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Woman charged in infant daughter’s death in Delphos rejects plea deal
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Jury selection will begin March 30 in the trial of Vicki Shellabarger, charged in the 2018 death of her infant daughter. Shellabarger rejected a plea offer from prosecutors Monday.
J Swygart | The Lima News
LIMA – Nearly three years after 22-month-old Madilylnn Shellabarger died as a result of what investigators said was blunt force trauma, the infant’s mother will stand trial for her death later this month.
Vicki Shellabarger, 38, appeared briefly Monday morning in Allen County Common Pleas Court for a final pretrial hearing in her case prior to her upcoming jury trial. During that hearing, she formally rejected an offer from prosecutors to resolve the case. The plea deal was not entered into the official record.
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Michigan man sentenced in armed robbery of Lima convenience store
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Michigan native John Morici was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for robbing the Dairy Market on West Kibby Street in Lima last year at knifepoint.
J Swygart | The Lima News
LIMA A Michigan man who pleaded guilty in October to robbing a convenience store at knifepoint and threatening a clerk by vowing to “gut you like a fish” was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison.
John Morici, 54, of Eastpoint, Michigan, pleaded guilty in October to robbing the Dairy Market convenience store on West Kibby Street in Lima on April 13. When he appeared Dec. 9 for sentencing, Morici asked for a new attorney and requested to be allowed to withdraw a previous plea of guilty to a first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery and instead proceed to trial.
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