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Elida man’s vehicular homicide case plods forward
By J Swygart - jswygart@limanews.com
Defense Attorney Kenneth Rexford, right, argued Monday that prosecutors violated a court order when they failed to disclose an expert witness in the trial of his client, Frank Steinke. Steinke is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in the traffic death last year of Nicole Schulte of Wapakoneta.
LIMA The attorney for an Elida man charged with aggravated vehicular homicide in the traffic death of a Wapakoneta woman a year ago argued in court Monday that prosecutors violated a court order by failing to provide the name of a man they intend to call as an expert witness.
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.
Allen County inmate recorded asking for fake medical documents
Rudy
LIMA A Lima man was heard on tape Tuesday instructing a female acquaintance to create fake medical documents in what proved to be an ill-fated attempt to get out of jail on bond.
Randall Rudy, 41, of Lima, is an inmate in the Allen County jail. He is charged with second-degree felony counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs and aggravated possession of drugs, in addition to a fourth-degree felony charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs.
On April 29, 2019, the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force, with assistance from the Allen County SWAT team, served a search warrant at a home in the 1500 block of North Central Avenue, Lima, at a home reportedly owned by Rudy. During the search, approximately 30 grams of suspected methamphetamine was located. Rudy and a female were the only two people in the home at the time the warrant was executed.