PUTNAM COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURTMay 20Justin S. Coon, 31, 1336 N. Defiance St., Ottawa, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of burglary, disrupting public
Putnam County court records
April 22
Josalyna Baney, 38, Marysville Reformatory, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property. She faces up to 12 months in prison and $2,500 in fines. Bond was continued while a presentence investigation is conducted with sentencing set for 10 a.m. June 3.
Nicolas R. Bils, 23, 533 W. Sycamore St., Columbus Grove, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for having weapons under disability. He was granted credit for 47 days served and any additional days while awaiting transportation. A charge of aggravated possession of drugs was dismissed.
Christian G. Moreno, 31, 317 W. Main St., Leipsic, pleaded guilty to attempt. He faces up to 12 months in prison and $2,500 in fines. He also pleaded guilty to criminal damaging. He faces up to 90 days in jail and $500 in fines. Bond was continued while a presentence investigation is conducted with sentencing set for 9:30 a.m. June 3. Charges of possession of criminal tools and criminal damaging or endangering were
Burkhart trial date set Thursday, April 15, 2021 9:09 AM Accused of multiple counts of rape involving minors, Larry Burkhart signs a document waiving his right to a jury trial. OTTAWA Larry J. Burkhart, 76, Continental, appeared in Putnam
County Common Pleas Court on Monday for a final pretrial on multiple
charges related to alleged predatory sexual activity with two minors.
Burkhart
was originally indicted in February of last year and charged with three
counts of rape, a felony of the first degree; and three counts gross
sexual imposition, a felony of the third degree. The charges stemmed
from alleged sexual activity with two young girls simply identified by the State as Jane Does beginning, at the earliest, in May of
Cloverdale man’s rape trial won’t involve a jury
Larry Burkhart is scheduled to go to trial before a judge with no jury on May 18.
Sam Shriver | The Lima News
OTTAWA A Cloverdale man Monday afternoon waived his right to a jury trial in a case involving sexual contact with minors.
Larry J. Burkhart, 77, instead will face Putnam County Common Pleas Court Judge Keith Schierloh on nine charges. Three of them are first-degree felony rape charges, four of them are third-degree gross sexual imposition charges and two are fourth-degree felony gross sexual imposition charges.
The incidents allegedly occurred between January 2017 through October 2019 and involved victims under the age of 13.