{"id":165989,"date":"2023-05-11T07:06:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=165989"},"modified":"2023-05-11T07:06:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T12:06:38","slug":"arraignment-hearings-held-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/05\/11\/arraignment-hearings-held-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Arraignment hearings held in court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Six people were arraigned during hearings held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brittany Pessefall, 26, of Van Wert, entered a plea of not guilty to trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present, and grant theft of a motor vehicle, both fouth degree felonies. Judge Martin Burchfield set bond at $25,000 cash or commercial surety and scheduled a pre-trial hearing for 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Justin Pegg, 26, of Van Wert, entered a plea of not guilty to domestic violence, a fourth degree felony. Bond was set at $25,000 cash or commercial surety and a pre-trial was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Ross, 54, of Van Wert, entered a plea of not guilty to violating a protection order, a fifth degree felony. He was released on surety bond and electronic house arrest with curfew and a pre-trial hearing was set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Grogg, 33, of Van Wert, pleaded not guilty to domestic violence, a felony of the third degree. Judge Burchfield set bond at $45,000 cash or commercial surety along with electronic house arrest with curfew, and scheduled a pre-trial hearing for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Jacomet, 24, of Delphos, pleaded not guilty to improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, and aggravated possession of drugs, both fifth degree felonies. He was released on a surety bond and a pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Tewksbury, 38, of Rockford, entered a plea of not guilty to possession of cocaine, a first degree felony. A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Two people changed their pleas to different charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabrina Switzer, 24, of Paulding, changed her plea to guilty to theft from an elderly person in a protected class, a third degree felony. Judge Burchfield ordered a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m. June 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conner Jacobs, 18, Ft. Wayne, changed his plea to guilty of receiving stolen property, a fourth degree felony. A pre-sentence investigation was ordered and sentencing was set for 9 a.m. June 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to those hearings, William Dix, 37, of Van Wert was sentenced to 12 months in prison for harassment with a bodily substance, a fifth degree felony, 15 months in prison for assault, a fourth degree felony. The sentences will be served concurrently, and he was given credit for 18 days already served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Six people were arraigned during hearings held in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday and Wednesday. Brittany Pessefall, 26, of Van Wert, entered a plea of not guilty to trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present, and grant theft of a motor vehicle, […]<\/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-165989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 12:48:10","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\/165989","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=165989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165990,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165989\/revisions\/165990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}