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Third Ohio District Court of Appeals building in Lima.
DAVE MOSIER/
independent editor
LIMA The 2019 conviction of a former nursing home office administrator on theft and forgery charges was upheld this week by the Ohio Third District Court of Appeals.
The appellate court denied Tina Hulbert’s appeal of her conviction on two counts of theft from an elderly or disabled person, one a felony of the second degree and the other a fifth-degree felony, and four counts of forgery, each a felony of the fourth degree.
Hulbert was sentenced to an aggregate of five years in prison on the above charges in September 2019 in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court. The charges stemmed from her alleged thefts of money from the funds of nursing home patients and the forging of checks in patients’ names.
DAVE MOSIER/
independent editor
LIMA A decision by the Third Ohio District Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Thomas D. Rupert on sex-related charges.
In a decision written by Judge John Willamowski, the conviction of Rupert on two counts of gross sexual imposition was affirmed.
Rupert, through attorney Marley C. Nelson, had appealed the verdict sentencing him to an aggregate prison term of 60 months (five years) on the charges, claiming that the verdicts were against the manifest weight of the evidence against him, and that the prosecutor in the case engaged in misconduct that prevented him from receiving a fair trial.