A harrowing incident that unfolded during a New Year's Eve party at the beginning of 2025 has led to the conviction of Olivia Clendenin on charges of attempted murder, among other offenses. The party, which took place on Dearth Road in Clearcreek Township, turned tragic when Clendenin, wrought with anger over the co-presence of her estranged husband and boyfriend, opened fire, critically wounding an uninvolved man. WLWT reported that after failing to persuade her husband to leave the party, Clendenin resorted to a violent drive-by shooting.
"The victim had simply been invited to a New Year's Eve party and found himself in the middle of Clendenin's barrage of gunfire," Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell stated in an announcement covered by WLWT. The judicial process culminated this week with a Warren County jury finding Clendenin guilty on four charges: attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault, and discharging a firearm into a home.
Details from the investigation, as well as from the night of the incident, reveal a fragmented image of betrayal and violence. After learning that her husband and boyfriend had uncovered their mutual relationship with her, Clendenin's wrath led her to the location of the New Year's celebration, according to Local12. Clendenin's onslaught left a man with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, almost costing his life.
Prior disclosures by Clearcreek police Lt. Wallace Stacy, primarily obtained by Dayton Daily News, noted that at the time of the shooting, there were people inside and outside of the house. The man who was hit, having been on the porch, was not involved in any disputes with Clendenin.
In a turn of events, soon after the shooting, Clendenin lost control of her mother's 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee and crashed into a guardrail and utility pole. Although Clendenin faced additional indictments for improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, using weapons while intoxicated, and a misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, the prosecutor's office waived proceeding with those charges. "Clendenin may have started 2025 as a free person, but she will spend the rest of 2026 — and at a minimum the decade thereafter — incarcerated," Fornshell explained, as reported by Local12. Clendenin now awaits sentencing behind bars at the Warren County Jail.
