A Granville man indicted Feb. 27 on multiple counts of having child pornography was rushed to the hospital Feb. 28 and died Monday from his apparent self-inflicted injuries.
Tyler C. Grossett, 27, last known address 560 Jones Road, was indicted as a result of a Central Ohio task force investigation of Internet crimes against children in late 2012, Licking County Prosecutor Ken Oswalt said.
According to his death notice, he was at the Selma Markowitz Care Center, operated by Hospice of Central Ohio, at the time of his death.
At 11:55 a.m. Feb. 28, a Granville Township Fire Department ambulance was called to Grossett’s Jones Road address regarding a reported overdose.
Granville Police Department Sgt. Keith Blackledge said the case is still open while officials await an autopsy report, but he could confirm suicide. Blackledge said the original report to Jones Road was an attempted suicide for an unresponsive person.
Oswalt said that to his knowledge Grossett had been in medical treatment since the day of his apparent overdose and he had never regained consciousness.
According to Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp, deputies tried to serve the summons on the indictment to Grossett late in the morning Feb. 28, but were unable to make contact and left a standard note on the door to contact the office.
Before the indictment, the task force executed a search warrant at Grossett’s home and seized a computer that allegedly had “tens of thousands” of suspected images of child pornography, Oswalt said.
An investigation was ongoing for about a year to try to determine how many of the images actually constituted child pornography and the case was handed over to the Licking County Prosecutor’s Office in January.
Grossett was indicted on five fourth-degree felony counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor Feb. 27 by a grand jury. He was scheduled to have an initial bond hearing Tuesday in Licking County Common Pleas Court. ..Source.. by Advocate staff
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