{"id":163911,"date":"2023-03-09T04:43:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T09:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=163911"},"modified":"2023-03-10T05:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:01:22","slug":"vw-man-given-long-prison-term-for-break-in-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/03\/09\/vw-man-given-long-prison-term-for-break-in-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"VW man going to prison for break-in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second of two men convicted of breaking into a S. Tyler St., Van Wert home in May of 2022 and brutally beating one of the residents learned his fate in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a hearing held Tuesday, Kaiden Gilbert, 20, of Van Wert was sentenced to 8-12 years in prison for aggravated burglary. Judge Martin Burchfield also sentenced Gilbert to 8-12 years for felonious assault, a second degree felony and theft, a fifth degree felony. All three sentences will run concurrently and Gilbert was given credit for 253 days already served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A co-defendant, Johnathon M. Miller, 19, was recently sentenced to 15-20 1\/2 years in prison for aggravated burglary, a first degree felony, felonious assault, a second degree felony, and improperly handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth degree felony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several defendants were arraigned this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seth Hitzeman, 20, of Payne entered a not guilty plea to one count of aggravated burglary, a first degree felony; two counts of kidnapping; two counts of felonious assault and and one count of theft. Judge Burchfield set bond at $250,000 cash or commercial surety and scheduled a pre-trial for 9 a.m. Thursday, March 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabrina Switzer, 34, of Paulding pleaded not guilty to theft from a person in a protected class, a second degree felony. She was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cameran Ogunkayode, 27, of Delphos pleaded not guilty to tampering with records, a third degree felony and two counts of forgery, fifth degree felonies. Ogunkayode was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was set for 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Lawrence Suever, 44, of Van Wert pleaded not guilty to two counts of trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present, both fourth degree felonies. He was released on a surety bond with a no-contact order with the victim. A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua Brown, 41, of Van Wert pleaded not guilty to domestic violence, a third degree felony. He was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was set for 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tristan Smith, 24, of Van Wert pleaded not guilty to endangering children, a felony of the third degree. He was released on surety bond with no unsupervised visitation with the victim. A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malcolm Oliver, 26, of Van Wert pleaded not guilty to domestic violence, a fourth degree felony. He was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eric Friedrich, 31, of Van Wert pleaded not guilty to receiving stolen property and forgery, both fifth degree felonies. He was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rickey Shupe, Jr., 42, of Van Wert pleaded not guilty to aggravated trafficking in drugs, a fourth degree felony and aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony. He was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaun Berry, 42, of Delphos pleaded not guilty to four counts of sexual battery, felonies of the third degree. He was released on a surety bond and was ordered to have no contact with the victim. A pre-trial hearing was set for 10 a.m. April 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three people changed their pleas this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathon Miller, 30, of Delphos changed his plea to guilty to attempted improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, a first degree misdemeanor. He was sentenced to one year of community control, one year of intensive probation, 30 days in jail at a later date and 50 hours of community service. Miller was also ordered to pay monthly probation fees and court costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britney Mitchell, 30, of Van Wert changed her plea to guilty to aggravated possession of drugs and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, both fifth degree felonies. She requested and was granted intervention in lieu of conviction and her case was stayed pending completion of the treatment program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Mohr, 46, of Van Wert changed his plea to guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony. Judge Burchfield ordered a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m. April 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to those hearings, Brendan Bergman of Sherwood signed a time waiver in open court and requested additional time to prepare his case. A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 9 a.m. March 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor The second of two men convicted of breaking into a S. Tyler St., Van Wert home in May of 2022 and brutally beating one of the residents learned his fate in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court this week. During a hearing held Tuesday, Kaiden Gilbert, 20, of Van Wert was sentenced […]<\/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-163911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 20:08:39","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\/163911","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=163911"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163966,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163911\/revisions\/163966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}