Lima teen sentenced as adult for felonious assault
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Jeremiah Alexander, 18, was sentenced to a prison term of five years on Monday on a charge of felonious assault, a second-degree felony that included a three-year firearm specification. The incident took place last summer, four days before Alexander turned 18.
J Swygart | The Lima News
Jeremiah Alexander, 18, who has spent the plast 242 days in the Allen County Juvenile Detention Center, left an Allen County courtroom headed for adult prison on Monday. Alexander was sentenced to a minimum prison term of five years on a charge of felonious assault.
Lima man has week to accept, reject state’s plea offer
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Juan Freeman II, 18, of Lima, appeared in court Friday with a new attorney, Marcus Moll. Freeman is scheduled to stand trial beginning April 26 for armed robberies more than a year ago at Little Caesar’s pizza and Hermie’s Party Shop in Lima.
J Swygart | The Lima News
Juan Freeman II has until the close of business on March 5 to accept a plea deal from prosecutors that would cap his prison time at 14 years. If Freeman rejects that deal he will head to trial beginning April 26 on two counts of aggravated robbery with firearm specifications.
Lima juvenile dispatched to adult prison system
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Farrakahn Mitchell, 17, was ordered to begin serving a 10-year sentence in adult prison following a hearing Friday in Allen County Common Pleas Court. He was sentenced in October on an amended charge of robbery, a second-degree felony that included a firearm specification.
J Swygart | The Lima News
LIMA A Lima juvenile sentenced earlier this year as an adult to 10 years in prison for taking part in an armed robbery was back in court Friday morning to remedy a judicial oversight.
Farrakahn Mitchell, 17, was sentenced on Oct. 2 by Allen County Common Pleas Court Judge Terri Kohlrieser to a minimum prison term of seven years on an amended count of robbery, a second-degree felony. The sentenced included an additional three-year mandatory prison term for the possession of a firearm during the commission of the crime.
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