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The following defendants were before the Logan County Common Pleas Court, Judge Mark O’Connor on May 21, 2012.

Douglas Thompson, age 38 of Xenia pled guilty to theft of a motor vehicle, theft and breaking and entering and was sentenced to sixteen months in prison.

James Johnson, age 31 of Springfield was sentenced to one hundred nine days jail time, five years community control and ordered to pay court costs for burglary and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

David Turvey, age 40 of Belle Center was sentenced to sixty days in the Logan County Jail, two years community control and ordered to pay court costs for three counts of endangering children.

Charles Bray, age 29 of Belle Center pled guilty to theft, burglary and illegal use of food stamps.  Simon Wells, age 29 of Bellefontaine pled guilty to trafficking in drugs.  April Tuttle, age 23 of Lakeview pled guilty to misuse of a credit card.  Presentence investigations were ordered and sentencings are scheduled for June 25, 2012. 

James Castle, age 44 of Huntsville pled guilty to three counts of complicity to theft and was placed on the prosecutor’s pretrial diversion program.

On Friday May 18, 2012 Victor Miller, age 48 of Lakeview pled guilty to trafficking in drugs.  A presentence investigation was ordered and sentencing is scheduled for June 25, 2012.

Julie Joseph, age 54 of Bellefontaine pled guilty to theft and was placed on the prosecutor’s pretrial diversion program.

The following defendants were before the Common Pleas Court Judge Mark O’Connor on Monday May 14, 2012.

Steven Perdue, 44 of Huntsville was sentenced to the West Central Community Based Correctional Facility, five years community control and ordered to pay court costs and attorney fees for failure to comply with the order of a police officer and possession of drugs.

Jeffrey Young, age 30 of Russells Point was sentenced to ninety days in the Logan County Jail, three years community control and ordered to pay restitution, court costs and attorney fees for domestic violence.

Elijah Larson, age 23 of East Liberty was sentenced to five years community control and ordered to pay a $250 fine, court costs, restitution and attorney fees for theft.

James Daniels, 29 of Lakeview pled guilty to burglary.  Scottie Collins, age 24 of Bellefontaine pled guilty to possession of drugs.  Presentence investigations were ordered and sentencings are scheduled for June 18, 2012.

On Tuesday May 15, 2012 John L. Sprague, age 30 of Magnetic Springs pled guilty to misuse of a credit card.  A presentence investigation was ordered and sentencing is scheduled for June 18, 2012.

On Tuesday May 1, 2012 JD Crawford, age 30 of Bellefontaine pled guilty to possession of drugs and trafficking of drugs and on Wednesday May 2, 2012, William Baumgardner, age 22 of Zanesfield pled guilty to importuning.  Presentence investigations were ordered and sentencings are scheduled for June 4, 2012.

On Monday April 23, 2012 the following were before the Common Pleas Court, Judge Mark O’Connor.

Bradley Short, age 27 of Bellefontaine was sentenced to four years in prison for gross sexual imposition.  He was labeled as a tier two sex offender and must report his address to law enforcement every six months for twenty-five years.

Jerry Nelson, age 25 of Russells Point was sentenced to the West Central Community Based Correctional Facility, five years community control, a two year license suspension and ordered to pay a $500 fine, court costs and attorney fees for two counts of trafficking in drugs and one count of illegal possession of chemicals to manufacture drugs.

Lindsey Foreman, age 30 of Bellefontaine pled guilty to trafficking in drugs and she was granted intervention in lieu of conviction.  She must complete three years of community control and substance abuse counseling.

Joshua McBride, age 25 of Urbana pled guilty to trafficking in drugs and breaking and entering and Elisa Branson, age 50 of Bellefontaine pled guilty to theft.  They were placed on the prosecutor’s pretrial diversion program.

Jeremy Ray, age 21 of Marysville pled guilty to non-support of dependents.  A presentence investigation was ordered and sentencing is scheduled for May 29, 2012.

On Monday April 16, 2012 the following defendants were before the Common Pleas Court Judge Mark O’Connor.

