Man charged in drug-related death anxious to stand trial By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com Dejuan Lucas, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the drug-related death last summer of Lima resident Dino Gerdeman, appeared briefly in Allen County Common Pleas Court on Friday. He is pictured with his attorney, Anthony VanNoy. J Swygart | The Lima News LIMA — With a date before a judge and a jury looming in just two weeks, the attorney for Dejuan Lucas on Friday said his client is “eager to have a trial and face his accusers.” Lucas, 26, is one of two Lima residents charged with involuntary manslaughter in the drug-related death in May of last year of Dino Gerdeman, 59, of Lima.