{"id":165073,"date":"2023-04-13T03:43:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=165073"},"modified":"2023-04-14T03:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T08:45:44","slug":"nearly-a-dozen-people-arraigned-in-common-pleas-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/04\/13\/nearly-a-dozen-people-arraigned-in-common-pleas-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly a dozen defendants arraigned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

An Ohio City man recently accused of recently setting a fire near Wren was one of 10 people arraigned in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Keber, 31, entered a not guilty plea to aggravated arson, a first degree felony and arson, a fourth degree felony. He was released on $250,000 bond with electronic house arrest. A pre-trial has yet to be scheduled. Keber was arrested March 26, after deputies received a report of someone being seen lighting a fire at a residence at approximately 12:30 a.m. Van Wert County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach said the arrest was related only to the late March incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Brown, 65, of Van Wert, entered a not guilty plea to domestic violence, a fourth degree felony. He was released on $9,000 bond along with a no contact order, and a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. May 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Skyler Risner, 23, of Lima, entered a not guilty plea to carrying a concealed weapon, a fourth degree felony. Risner was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. May 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicholas Burgoon, 24, of Ohio City, entered a not guilty plea to aggravated possession of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree, and possession of drugs, a first degree misdemeanor. He was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was set 8:30 a.m. May 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Bendele, 45, of Van Wert, entered a not guilty plea to having a weapon while under disability, a third 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 8:30 a.m. May 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Bendele, 45, of Van Wert, entered a not guilty plea to having a weapon while under disability, a third degree felony; aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony, and OVI, a felony of the fourth degree. She was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was set for 8:30 a.m. May 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chad Robinson, 44, of Van Wert, entered a not guilty plea to breaking and entering, a fifth degree felony. He was freed on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was set for 8:30 a.m. May 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Conner Jacobs, 18, of Ft. Wayne, entered a not guilty plea to receiving stolen property, a fourth degree felony and possession criminal tools, a fifth degree felony. He was released on a surety bond with a waiver of extradition and a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. May 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Paige, 39, of Van Wert, entered a not guilty plea to domestic violence, a third degree felony. He was released on a surety bond with electronic house arrest and a curfew. A pre-trial hearing was set for 9:30 a.m. May 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert K. Seibert, 36, of Sidney, entered a not guilty plea to failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer and tampering with evidence, both third degree felonies. The court set bond at $50,000 cash or commercial surety and scheduled a pre-trial hearing for 9:30 a.m. May 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a hearing held on Monday, Jacquelyn Forthman, 34, of Wren, entered a plea of not guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony. She was released on a surety bond, and a pre-trial hearing was set for 9:30 a.m. May 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One sentencing hearing was held Tuesday and two on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Shannon, 32, of Van Wert was sentenced on Tuesday to 36 months in prison for aggravated trafficking in drugs, a third degree felony; 18 months for trafficking in LSD, a fourth degree felony, and 36 months for aggravated possession of drugs, a third degree felony. All three sentences will be served concurrently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Craig, 41, of Van Wert, was sentenced to 180 days in jail for domestic violence, a fourth degree felony. He was given credit for three days already served and was ordered to pay partial appointed counsel fees and court costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Pimentel, 35, of Van Wert, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for endangering children, a third degree felony. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison with credit for two days already served, and he was ordered to pay court costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate hearing, Wilmar Lopez, 26, of Delphos, requested and was granted intervention in lieu of conviction for possession of cocaine, a fifth degree felony. His case was stayed pending completion of the treatment program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor An Ohio City man recently accused of recently setting a fire near Wren was one of 10 people arraigned in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday. Scott Keber, 31, entered a not guilty plea to aggravated arson, a first degree felony and arson, a fourth degree felony. He was released […]<\/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-165073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 09:16:57","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\/165073","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=165073"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165141,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165073\/revisions\/165141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}