 Christie Reames, age 54 of Zanesfield was sentenced to ten years in prison for aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular assault and operating a vehicle while under the influence.  His driver’s license was suspended for life.

 Donald Jenkins, age 30 of Quincy was sentenced eighteen months in prison for unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and corrupting another with drugs.  He was also labeled a tier two sex offender and must report his address to law enforcement every six months for twenty-five years.

 Lea Gray, age 30 of Columbus pled guilty to complicity to trafficking in drugs and David Moore, age 32 of Huntsville pled guilty to burglary.  Each were granted intervention in lieu of conviction and must complete drug and alcohol counseling and three years of community control.

The following defendants were before the Common Pleas Court Judge Mark O’Connor on April 9, 2012.

 John Emerick Jr., age 46 of Bellefontaine was sentenced to four years in prison and was classified as a tier three sex offender and must report his address every ninety days for life for attempted rape.

 Robert Finch, age 32 of Bellefontaine was sentenced to thirty days in the Logan County Jail, five years community control, his license was suspended for six months and ordered to pay a $500 fine, court costs and attorney fees for trafficking in drugs.

 Clarence Harris, age 34 of Bellefontaine was sentenced to thirty days in the Logan County Jail, three years community control and was ordered to pay restitution, court costs and attorney fees for theft, domestic violence and receiving stolen property.

 Brittany Makesy, age 21 of Lakeview was sentenced to five years community control and ordered to pay court costs, restitution and attorney fees for grand theft.

 Dustin Randall, age 28 of Kenton was sentenced to five years community control, given a one year license suspension, and ordered to pay a $500 fine, and court costs for possession of drugs.

 Tammy Peterson, age 34 of Lakeview pled guilty to misuse of public assistance benefits and Shane Jones, age 20 of Columbus pled guilty to two counts of theft.  Both were placed in the prosecutor’s pretrial diversion program.

 Jeffrey Young, age 30 of Russells Point pled guilty to domestic violence, Elijah Larson, age 23 of East Liberty pled guilty to theft and Steven Perdue, age 44 of Huntsville pled guilty to possession of drugs and eluding a police officer.  Presentence investigations were ordered and sentencings are scheduled for May 14, 2012.

 On April 2, 2012 the following defendants were before the Common Pleas Court Judge Mark S O’Connor.

James Davis, age 30 of Lancaster was sentenced to five years community control, a six month license suspension and ordered to pay a $500 fine, court costs and attorney fees for trafficking in drugs.

Walter Egler, age 50 of Bellefontaine was sentenced to three years community control and ordered to pay court costs and attorney fees for non-support of dependents.

Matthew Lynch, age 22 of Russells Point pled guilty to three counts of trafficking in drugs and was granted intervention in lieu of conviction.  He must complete drug and alcohol and counseling and three years community control.

Shawn Kerns, age 33 of Bellefontaine pled guilty to two counts of gross sexual imposition, William Dolan, age 37 of Bellefontaine pled guilty to operating a vehicle while under the influence and drugs or alcohol, Wesley Woods, age 25 of DeGraff pled guilty to theft and David Turvey, age 40 of Belle Center pled guilty to endangering children, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.  Presentence investigations were ordered and sentences are scheduled for May 7, 2012.

On March 26, 2012 the following defendants were before the Common Pleas Court Judge Mark O’Connor.

 Kami Irwin, age 30 of Bellefontaine was sentenced to the West Central Community Based Correctional Facility, five years community control, a one year license suspension and ordered to pay court costs, attorney fees and restitution for trafficking in drugs and theft.

 Anthony Tipps, age 53 of Dayton was sentenced to five years community control, given a one year license suspension for one count of trafficking in drugs.  He forfeited $1,015.00 cash and a 2003 Ford van in lieu of fine and costs.

 Pamela Heffner, age 49 of West Mansfield pled guilty to seven counts of passing bad checks.  She was placed on the prosecutor’s pre-trial diversion program.

 Ben Brown, age 21 of Bellefontaine was sentenced to one hundred days in the Logan County Jail and his community control was terminated unsuccessfully for a probation violation.  His original charge was theft.