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Open in new tab May 7, 2025 – Following a 5-day trial, a Delaware County jury found 32-year-old Brandon Toleque guilty of 2 counts of Murder (both unclassified felonies) with Firearm Specifications, 1 count of Kidnapping (a felony of the first degree), and 1 count of Rape (also a felony of the first degree).
Toleque shot and killed a guest in his Powell home in November of 2023. Following the murder, Toleque then forced another guest to leave with him as he fled the Central Ohio area. Toleque sexually assaulted this individual as he drove across Ohio before he was ultimately stopped by police in Indiana.
A sentencing hearing is set for Monday, May 12, 2025, at 3:15 p.m. in front of Judge James P. Schuck.
This case was investigated by the Powell Police Department, with assistance from the Marshall County Indiana Police, Delaware County, Ohio Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and prosecuted by Chief Criminal Assistant Prosecutor Mark Sleeper and Major Crimes Assistant Prosecutor Daniel Cogley.
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