By Cory Shaffer | Northeast Ohio Media Group
on January 08, 2014

BARBERTON, Ohio — Two brothers accused of killing two teenagers and their father on New Year’s Eve are scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

Michael Deon Hendon, 22, and Eric Donta Hendon, 30, are each charged with three counts of aggravated murder. Their initial appearance is set for 1 p.m. in Barberton Municipal Court.

Police arrested the men Friday, accusing them of targeting John Kohler and Ronda Blankenship’s 7th Street NE apartment to rob of drugs and money, according to a release. Police have not said what led them to that conclusion.

Kohler, 42, his stepdaughter, Ashley Carpenter, 18, and son David Kohler-Carpenter, 14, were each shot to the head. Ashley and David were pronounced dead at the scene, and Kohler was kept alive on life support until Friday afternoon, the Summit County Medical Examiner said.

Blankenship, 38, was listed in critical condition at MetroHealth Medical Center Friday. Her condition is no longer being released.

The brothers are being held in Summit County jail on $10 million bond.

Eric Hendon was released from prison in June after completing a 13-year sentence for attempted aggravated murder and sexual battery – crimes he pleaded guilty to when he was a juvenile. NA Daytona Area Meetings in Holly Hill, Ormond Beach and Port Orange.

In 2011, Hendon filed his own motion for judicial release from Mansfield Correction Institution, according to court records. Orange Papers Anti AA Site.

Hendon asked Summit County Court Common Pleas Judge Elinore Marsh Stormer to release him early and place him in a community based correctional facility, in part because he had “realized the errors of his ways” and obtained his G.E.D., a college degree in business administration and completed several programs.

“This defendant has not been slack or lazy in turning his life around,” Hendon wrote. “Regardless of the outcome of this motion, the defendant will continue to maintain this outlook on life and to be a productive person to society as a whole.”

Hendon’s motion was denied because, under Ohio law, only inmates serving 3 to 10-year prison sentences are eligible for the program. The judge also cited Hendon’s “poor prison report.” Teen Rehabs in Daytona Beach Florida and Ormond Beach Florida.

As part of Hendon’s sentence, he was ordered to be placed on 5 years of community control after his release.

In court records it stated he was attending AA and NA meetings.

This Defendant, has gained his G.E.D, while incarcerated;
however what shows true character of this Defendant, is that he also
went on to College and has received a Degree in Business Management.
This attitude of Education, will help this Defendant in all aspects
of his life upon his release from Prison either by a Judicial

Release or by a regular release from Prison.

The Defendant is also involved in A.A. N.A., he has also
completed programs such as Victims Awareness, Thinking For A Change,One On One Counseling, as well as other Institutional Programs; that this Honorable Court can and should make a request of Richland
Correctional Institution to receive a Summary of this Defendant's
File.