A Pickaway County judge has found Riley Q. Flores incompetent to stand trial on kidnapping and rape charges and ordered him into treatment at the Central Ohio Behavioral Center in Columbus, according to a judgment entry filed this week in Pickaway County Common Pleas Court.
In the entry, filed Nov. 4 in State of Ohio v. Riley Q. Flores, case no. 2026CR0114, Judge Matthew H. Chafin found that Flores “is not at this time capable of understanding the nature and objective of the proceedings against him and is not capable of presently assisting in his defense,” and that he “is accordingly found to be incompetent to stand trial at this time.”
The finding followed an examination at Netcare Forensic Psychiatry Center in Columbus. Flores’s attorney filed a suggestion of incompetence in September, the court ordered the evaluation under Ohio’s competency statute, and the court accepted Netcare’s written report. The competency hearing was held Nov. 4. Defense counsel waived Flores’s appearance because of his admission into the Central Ohio Behavioral Center, according to the entry.
Chafin’s entry orders that Flores undergo treatment at the center’s Columbus campus, which the court called “the least restrictive alternative available that is consistent with public safety and treatment goals.” He is not to be released or discharged from the center except by court order, and he is not to be granted unsupervised on-ground movement, supervised off-grounds movement, or non-secured status except by a future order of the court. If he leaves the facility, the center must immediately notify the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office and the Pickaway County Prosecuting Attorney, the entry states.
The case is placed on the court’s inactive list “pending a final determination on the efforts to restore Defendant’s competency.”
An incompetency finding is not a dismissal of the charges and not a determination of guilt or innocence. If Flores is later found competent, the prosecution can resume.
Flores, 26, was indicted by a Pickaway County grand jury on July 9, 2026, on three counts of kidnapping and one count of rape, all first-degree felonies, alleging offenses on or about June 23, 2026, in Pickaway County. The indictment lists his arrest date as June 25, 2026. He pleaded not guilty on July 30, 2026.
Bond was set at $250,000 in July, with conditions including no contact with the alleged victim. The docket shows no entry that bond was posted.
Flores is represented by attorney Amy L. Otto. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Robert A. Chamberlain appeared for the state at the competency hearing.
Flores is presumed innocent of the charges unless and until proven guilty.