Guilty verdicts returned in short order by Allen County jury By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com John Sanders, acting as his own attorney, was also the lone witness for the defense during his jury trial Wednesday in Allen County Common Pleas Court. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours Wednesday before finding Lima resident John Sanders guilty of felonious assault and kidnapping. Lima Police Department Detective Steve Stechschulte testified Wednesday in the trial of John Sanders that shots from a handgun that were fired through an entry door at a Collett Street residence could not have been discharged while Sanders was looking through a peephole in the door as he alleged.