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Republican Ohio gubernatorial campaigner Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a antheral who worked arsenic his family's bodyguard is facing national cause trafficking charges.
Justin Salsburey, 43, of Bellefontaine, and his wife, Ruthann Rankin, were each charged precocious past period with conspiracy and possession with the intent to administer ample amounts of narcotics done the U.S. mail.
Mr. Salsburey was employed by a backstage information steadfast hired by the Ramaswamys for protective services, according to run spokesperson Connie Luck. She said that ARK Protection Group removed him from the family's information item instantly upon learning of the matter.
According to the transgression complaints, 261 parcels containing counterfeit OxyContin and different pills were delivered to the couple's occidental Ohio location betwixt August 2024 and past month. Ms. Rankin has been removed from her employment arsenic a schoolteacher successful adjacent Urbana, according to a connection posted by the district.
Mr. Salsburey is being held successful the Franklin County jailhouse successful Columbus, according to the facility's website. It was not wide whether Ms. Rankin is being held. “Mr. Ramaswamy’s household contracts with a backstage information steadfast for protective services and was alarmed to perceive this disturbing news," Ms. Luck said successful a text.
She said that Mr. Salsburey had cleared aggregate inheritance checks tally by the information company, the FBI and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation anterior to his employment. The astir caller 1 was conducted by Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Centre successful September, she said.
Mr. Salsburey besides passed a pre-employment cause trial and ne'er failed a random cause screening, Ms. Luck said. A connection near with an lawyer who represented Mr. Salsburey successful the past was not instantly returned.
“Vivek and his household instrumentality matters of information earnestly and enactment efforts to clasp these individuals accountable for these allegations if they are proven,” Ms. Luck said.
