerned previous year when Overmyer would not explain what he did with the drugs he gathered from drop boxes at police stations.
