But when Deering asked Wagner for his plea to the aggravated murder charge for Hanna Mea Rhoden, the mother of Wagner’s young daughter, Wagner paused. He hesitated. His Adam’s apple bobbed, his face grew red. He held back tears.
Everyone waited on edge for the words.
Edward Jake Wagner pleads guilty to all charges
“I am guilty, your honor,” he finally said. By the day’s end, he had pleaded guilty to all 23 charges originally filed against him (his parents and older brother still face the same charges) for what investigators said was an elaborate and long-planned execution plot to get rid of anyone who might stand in the way of custody and control of Jake Wagner’s child.
Special prosecutor appointed after auditor accused of improperly spending Pike County funds The Pike County Auditor is under criminal investigation due to an allegation of not properly spending county funds, state records show. (Source: Madeline Cuddihy) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | April 19, 2021 at 1:03 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 1:04 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19 NOW) - The Pike County Auditor is under criminal investigation due to an allegation of improperly spending county funds, state records show.
The State Auditor’s Office received the complaint about Pike County Auditor Kayla N. Slusher earlier this month, on April 1, a copy of it shows.
A spokeswoman for auditor’s office declined comment while the complaint remains under review.
Among the indictments made by the December 2020 term of the Pike County Grand Jury, filed in Pike County Common Pleas Court on Jan. 5, 2021, included a charge of murder.
In one case, John A. Warren, 62, of 22427 Ohio 335, Waverly, was indicted on one count of murder, a first-degree felony, and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.
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News Watchman previously reported on Nov. 11, 2020, that Warren was arrested and charged with murder and tampering with evidence in the death of a local man on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 after Pike County Dispatch received a call of a stabbing at a residence located at 5719 State Route 220.
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Year in Review: Remembering the headlines of 2020 Pictured in January are (l-r) Hillsboro administrators introduced to city employees: council president Tom Eichinger, mayor Justin Harsha, chief of police/systems administrator Eric Daniels, safety and service director Brianne Abbott, public works superintendent Shawn Adkins and auditor Alex Butler. (HCP photo by Caitlin Forsha.) Demolition of the former Parker Hotel began in February 2020. (HCP photo by Caitlin Forsha.) On Jan. 24, then-Director of the Ohio Department of Health Dr. Amy Acton declared novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) an immediately reportable disease. Pictured is the Ohio Public Health Advisory System map as of Dec. 17. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio Governor s Office.)