4 Urbana men, 4 teens charged in alleged assault, threats

Several people have been charged in connection with two incidents in Urbana.

Several people have been charged in connection with two incidents in Urbana.

Four adults and four juveniles have been charged after multiple related incidents, including an alleged assault last week at a Kroger store in Urbana.

Officers were dispatched to the Kroger parking lot on U.S. 36 in Urbana at about 11 p.m. April 29 after a person reported five men, including one with a gun, had assaulted two other men in the parking lot.

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Jerrod Axline, 38, of Urbana, was found with multiple injuries and transported to Mercy Memorial Hospital in Urbana. Axline and three juveniles met with a group of four other teenagers over a disagreement about money, Urbana police said.

Then bout 8 p.m. April 30, officers were dispatched to a house in the 200 block of South Kenton Street in Urbana on a report of juvenile being hit with a car. Chancellor Derek Miley, 18, denied being struck by the vehicle and refused to cooperate with officers, police said.

He was walking with a group of about 10 men in the 400 block of South Kenton Street. The group was later seen in the 300 block of Hill Street, police said, where they allegedly threatened to harm and shoot at a home and neighborhood.

Police later discovered Miley and the group of men had surrounded a car, allegedly striking the passenger Aaron Reeves, 21, with a large piece of wood and wouldn’t get out of the way, according to police. The driver of the car eventually drove away, striking Miley with his vehicle.

Witnesses also identified Johnathan Terrell Robinson, 18, and a juvenile as the alleged suspects who threatened to shoot the residence, according to Urbana police.

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Four adults were arrested — Robinson, Miley, Jacob David Warren, 18, and Zachary Ryan Keeler, 18 — and later indicted on Thursday. All are facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges.

The four male juveniles — ages 13, 15, 16 and 17 — were taken to the Central Ohio Youth Center and ordered into Champaign County Juvenile Court. The 16- and 17-year-olds were later identified as the two juveniles who allegedly assaulted Axline in the Kroger parking lot. They’re all also facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges.

The Urbana Police Division continues to investigate both incidents. If you have more information, call the division at 937-652-4350.

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