2 Sidney residents sentenced to 18 months in prison
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY – Two Sidney residents were sentenced to 18 months in prison in Shelby County Common Pleas Court as a result of probation violations.
Judge James F. Stevenson sentenced Philip S. Campbell, 37, of Sidney, to 18 months in prison on a probation violation stemming from a charge of aggravated assault, a fourth degree felony. Campbell was granted credit for four days served in jail.
Additionally, Campbell was sentenced to 180 days on an amended charge of domestic violence, a first degree misdemeanor. He previously was charged with a fourth degree felony count of domestic violence but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge on March 22.
Woman who refused treatment sentenced to prison
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY – A Sidney woman who refused to accept treatment at the Western Ohio Regional Treatment and Habilitation Center was sentenced to 11 months in prison in Shelby County Common Pleas Court.
Judge James F. Stevenson sentenced Tiffany A. Fugate, 23, of Sidney, to 11 months in prison on a charge of possession of drugs, a fifth degree felony. She was granted credit for 115 days served in jail.
Stevenson had sentenced Fugate to five years of probation on April 22. However, Fugate refused to accept the community control condition of treatment at the WORTH Center and requested a re-sentencing.
Sidney man sentenced to 14 years in prison
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
Defendant Joshua L. Scott, right, talks with his lawyer, Laura Waymire, during a break in his trial on March 18. Scott was convicted of two counts of rape in Shelby County Common Pleas Court and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
SIDNEY – A 39-year-old Sidney man who was convicted of two counts of rape by a jury in Shelby County Common Pleas Court was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Joshua L. Scott was convicted in March of raping a girl who at the time was between the ages of 13 and 15, crimes prosecutors said occurred between Jan. 1, 2004, and April 27, 2008.
Sidney man found not guilty
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
Oziel A. Godinez-Galvan sits in Shelby County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, April 27. The Sidney man was found not guilty of gross sexual imposition.
Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
SIDNEY – After approximately two and a half hours of deliberation, a jury found a 31-year-old Sidney man not guilty of gross sexual imposition Wednesday afternoon in Shelby County Common Pleas Court.
Oziel A. Godinez-Galvan was accused of touching a girl younger than the age of 13 with the purpose of sexually arousing himself or the child, which is a third degree felony. The Sidney man, who identifies by the last name Godinez, denied that he ever touched the girl inappropriately.
Indictments issued for rape, burglary charges
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY – A Sidney man was indicted on a rape charge while a Piqua man was indicted on an aggravated burglary charge, both of which are first degree felonies, by the Shelby County grand jury.
Timothy James Beard, 23, of Sidney, was indicted on a charge of rape, a first degree felony. Beard reportedly engaged in sexual conduct with a girl younger than 13 years old.
Zaqon Marteece Zion Clemons, 22, of Piqua, was indicted on a charge of aggravated burglary, a first degree felony. Clemons and others reportedly forced entry into an occupied home on East South Street in Sidney, without permission, while he possessed a gun.