Judge among harassment targets
Grand jury indictments
A Columbus man faces over a dozen felony charges after allegedly sending harassing emails to a Marysville judge and court attorneys as well as threatening a city law official.
The Union County Grand Jury has indicted Joshua John Varble, 40, of Columbus, and charged him with 15 felonies including 12 counts of telecommunications harassment of the fifth degree and three counts of intimidation of an attorney in a criminal case of the third degree.
According to court documents, on March 30, 2026, Varble sent an email to the city judge at 12:34 a.m. after being explicitly instructed to stop sending direct messages to them via a court notice on March 26. Varble allegedly sent a…
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