James Schenck gets 3 years for rape, gross sexual imposition
By Anthony Baker - abaker@aimmediamidwest.com
A Camden man was sentenced to three years of incarceration on charges of rape and gross sexual imposition in Preble County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, Feb. 2.
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EATON A Camden man was sentenced to three years of incarceration on charges of rape and gross sexual imposition in Preble County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Judge Stephen R. Bruns presided.
James A. Schenck Jr., 52, was indicted in June 2019; according to a sentencing memorandum filed by Preble County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Gractia Manning, Schenck touched an eight-year-old female family member inappropriately while she and a sibling were spending the night at Schenck’s home.
Travis Johnson judicial release hearing postponed
By Anthony Baker - abaker@aimmediamidwest.com
EATON A hearing on a New Paris man’s petition for judicial release was ordered postponed pending notification of the defendant’s alleged victims and their families in Preble County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Judge Stephen R. Bruns presided.
Travis M. Johnson, 23, was convicted of gross sexual imposition, importuning, and disseminating matter harmful to a juvenile in 2016. According to court records, Johnson was sentenced to six years of incarceration with the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections at that time. He has currently served approximately four years and four months of that sentence.
James Weinert gets judicial release
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EATON An Illinois man was granted judicial release on drugs and weapons charges in Preble County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Judge Stephen R. Bruns presided.
James J. Weinert, 42, of Watseka, IL, was indicted in Sept. 2019 on charges of aggravated possession of drugs, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, and having weapons while under disability.
According to court documents, Weinert’s prior history includes arrests for burglary, theft, escape, domestic battery and assault in Illinois. A sentencing memorandum filed by the Preble County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office called Weinert a “career criminal,” saying he’d been to prison in his home state no less than four times.