Overview

• A federal grand jury indicted Montanez Merriweather for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, a charge that carries up to 15 years in prison.
• Gregory Wright became the seventh suspect to be arrested, facing aggravated riot and assault charges after allegedly ripping a victim’s necklace and filming the July 26 attack.
• Six other individuals have been indicted by a Hamilton County grand jury on multiple counts of felonious assault, assault and aggravated rioting, each facing up to 29 years behind bars.
• Local Black leaders, including Ohio State Rep. Cecil Thomas, are demanding charges against a white man seen slapping a Black victim and using racial slurs in viral footage.
• The Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police has criticized perceived political pressure on the investigation, defending detectives’ work and urging impartial prosecution.