CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio. Kyle Robert Caldwell, 30, of Circleville, has a closed felony file in Pickaway County Common Pleas Court and was booked into the Pickaway County Jail on Aug. 3, according to court and jail records.
Judge Matthew H. Chafin is assigned to the case. The clerk’s system lists case 2026CR0028, State of Ohio v. Kyle Robert Eugene Caldwell, as closed. A docket entry dated Aug. 12, 2026, records a guilty plea and an entry of sentence, along with advisement of post-release control.
The available docket text does not list the length of any prison term. Jail records still showed him as an active inmate at the Pickaway County Jail after that date. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction already had a separate prison record for him earlier this year.
How the case reached this point
Pickaway County records list the underlying drug offenses as occurring on Nov. 19, 2025. A grand jury indictment was filed March 5, 2026. At that time, state prison records show Caldwell was serving a Franklin County sentence.
ODRC lists Kyle R. Caldwell, born Dec. 31, 1995, inmate A855674, as committed Jan. 29, 2026, to Mansfield Correctional Institution on one count of escape, a fifth-degree felony, Franklin County case 25CR6249. The recorded term was six months, with an expected release date of May 24, 2026, then Adult Parole Authority supervision for 1 year and 4 months.
Pickaway records show bond posted May 26, 2026, two days after that expected release date. The court later revoked bond on July 24 and issued a capias July 27. He was booked at the Pickaway County Jail on Aug. 3. A failure-to-appear setting appears on the docket around that period. On Aug. 12 he entered a guilty plea, and the case is marked closed.
Charges in Pickaway County case 2026CR0028
Court records list these counts, both tied to a Nov. 19, 2025, offense date:
• Aggravated possession of drugs, second-degree felony, Ohio Revised Code 2925.11(A)/(C)(1)(C)
• Possession of a fentanyl-related compound, fourth-degree felony, Ohio Revised Code 2925.11(A)/C11B
The case status is closed. The Aug. 12 entries include a guilty plea and sentence language. The public screens do not spell out the prison term in months or years.
Charges listed on the Aug. 3 jail booking
The Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office inmate record, inmate ID 40226, lists:
• Parole violation, Ohio Revised Code 2967.15
• Possession of drugs, Schedule I or II, Ohio Revised Code 2925.11(C)(1)(C)
• Drug abuse, Schedule I or II substance, Ohio Revised Code 2925.11(A)
• Fugitive from justice, Ohio Revised Code 2963.11
That booking lists him as 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, and held at the Pickaway County Jail.
Prior prison case tied to the parole hold
ODRC records show the earlier commitment was for:
• Escape, fifth-degree felony, Ohio Revised Code 2921.34, Franklin County case 25CR6249, six months, effective sentence date Jan. 29, 2026
