WARREN COUNTY, OH – A 29-year-old woman was found guilty of attempted murder this past January regarding a New Year’s Eve shooting ushering in 2025 where she opened fire on a house party, striking a random attendee, upon learning her estranged husband and new boyfriend were partying together.
On January 30th, Olivia Clendenin was found guilty inside a Warren County courtroom of attempted murder, felonious assault and illegal discharge of a firearm regarding a drive-by shooting that prosecutors say was motivated over some kind of jealously relating to a friendship between her estranged husband and new boyfriend.
The events leading up to the incident started at a New Year’s Even party in where Clendenin was in attendance, as was her new boyfriend and her husband. Prosecutors say Clendenin’s husband and new boyfriend had began acting chummy and hanging out with each other at the party, a development she apparently wasn’t thrilled about, and Clendenin asked her husband to leave the party.
Instead of Clendenin’s husband leaving, he apparently decided to stick around, leading to Clendenin leaving in a fit of anger before returning at approximately 5:00 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Driving past the property in her mother’s Jeep, Clendenin fired 8 shots at the house from the vehicle before speeding off and eventually crashing into a guardrail and utility pole.
A 29-year-old man, who wasn’t involved in the trio’s relationship drama, happened to be standing on the porch outside the house when he was struck in the abdomen by the gunfire. While critically injured at the time, the victim survived the near-fatal encounter.
Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell emphasized the brazen nature of Clendenin’s actions before the court, highlighting how in her attempt to kill either her boyfriend or husband, she nearly murdered an innocent bystander.
“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,” Fornshell stated, adding, “Clendenin may have started 2025 as a free person but will spend the rest of 2026 and at a minimum the decade thereafter incarcerated for attempting to murder at least one of her romantic interests-- albeit striking and almost killing an innocent victim.”
A sentencing date for Clendenin has not yet been scheduled as she still needs to undergo a pre-sentence investigation.
On January 30th, Olivia Clendenin was found guilty inside a Warren County courtroom of attempted murder, felonious assault and illegal discharge of a firearm regarding a drive-by shooting that prosecutors say was motivated over some kind of jealously relating to a friendship between her estranged husband and new boyfriend.
The events leading up to the incident started at a New Year’s Even party in where Clendenin was in attendance, as was her new boyfriend and her husband. Prosecutors say Clendenin’s husband and new boyfriend had began acting chummy and hanging out with each other at the party, a development she apparently wasn’t thrilled about, and Clendenin asked her husband to leave the party.
Instead of Clendenin’s husband leaving, he apparently decided to stick around, leading to Clendenin leaving in a fit of anger before returning at approximately 5:00 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Driving past the property in her mother’s Jeep, Clendenin fired 8 shots at the house from the vehicle before speeding off and eventually crashing into a guardrail and utility pole.
A 29-year-old man, who wasn’t involved in the trio’s relationship drama, happened to be standing on the porch outside the house when he was struck in the abdomen by the gunfire. While critically injured at the time, the victim survived the near-fatal encounter.
Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell emphasized the brazen nature of Clendenin’s actions before the court, highlighting how in her attempt to kill either her boyfriend or husband, she nearly murdered an innocent bystander.
“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,” Fornshell stated, adding, “Clendenin may have started 2025 as a free person but will spend the rest of 2026 and at a minimum the decade thereafter incarcerated for attempting to murder at least one of her romantic interests-- albeit striking and almost killing an innocent victim.”
A sentencing date for Clendenin has not yet been scheduled as she still needs to undergo a pre-sentence investigation.
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