Benjamin R. Elder
Republican · OH · Auglaize County Prosecuting Attorney
Benjamin R. Elder has been Auglaize County's prosecuting attorney since April 2025 and was an assistant prosecutor there from 2012, after ten years as an assistant prosecutor in Richland and Sandusky counties. A state prosecutors' group named him outstanding assistant prosecutor in 2015.
Where Benjamin R. Elder stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Announced with the county sheriff on 2025-11-20 that a county grand jury charged three people in the 2022 killing of Timothy Hovanec. The three were already in prison on federal charges tied to his death. The new charges include aggravated murder.
November 20, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: limaohio.com
Reached a plea deal on 2015-09-10 as an Auglaize County assistant prosecutor in a 1981 St. Marys murder case. The last of three suspects, Brian Guggenbiller, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. He got 7 to 25 years in prison, the same as the other two suspects.
September 10, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: dailystandard.com
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Took office as Auglaize County prosecutor on 2025-04-08 to finish Ed Pierce's term. Pierce swore him in and called him "superbly qualified." He had worked in the office for 13 years.
April 8, 2025
Source: yahoo.com
Was named by retiring Auglaize County Prosecutor Ed Pierce as the person he expected to take over the office. Pierce called him "particularly qualified" and cited his work on a 1981 murder case. That work earned him a state prosecutors' group award in 2015.
April 4, 2025
Source: mercercountyoutlook.net
Past race Benjamin R. Elder ran in:
- Auglaize County Prosecuting Attorney (Unexpired Term) · November 3, 2026 · Auglaize County, Ohio · incumbent