A 19-year-old woman was booked into the Franklin County jail on Friday on a charge of aggravated menacing, according to records from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
Kate Mackenzie Mett was listed under booking number 20260821005. She was assigned to the James A. Karnes Corrections Center. Physical descriptors in the booking include female, white, 5 feet 6 inches, 111 pounds, brown eyes and black hair.
The sole listed offense is aggravated menacing, case number 26CRB14172. Records classify it as a misdemeanor. The date of arrest is August 21, 2026. Bond is listed as $0.00 with the type recorded as “BOND NOT SET.” A next court date is scheduled for August 22, 2026, in Franklin County Municipal Court. No sentence or conviction date appears in the current booking information.
Under Ohio Revised Code Section 2903.21, aggravated menacing occurs when a person knowingly causes another to believe that the offender will cause serious physical harm to the person or property of the other person, the other person’s unborn, or a member of the other person’s immediate family. The statute states that, except as otherwise provided, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Booking information from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is a public record under Ohio law. The charge remains an allegation. Mett has not been convicted of the offense. Further details about the circumstances of the arrest or any alleged victim were not included in the publicly available booking record reviewed for this report.
Interested parties can monitor case updates through the Franklin County Municipal Court or the sheriff’s inmate information resources. This report is based solely on the official booking data provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the text of the Ohio Revised Code. No additional facts beyond those sources have been added.
