Two Columbus men now face a combined 61 felony charges after an Ashland County grand jury indicted them Thursday in connection with the 130-mph police chase that ended near Lewis Center Road in Delaware County on Aug. 3.

Martell Lamont Dawson, 25, faces 30 counts. Andez Tyrese Henry, 18, faces 31. Both are charged with 27 first-degree felony counts of grand theft of a firearm, one for each gun stolen from Fin Feather Fur Outfitters in Ashland, according to Ashland County court records. The indictments were filed Aug. 13 in Ashland County Common Pleas Court.

The charges represent a dramatic escalation. Before the indictment, each man faced only two charges: failure to comply with a police officer and receiving stolen property. The grand jury added the 27 firearm-theft counts plus breaking-and-entering charges not in the original complaints.

Henry faces one additional count that Dawson does not: having weapons while under disability, stemming from a 2023 Franklin County juvenile adjudication for robbery.

As we reported Aug. 7, Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers spotted a stolen 2013 Hyundai Elantra traveling south on I-71 in Ashland County around 1:40 a.m. on Aug. 3. The driver refused to stop, and the pursuit covered more than 60 miles through Ashland, Richland, Morrow and Delaware counties, reaching speeds near 130 mph through an active construction zone where workers were present.

Troopers deployed a tire deflation device that slowed the vehicle. It exited in Delaware County and veered off Lewis Center Road near Alum Creek Lake. Both suspects fled on foot into a wooded area near the Gnomewood mountain bike trail before being arrested.

Troopers recovered two bags containing 27 stolen firearms and a stolen Taser. Fourteen guns still had Fin Feather Fur price tags attached. The haul included 14 Glocks, seven Smith & Wessons, two Springfields, two Rugers, one Heckler & Koch and one Kimber, valued at a combined $16,938.74.

The indictments also allege both men received two stolen Hyundai Elantras: the red 2013 model used in the chase and a 2018 model found disabled at the gun store. One vehicle had its ignition torn out and had been hotwired.

At the defendants' bond hearing on Aug. 6, Dawson disputed that he was the driver. "My paperwork says somebody else was driving, but y'all saying I was driving," he told the court. "It literally says in my paperwork the driver was wearing a black hoodie. I didn't have no black hoodie when I came in here."

The court advised him the hearing was to set bond, not determine guilt. Assistant prosecutor Laura Stanley told the court the defendants could face approximately 80 years in prison based on the firearms charges alone, NBC4 reported. Bond was set at $100,000 each, lower than the $500,000 prosecutors requested.

Dawson's arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 19; Henry's is set for Aug. 26. Both cases will proceed in Ashland County Common Pleas Court, with assistant prosecuting attorney Matthew Metcalf handling the prosecution and OSHP listed as the investigating agency.