Kettering man indicted on felony charges for March crash with serious injuries

TROY — Bail of $20,000 cash or surety was ordered Monday in a Miami County court for a Kettering man indicted on felony charges of aggravated vehicular assault and operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs in a March traffic collision in which two people were injured seriously.

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Marcus A. Casey, 38, faces two third-degree felony charges of aggravated vehicular assault and one misdemeanor of OVI. He pleaded not guilty during arraignments on charges issued by the county grand jury.

The indictments accuse Casey of causing serious harm to a man and a woman March 3, 2018, while driving with cocaine metabolites in his system.

The people were injured in a crash on Ohio 49 near Ohio 721 in western Miami County, said Paul Watkins, assistant county prosecutor. The injured were taken for treatment by CareFlight helicopter, he said.

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