(9-20-25) Amrinder Singh (30) of Bakersfield, California was booked today by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office on a 3rd degree felony of aggravated vehicular assault, vehicular assault.

Singh is being held in the Mercer County Adult Detention Center on $500,000 cash bond. He is awaiting a Mercer County Common Pleas Court hearing.

In Ohio, Aggravated Vehicular Assault is generally a third-degree felony, punishable by 1 to 5 years in prison and a mandatory driver’s license suspension of 2 to 10 years. It involves causing serious physical harm to another person while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The charge can be elevated to a second-degree felony under specific circumstances, such as driving with a suspended license or having prior convictions for vehicular assault or OVI offenses