{"id":42417,"date":"2013-08-29T06:26:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=42417"},"modified":"2013-08-29T06:26:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:26:29","slug":"vw-man-given-prison-on-sex-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/08\/29\/vw-man-given-prison-on-sex-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"VW man given prison on sex charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/b>independent editor<\/i><\/p>\n

A Van Wert man was given a six-year prison term on a sex charge during hearings held Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.<\/p>\n

Matthew Peffley, 39, was given the sentence on a charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a felony of the second degree. Judge Charles D. Steele also designated Peffley as a Tier II sexual offender, which means he would have to register with the sheriff of a county he works and lives in every 180 days for the next 25 years.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Peffley from an earlier hearing in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. (VW independent file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also sentenced on Wednesday was Rhonda Kline, 52, of Delphos, who was given three years of community control on two counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, each a third-degree felony, and one count of trafficking in drugs, a felony of the fifth degree. Kline must also spend 60 days on electronically monitored house arrest, had her driver\u2019s license suspended for six months and must undergo a substance abuse assessment.<\/p>\n

Michael Supko, 22, of Lemoyne, Pa., was given three years of community control on a fifth-degree felony drug possession charge. He also had his driver\u2019s license suspended for six months and will be transported to Pennsylvania, where he faces a parole violation charge.<\/p>\n

Three people also entered plea changes during hearings held Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Amber Baker, 23, of Van Wert, changed her plea to guilty on two counts of possession of drugs, each a felony of the fifth degree. She then requested, and was granted, treatment in lieu of conviction, and her sentenced stayed until she successfully completes a substance abuse treatment program.<\/p>\n

Ryan Miller, 23, of Van Wert, changed his plea to two counts of theft, and one count each of theft by deception and aggravated possession of drugs, each a felony of the fifth degree. Two counts of receiving stolen property were dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea to the four remaining counts.<\/p>\n

He the requested, and was granted, treatment in lieu of conviction by Judge Steele.<\/p>\n

Joshua Rager, 28, of Van Wert, pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated possession of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree. He also requested, and was granted, treatment in lieu of conviction and had his sentenced stayed until he successfully completes a substance abuse treatment program.<\/p>\n

One person was also arraigned on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Demetrius Carter, 28, of Fort Wayne, Ind., entered a not guilty plea to a charge of possession of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree. He was released on an unsecured personal surety bond and a pretrial conference was scheduled for 8 a.m. Wednesday, September 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor A Van Wert man was given a six-year prison term on a sex charge during hearings held Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. Matthew Peffley, 39, was given the sentence on a charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a felony of the second degree. Judge Charles D. Steele […]<\/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-42417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 10:11:55","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\/42417","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=42417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}