COLUMBUS – A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a seventh suspect in the death of 17-year-old Imperial Stewart, whose body was found in a wooded area on the Northeast Side nearly two weeks after he disappeared.
The grand jury indicted Raymor Dumas for tampering with evidence and obstructing justice and a warrant was issued for his arrest, Sgt. Edward Powell III of the Columbus police Homicide Unit said.
Anyone with information concerning Dumas’s whereabouts is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
Stewart was last seen in the area of Cleveland Avenue and Huy Road on Sept. 20 and, after interviewing several individuals, detectives charged Michael Bowles, 20, and 16-y/o Russell Hargrove-Madison with murder and four other people with lesser charges earlier this week, Powell said.
According to a report by WBNS 10-TV citing court documents, Stewart was in a vehicle with Bowles and Hargrove-Madison on Sept. 20 when they tried to rob Stewart of a gun he just bought from Bowles and Bowles shot Stewart during a struggle.
The other suspects were charged in relation to efforts to dispose of the car and other evidence, the television station reported.
Stewart’s body was found Oct. 3 in a wooded area near the intersection of Sunbury and Agler roads, according to the report.
Grand jury votes not to indict officer in February shooting
Grand jurors on Friday decided not to indict a Columbus police
Officer for shooting a man during a traffic stop on the South Side in February, according the office of Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney G. Gary Tyack.
When Joshua Ohlinger and another officer stopped a vehicle on Feb. 5, Michael Cleveland got out of the vehicle and drew a firearm from his waistband as he fled, Ohlinger said in a statement provided to prosecutors, Tyack said.
Ohlinger fired his gun six times, striking Cleveland three times in the torso, according to Tyack’s office.
Cleveland was taken to the hospital for treatment and survived his. A firearm was recovered from the scene.
A grand jury determines if a crime has been committed and whether there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed the crime.