Burkhart trial date set Thursday, April 15, 2021 9:09 AM Accused of multiple counts of rape involving minors, Larry Burkhart signs a document waiving his right to a jury trial. OTTAWA — Larry J. Burkhart, 76, Continental, appeared in Putnam County Common Pleas Court on Monday for a final pretrial on multiple charges related to alleged predatory sexual activity with two minors. Burkhart was originally indicted in February of last year and charged with three counts of rape, a felony of the first degree; and three counts gross sexual imposition, a felony of the third degree. The charges stemmed from alleged sexual activity with two young girls — simply identified by the State as Jane Does — beginning, at the earliest, in May of