DAVE MOSIER/
independent editor
One person was sentenced while four others appeared for criminal hearings during a light week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.
Joshua Lesko, 32, of Ohio City, was sentenced to 150 days in jail on one count of violating a civil protection order, a felony of the fifth degree. Judge Martin Burchfield gave Lesko credit for 82 days already served.
Also this week, Ashley McCarthy, 38, of Van Wert, changed her plea to guilty to one count each of aggravated possession of drugs and possession of heroin, each a felony of the fifth degree.
Judge Burchfield ordered a presentence investigation and a drug court evaluation in the case and scheduled sentencing for 9 a.m. Thursday, April 15.