NEW CUMBERLAND — A man who had to be rescued from the river after leading police on a two-state chase was indicted Wednesday by the Hancock County grand jury, one of 17 people ordered to stand trial.

Also indicted during the April grand jury term were a Pennsylvania man accused of stabbing a Chester restaurant owner who he believed owed him money, a woman who allegedly put a mother and her two children at risk by firing her gun in Chester, a man who allegedly choked his girlfriend and another who is accused of breaking his wife’s orbital eye socket.

Prosecutor Steven E. Dragisich said one of the indictments remains sealed.

Grand jurors returned an indictment against Brandon Lee Dunn, 202 Oakwood St., Chester, burglary, entry of a building other than a dwelling; petit larceny; three counts of attempted malicious assault on a government official; fleeing in a vehicle from a law enforcement officer with reckless indifference; leaving the scene of a crash with damage to a vehicle; and fleeing on foot from a law enforcement officer.

Dunn, 39, and another man were allegedly caught on security footage robbing a New Cumberland business.

Hancock County sheriff’s deputies had said they were approaching the business on foot when the two men fled in an SUV, “increasing their speed rapidly” when they saw police. Their vehicle crashed through the gate, striking a cruiser and almost hitting three of the officers.

Deputies said the pair were southbound on state Route 2 when the SUV left the roadway in the vicinity of the magistrate court building, “right before crashing onto the railroad tracks.” The two suspects then fled on foot, running into the woods on the riverbank, but while they were searching, deputies said they heard one of them “yelling for help in the river.”

Deputies located Dunn “hanging off an old, concrete wall” above the river. One deputy held onto Dunn while his sergeant held onto that deputy’s legs to keep the two of them from falling into the river while they waited for a third deputy to arrive with a rope to pull them to safety.

Once in custody authorities said Dunn thanked deputies for saving his life.

A true bill also was returned in the case of Kelsey Chevelle Willard, 100 Grant St. (A), Newell, who faces three counts of wanton endangerment involving a firearm.

The 34-year-old Willard allegedly pointed a handgun at multiple neighbors “and actually fired a shot in the general vicinity of one of them,” authorities allege. The bullet struck a microwave in another house, exploding it “while a woman was in there cooking with her two children,” authorities said.

Willard faces three counts of wanton endangerment because there are three alleged victims, authorities said.

Indicted on charges of malicious assault and first-degree robbery was Joshua L. Atwood, 58 Main St. Extension, Burgettstown.

Atwood, 31, allegedly stabbed the owner of the Crazy Donkey in Chester in the arm in a dispute over money he felt he was owed, then took money from the cash register before fleeing, authorities said.

Grand jurors returned a true bill charging Delvion Elton Proctor, 37, Clinton, Md., with fleeing law enforcement in a vehicle with reckless indifference and driving without a valid driver’s license.

Authorities allege Proctor “put a lot of other peoples’ lives at risk” during a chase that began in Jefferson County and “carried over into Weirton, then all the way through to Newell.”

Proctor did not have a valid license, they said.

Also indicted:

• David Gene Badger, 2 Lena Lane, New Cumberland, child abuse resulting in bodily injury, domestic battery, person prohibited from possessing a firearm and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, marijuana.

Authorities allege Badger, 34, was caught on video pulling the child’s hair, dragging the child by its hair and beating the child excessively.

Several weeks later Badger, who had a prior felony conviction, was allegedly caught with a firearm in his possession as well as marijuana. Because of that conviction he is prohibited from having or using firearms.

• Timothy James Morgan, 34, 432 S. 17th St., Weirton, malicious assault and domestic battery. Morgan allegedly punched his wife in the face, fracturing her eye socket. Authorities say the victim sustained two orbital fractures.

• Jason C. Hobbs, 47, 548 Utah Lane, Chester, domestic battery, third offense. Authorities allege Hobbs choked his girlfriend and struck her in the back of her head. Hobbs was charged with felony domestic violence because he has multiple prior convictions, two of them in Hancock County.

• Dino M. Pulice, 51, 119 Murphy Ave., Weirton, three counts of third-degree sexual assault and third-degree sexual abuse. The alleged victim is a juvenile, authorities said.

• Jason M. Sandy, 42, 1385 Hardins Run Road, New Cumberland, two counts grand larceny, reckless driving and driving while his license was revoked for DUI, third or subsequent offense. Sandy allegedly took tools and truck that didn’t belong to him, then drove recklessly through town, authorities said.

• Tammy Talkington, 52, 351 Thurman Ave., Weirton, three counts of delivering a Schedule II controlled substance, methamphetamine. Talkington allegedly sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant on three occasions.

• Victoria Blake, 24, 1083 Hildar St., Wheeling, uttering. Blake allegedly used “fake checks and a fake ID” at several locations in the tri-county area, including the Mildren Avenue post office in downtown Weirton.

• Nichole Ann Batchelor, 35, 208 Greenbrier Road, Weirton, five counts of fraudulent use of an access device as well as fraudulent schemes. Authorities allege Batchelor, used a neighbor’s credit card to make unauthorized purchases and also tried to cash the same check at dual locations.

• Stacen Mark Young, 35, Newell, a burglary, entry of a dwelling or outbuilding, petit larceny and conspiracy. Young allegedly broke into a woman’s house in Chester, her car and a work vehicle, authorities said.

• Scott West Hillier, 47, 151 Palm Drive (rear apartment), Weirton, four counts of failing to register as a sex offender, second offense.

• Sean M. Price, 47, 3215 Elm St., Weirton, two counts of failing to register as a sex offender, first offense.

The two men, convicted sex offenders, allegedly failed to update their personal information with law enforcement as required by law. Both are under a lifetime registration requirement.

Hillier, a repeat offender, is facing a minimum of 10 years in prison.