{"id":41916,"date":"2013-08-15T06:22:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T11:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=41916"},"modified":"2013-08-15T06:22:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T11:22:08","slug":"cp-court-has-light-day-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/08\/15\/cp-court-has-light-day-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"CP Court has light day on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent staff report<\/i><\/p>\n

One person was arraigned and three others entered changes of pleas to a variety of charges during hearings held Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.<\/p>\n

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Chris Lindeman enters a plea change during hearings held Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jerry Cornwell, 55, of Chillicothe, entered not guilty pleas to four counts of importuning, each a felony of the third degree, and two counts of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, both fifth-degree felony offenses.<\/p>\n

Judge Charles D. Steele set a $50,000 cash bond in the case and a pretrial conference was scheduled for 8 a.m. Wednesday, August 28.<\/p>\n

Those entering plea changes include the following:<\/p>\n

Walter Stephens, 59, of Vero Beach, Fla., entered a guilty plea to importuning, a felony of the third degree. A second count of importuning was dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea. Judge Steele ordered a presentence investigation and set sentencing for 9 a.m. Wednesday, September 25.<\/p>\n

Christopher Lindeman, 25, of Delphos, pleaded guilty to one count of receiving stolen property, a felony of the fifth degree. A presentence investigation was ordered and Lindeman will appear for sentencing at 9 a.m. September 25.<\/p>\n

Dezmond Bywaters, 21, of Van Wert, also entered a guilty plea to theft, a fifth-degree felony offense. A presentence investigation was ordered in the case and a sentencing hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. September 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent staff report One person was arraigned and three others entered changes of pleas to a variety of charges during hearings held Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Jerry Cornwell, 55, of Chillicothe, entered not guilty pleas to four counts of importuning, each a felony of the third degree, and two […]<\/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-41916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 02:25:51","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\/41916","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=41916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}