With guilty plea withdrawn, trial set in Gerdeman death
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
A July 12 trial date has been set for Dejuan Lucas, charged with involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs in the death of 59-year-old Dino Gerdeman inside a Lima motel room last year. Lucas accepted a deal from prosecutors in February but was allowed to withdraw that plea when new information came to light.
J Swygart | The Lima News
LIMA A defendant who pleaded guilty in February to furnishing the illegal drugs that resulted in the death of a Lima man at the Travelodge motel nearly a year ago then was permitted to withdraw that plea when new information came to light is headed for a July 12 trial.
Young boy steals show in Lima courtroom
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Ashli Martin, 28, charged with felonious assault for allegedly stabbing the father of one of her children, appeared in Allen County Common Pleas Court for a hearing Thursday surrounding the legal competency of her 8-year-old son to testify in court.
J Swygart | The Lima News
LIMA A witness called to the stand during a motion hearing Thursday in Allen County Common Pleas Court bore little resemblance to most who find themselves in a court of law.
This one could barely see over the top of the railing that surrounded his seat, but that didn’t stop him from eliciting heartfelt smiles and laughter from nearly everyone in the courtroom. The 8-year-old boy who found himself in very adult surroundings on Thursday handled the situation with a wisdom seemingly beyond his years as he answered questions from Judge Terri Kohlrieser calmly and confidently.
Lima man pleads guilty to drug counts
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Lima resident Cameron Rogers, scheduled to stand trial beginning Monday on a charge of felonious assault, on Tuesday pleaded guilty in Allen County Common Pleas Court to three counts of trafficking in cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine.
LIMA A Lima man scheduled to stand trial in Allen County Common Pleas Court next week in connection with a 2020 shooting in Lima on Tuesday entered guilty pleas to four drug-related charges pending against him.
Cameron Rogers, 30, of Lima, appeared for a change-of-plea hearing and pleaded guilty to three counts of trafficking cocaine and one count of possession of cocaine, felonies of the fourth and fifth degree. Two of the trafficking counts alleged that Rogers sold or offered to sell cocaine in an amount less than 5 grams at a location that was in the vicinity of a school. The possession charge included a specification for the forfeiture of $207 in drug pro
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Judge appointed to hear lawsuit surrounding Hardesty’s residency
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Joshua Hayes, candidate for Lima mayor, hosted a discussion on regenerative agriculture, Saturday night at the Milano Cafe.
LIMA – Maureen O’Connor, chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, on Tuesday appointed James Brogan, a retired judge of the Second District Court of Appeals, to preside in the Allen County Court of Common Pleas in the case of Alice Donahue v. Elizabeth Hardesty and the Allen County Board of Elections.
Former Lima law director Richard Siferd filed a lawsuit April 1 in Allen County Common Pleas Court on behalf of Lima resident Alice Donahue that challenges the legal residency of Lima mayoral candidate Elizabeth Hardesty. Named as respondents in the lawsuit were Hardesty, the Allen County Board of Elections, Director Kathy Meyer, individual board members and the City of Lima.