2 Trumbull jail hostage-takers indicted on multiple charges

WARREN — Two of the three men accused of taking a corrections officer hostage for five hours April 23 at the Trumbull County jail have been indicted on a variety of charges.

Both are currently in Ohio prisons for other offenses and were video arraigned this morning in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Both pleaded not guilty, and bonds of $100,000 were set for both.

Kevin T. Johns, 24, of Cincinnati, and Richard Ware, 27, of Warren were indicted on charges of kidnapping, aggravated robbery, possessing a deadly weapon while under detention, felonious assault and resistance to lawful authority.

If convicted, each could get about 40 years added to their current prison term.

The third man, David Martin, 30, of Cleveland, was not charged in the hostage situation.

Mike Burnett, assistant Trumbull County prosecutor, said it would not be "in the interest of justice" to charge Martin "at this time" since Martin is already on death row.