{"id":20115,"date":"2012-02-02T05:46:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T10:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=20115"},"modified":"2012-02-03T07:32:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T12:32:39","slug":"wind-turbine-site-vandal-pleads-guilty-to-related-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/02\/02\/wind-turbine-site-vandal-pleads-guilty-to-related-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind turbine site vandal pleads guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cody Edwards (right) listens with his attorney, Shane Lee, during his arraignment in January on charges related to the damaging of a crane and other equipment at a wind turbine construction site. (Van Wert independent file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final member of a trio of vandals accused of destroying a crane and other equipment used for installing wind turbines in July 2011 entered a guilty plea to related charges during a lighter than normal agenda in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Cody Edwards, 21, of Saginaw, Texas, pleaded guilty to a charge of vandalism, a felony of the fourth degree, for his part in damaging construction equipment, including a crane, used to install wind turbines at a county site this past July. The equipment was owned by Blattner Energy Company.<\/p>\n

Two other individuals, Dustin Gamble and Kyle Beech, have already been sentenced for their part in the incident, and Edwards will also be ordered to share in making restitution of $58,000 to the company for the damage done to its equipment. Damage was estimated at more than $500,000, but the $58,000 represents the amount not covered by insurance.<\/p>\n

Judge Charles D. Steele ordered a presentence investigation in the case and scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 14.<\/p>\n

Also Wednesday, Benjamin Hurley, 27, of Van Wert, was placed on one year of community control on a first-degree misdemeanor charge of theft. He was also sentenced to spend 180 days in the Van Wert County Correctional Facility as part of his sentence.<\/p>\n

Judge Steele also ordered Hurley to pay restitution totaling $249.23 to the victim in the case.<\/p>\n

Hurley was given credit for 105 days served in jail while awaiting sentencing on the charge.<\/p>\n

Dontrey E. Cooper, 29, of Beechnut, Texas, pleaded guilty to a prosecutor\u2019s bill of information charging him with theft, a fifth-degree felony. According to court documents, Cooper allegedly conducted a telephone scam on an elderly county woman, bilking her out of a large sum of money.<\/p>\n

Judge Steele ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m.\u00a0 Wednesday, February 29.<\/p>\n

Ford C. Wilson, 28, of Van Wert, was granted judicial release from prison during a hearing held Wednesday in Common Pleas Court.<\/p>\n

Wilson, who was also placed on three years of community control, was part of a group of people arrested for stealing from vehicles parked at the 2011 Van Wert County Fair, in addition to break-ins of fairground buildings and buildings owned by The Van Wert County Foundation.<\/p>\n

Wilson was also ordered to make restitution to the victims in the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor The final member of a trio of vandals accused of destroying a crane and other equipment used for installing wind turbines in July 2011 entered a guilty plea to related charges during a lighter than normal agenda in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday. Cody Edwards, 21, of Saginaw, Texas, […]<\/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-20115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 05:01:26","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\/20115","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=20115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}