Posted on: December 28, 2025, 03:52h.
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- Chad Ollinger, star of the Discovery Channel’s “Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch,” has been charged with homicide
- Already in Las Vegas jail on an unrelated cost, his cellmate was discovered useless with blunt power accidents in their cell
- Police allege that the person and Ollinger had a deadly bodily altercation
Reality star Chad Ollinger, who appeared on the Discovery Channel’s “Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch,” faces a homicide cost after his cellmate was discovered useless inside a Las Vegas jail, TMZ reported.
According to the Las Vegas Metro Police, corrections officers found a male inmate “lying motionless inside a cell” on the Clark County Detention Center whereas conducting a routine test on December 26 at 11:20 p.m.
The officers noticed that the prisoner, who was Ollinger’s cellmate, sustained obvious blunt power accidents. They rendered help and, when he couldn’t be resuscitated, requested medical personnel to reply. The sufferer was pronounced useless on the scene.
Police say Ollinger, 41, engaged his cellmate in a bodily altercation inside their cell. He was rebooked for open homicide.
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Ollinger has starred in each season of “Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch,” which premiered in January 2021 and wrapped Season 5 in August. The present follows Ollinger and his father, Duane, as they try to uncover what they imagine is buried treasure and historic artifacts beneath their 160‑acre ranch in Utah’s Uintah Basin.
Ollinger has a documented collection of arrests throughout 2024 and 2025. According to TMZ, he was arrested in November 2024 after allegedly working a purple gentle on his motorbike in entrance of an unmarked police automobile and trying to flee. Officers say he ditched his black Harley‑Davidson and tried escaping on foot earlier than being caught and charged with evading arrest with a automobile and evading arrest on foot.
He posted bond shortly afterward, however his authorized points continued. In February 2025, he was reportedly arrested close to Pampa, Texas, for driving with an invalid license with earlier convictions and for dashing greater than 10% over the posted restrict. He was booked into the Gray County Jail.
On October 27, 2025, Ollinger was jailed once more — this time as a fugitive from one other state, needed for an alleged contempt of courtroom matter. It was throughout this jail stint that his cellmate was discovered useless.
