“Daniels' crime spree wreaked havoc in our community that morning,” said Marion County Prosecutor Ray Grogan. “This event could have turned out much worse and Marion has zero tolerance for this kind of violence in our community; now Daniels will have many years in prison to think about that,” said Grogan.
On March 25, 2022 William Daniels was sentenced to 15-20 years in prison after he previously pled guilty to Felonious Assault of a Police Officer, with a gun specification and Burglary. Daniels was sentenced by Judge Warren Edwards.
On August 25, 2021, Daniels held a woman at gun-point and demanded that she drive him to different addresses where he could then break into vehicles and take property from them. At one point, Daniels broke into a home in order to steal keys to a vehicle. A short time later a Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy saw Daniels at one point and Daniels ran into a field and fired shots at the officers.
"I would like to thank the Marion County Sheriff's Office Marion, OH, specifically, Captain Jason Dutton and Deputy John Endicott, who were shot at while trying to approach Daniels, and Sheriff Matt Bayles, who was out in the field side-by-side with his deputies looking for Daniels, Marion, Ohio Police Department and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost - BCI lab for all of their work on this case," Grogan said.