{"id":144055,"date":"2021-07-21T15:31:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=144055"},"modified":"2021-07-21T15:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:33:20","slug":"woman-gets-prison-for-taking-drugs-into-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/07\/21\/woman-gets-prison-for-taking-drugs-into-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman gets prison on drug-related count"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three people were sentenced during criminal hearings held this past week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mista Eldridge-Leib, 40, of Jackson, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on a charge of illegal conveyance drugs of abuse into a government facility, a felony of the third degree. Judge Martin Burchfield credited Eldridge-Leib with 53 days already served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nicholas Gardner, 35, of Van Wert, was given three years of community control, to include a substance abuse assessment and appropriate treatment, on a charge of aggravated possession of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Wortman Krick, 41, of Lakeview, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, beginning July 30, on a charge of receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor of the first degree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two people were arraigned on grand jury indictments this past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trentin Clodfelter, 20, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, pleaded not guilty to one count each of trafficking in LSD and possession of LSD, each a felony of the fourth degree, and one count of possession of drugs, a first-degree misdemeanor. Judge Burchfield released him on an unsecured personal surety bond, after he signed a waiver of extradition, and scheduled a pretrial conference for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Daniel, 56, of Lima, entered a not guilty plea to one count of operating a vehicle while impaired (OVI), a felony of the fourth degree because of past related convictions. Magistrate Chris Steffan released Daniel on a surety bond, with a waiver of extradition, and a pretrial conference was scheduled for 8 a.m. August 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three people changed their pleas during hearings this past week in Common Pleas Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Callahan Wolfrum, 20, of Van Wert, changed his plea to guilty to one count of attempted corrupting of another with drugs, a felony of the third degree. Visiting Judge Keith Schierloh of Putnam County Common Pleas Court ordered a presentence investigation and set sentencing for 8:30 a.m. Thursday, August 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Ellenberger, 36, of Ohio City, changed his plea to guilty to one count of attempted cultivation of marijuana, a misdemeanor of the first degree. He was then sentenced to one year of community control and fined $250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicholas Conn, 44, of Van Wert, chanted his plea to guilty to one count each of aggravated possession of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree, and OVI, a first-degree misdemeanor. A presentence investigation was ordered and sentience scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a hearing held on Wednesday, Jason Saam, 50, of Van Wert, was found competent to stand trial following an evaluation by Court Diagnostic in Toledo. He then signed a waiver of his right to a speedy trial and a pretrial conference was scheduled for 8 a.m. Friday, August 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also this week, Andrew Thomas, 39, of Ohio City, admitted to violating his surety bond requirements by failing to report to probation and failing to appear for court hearings. A $75,000 cash bond was set in the case and he a jury trial was previously scheduled for Monday, July 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor Three people were sentenced during criminal hearings held this past week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Mista Eldridge-Leib, 40, of Jackson, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on a charge of illegal conveyance drugs of abuse into a government facility, a felony of the third degree. Judge Martin Burchfield […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 17:19:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}