{"id":169873,"date":"2023-09-06T10:47:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=169873"},"modified":"2023-09-07T03:45:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T08:45:24","slug":"local-man-involved-in-standoff-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/09\/06\/local-man-involved-in-standoff-sentenced\/","title":{"rendered":"Local man involved in standoff sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

A Van Wert man who held law enforcement officers at bay for over an hour in mid-July was sentenced Wednesday morning in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leonard Delong Jr., 36, was sentenced by Judge Martin Burchfield to 60 days in jail for inducing panic, a first degree misdemeanor. He was given credit for 55 days already served and was ordered to pay partial appointed counsel fees and court costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leonard DeLong<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

DeLong was arrested July 11, when Van Wert County Sheriff\u2019s deputies attempted to serve him with a warrant charging him with making terroristic threats, a third degree felony. The warrant was tied to threats made by DeLong earlier in the day after his girlfriend, Latricia Darst, had been sentenced to a year in prison for assaulting a Van Wert Police officer. DeLong refused to come out of an E. Second St. home but eventually surrendered peacefully. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge in late August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four other people were sentenced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hayden Marsee, 21, of Van Wert, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony. He was given credit for two days already served and was given a report date of September 15. He was also ordered to pay partial appointed counsel fees and court costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torrey Moss, 30, of Lorain, was sentenced to 120 days in jail for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony. He was given credit for 50 days already served and was ordered to pay partial appointed counsel fees and court costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Paige, 39, of Van Wert, was fined $250 and ordered to make restitution of $51.47 for disorderly conduct, a fourth degree misdemeanor. He must pay partial appointed counsel fees and court costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Another defendant, Skyler Lord-Risner, 23, of Lima, was sentenced immediately after admitting to violating the terms of his probation by failing to report, failing a drug screen and committing a new offense while on probation. Lord-Risner\u2019s probation was revoked and he was sentenced to 180 days jail with credit for 14 days already served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three other hearings were held on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Mayer, 44, of Van Wert, changed his plea to guilty of trespass in a habitation where a person is present or likely to be present, a fourth degree felony. He requested and was granted intervention in lieu of conviction and his case was stayed pending completion of the treatment program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shane Burk, 53, of Ohio City, changed his plea to guilty of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony. He requested and was granted intervention in lieu of conviction and his case was stayed pending completion of the treatment program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courtney Thomas, 29, of Van Wert, signed a time waiver in open court and requested additional time to prepare her case on three counts of illegal use of SNAP benefits. A pre-trial hearing was set for 8:30 a.m. October 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to those hearings, Trenten Harker, 24, of Van Wert, admitted to violating his bond by failure to report to probation. During a hearing held last Friday, Judge Burchfield set a new bond at $5,000 cash or commercial surety and a pre-trial hearing for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor A Van Wert man who held law enforcement officers at bay for over an hour in mid-July was sentenced Wednesday morning in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court Leonard Delong Jr., 36, was sentenced by Judge Martin Burchfield to 60 days in jail for inducing panic, a first degree misdemeanor. He was […]<\/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-169873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 13:43:17","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\/169873","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=169873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169909,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169873\/revisions\/169909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}