{"id":97151,"date":"2018-01-04T08:28:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=97151"},"modified":"2018-01-04T08:28:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T13:28:47","slug":"man-sentenced-to-prison-on-drug-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/01\/04\/man-sentenced-to-prison-on-drug-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to prison on drug count"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A Van Wert man was given a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to a drug-related charge on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Corey Davis, 25, changed his plea to guilty to a charge of illegal manufacture of drugs, a felony of the first degree. Two other charges were dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea on the one count. After changing his plea,<\/p>\n

After pleading, Davis waived his right to a presentence investigation and requested immediate sentencing. Judge Martin D. Burchfield sentenced him to five years in prison, with credit for 37 days already served.<\/p>\n

Two others also changed their pleas in court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sonny Metzger, 43, of Van Wert, pleaded guilty to one count each of aggravated drug trafficking, a felony of the fourth degree, and one count each of aggravated possession of drugs and permitting drug abuse, both fifth-degree felonies.<\/p>\n

Judge Burchfield ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m. Wednesday, January 17.<\/p>\n

Trinity Thurston, 38, of Van Wert, changed his plea to guilty to one count of domestic violence, which was reduced from a fourth-degree felony to a misdemeanor of the first degree. He will appear for sentencing at 9 a.m. Wednesday, January 31.<\/p>\n

Two people were also sentenced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

David Scott, 32, of Van Wert, was sentenced to 138 days in jail on a charge of aggravated possession of drugs, a felony of the fifth degree. He was also given credit for 38 days already served.<\/p>\n

Charles Thompson, 25, of Paulding, was given five years of community control on a charge of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony offense.<\/p>\n

Thompson must also undergo a substance abuse assessment on January 31, with follow-up treatment.<\/p>\n

Two people also appeared in court on probation violation charges.<\/p>\n

Zachary Schaeffer, 21, of Delphos, admitted to violating his probation by testing positive for illegal substances, as well as failing to report for drug testing and wearing a concealed device for circumventing drug tests when he did report. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail on the first count, with credit for time served equaling the 180-day sentence, and another 180 days in jail on the second count, with credit for six days already served.<\/p>\n

Elijah Staude, 20, of Van Wert, denied violating his probation by failing to complete counseling at Westwood Behavioral Health Center, and a hearing was scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 9, on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor A Van Wert man was given a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to a drug-related charge on Wednesday. Corey Davis, 25, changed his plea to guilty to a charge of illegal manufacture of drugs, a felony of the first degree. Two other charges were dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea […]<\/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-97151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 17:34:22","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\/97151","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=97151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}