{"id":162217,"date":"2023-01-18T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=162217"},"modified":"2023-01-19T05:32:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T10:32:04","slug":"van-wert-burglary-suspect-changes-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/01\/18\/van-wert-burglary-suspect-changes-plea\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Wert burglary suspect changes plea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of two men accused of breaking into a Van Wert home and beating a person there appeared in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnathon Miller, 19, of Van Wert, changed his plead to guilty to aggravated burglary, a first degree felony; felonious assault, a second degree felony; theft, a felony of the fifth degree, and improper handling of a firearm in a vehicle, a fourth degree felony. Judge Martin Burchfield ordered a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for 1:30 p.m. February 24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charges are tied to an early May, 2022 armed burglary at a home in the 300 block of S. Tyler St. Two people were in the home at the time and one was brutally beaten with a gun. Miller and a co-defendant, Kaiden Gilbert, 18, of Van Wert were arrested June 30. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilbert is awaiting trial on one count of aggravated burglary, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of felonious assault. His trial is scheduled to begin February 9 in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate hearing held this morning, Jaime Stemen, 54, of Ohio City, pleaded not guilty to having weapons under disability, a third degree felony; aggravated trafficking in drugs, a fourth degree felony; two counts of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony, and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fifth degree felony. Stemen was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was set for 8:30 a.m. February 15.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff&nbsp; One of two men accused of breaking into a Van Wert home and beating a person there appeared in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.&nbsp; Johnathon Miller, 19, of Van Wert, changed his plead to guilty to aggravated burglary, a first degree felony; felonious assault, a second degree felony; theft, [&hellip;]<\/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-162217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 12:41:05","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\/162217","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=162217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162253,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162217\/revisions\/162253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}