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<\/a>Stephanie Semer, 26, of Van Wert, was sentenced to three years of community control on a charge of attempted burglary, a felony of the fourth degree.\u00a0 She must also undergo a substance abuse assessment and any treatment recommended.<\/p>\n
Semer was also given credit for restitution already paid, while also being ordered to pay court costs and make partial reimbursement for court-appointed attorney fees.<\/p>\n
Austin Coyne, 20, of Convoy, was given one year of community control on a charge of attempted breaking and entering, a first-degree misdemeanor offense.<\/p>\n
Coyne was also given 60 days in jail, with credit for 50 days already served, and must pay restitution of $1,000 to the victim in the case.<\/p>\n
Zachary Brooks, 20, of Van Wert, admitted to violating his treatment in lieu of conviction program by testing positive for marijuana use and also failing to report to probation on a weekly basis. The matter was continued to a later date and Brooks was released on a personal surety bond.<\/p>\n
Also Wednesday, Justin Diltz, 59, of Delphos, entered a change of plea to drug-related charges.<\/p>\n
Diltz changed his plea to guilty to two counts of trafficking in heroin, each a fourth degree felony and both containing a specification that he used a 1999 Oldsmobile in the commission of the crime.<\/p>\n
Five similar counts were dismissed in exchange for Diltz\u2019 guilty pleas to those two counts.<\/p>\n
Judge Charles D. Steele ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m. Wednesday, November 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor It was a relatively light day for criminal hearings in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court, with two sentencings, a treatment in lieu of conviction violation and a change of plea handled on Wednesday. Stephanie Semer, 26, of Van Wert, was sentenced to three years of community control on a charge of […]<\/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-43745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 07:16:45","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\/43745","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=43745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}