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Trial set
An Ohio man sentenced to prison time for robbing a local motel at gunpoint is set to go to trial in another case.
Michael Adams, 23, Bellefontaine, is facing a charge of prisoner possessing dangerous knife or material, a class B felony. His one-day Jay Circuit Court jury trial is set to begin July 22 at 9 a.m.
The charge was filed against him on March 26, while he was being held in the Jay County Jail. On Feb. 13 he allegedly possessed a metal shank that he made out of a bed sheet and metal from a heating vent.
Adams was sentenced in January to 10 years in prison, with credit for time served since his Sept. 29 arrest. On that day, he robbed the Budget Inn, Portland.
Case dismissed
A forgery case against a rural Portland woman recently was dismissed in Jay Circuit Court.
Paula J. Ostroski, 26, was facing three counts of forgery, all class C felonies. The case was dismissed on Tuesday.
She was arrested March 5 by Jay County police. Ostroski was accused of writing three checks to her husband in December of 2005, and forging a rural Portland man's signature on them.
Pleads guilty
A rural Redkey woman is set to be sentenced next month for selling drugs to a police informant.
Crystal Steed, 37, recently pleaded guilty in Jay Circuit Court to dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance, a class C felony. She is set to be sentenced June 24 at 10 a.m. Charges of dealing in a schedule II controlled substance, a class B felony, and dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance, a class C felony, will be dismissed if her guilty plea is accepted.
Dunkirk police arrested her on a warrant on March 27. On Dec. 20 she sold Diazepam to a police informant.
Sentenced for fraud
A Dunkirk man recently was sentenced in Jay Circuit Court after pleading guilty to a charge of insurance fraud, a class D felony.
Michael Teal, 48, was sentenced Monday to one year in the Jay County Jail, with all but eight days suspended and credit for four days served.
He was ordered to pay $160 in court costs, a $250 fine, and was placed on probation for three years. If he completes his probation without any violations his judgment will be converted to a class A misdemeanor.
Jay County police arrested him on a warrant on Sept. 28. On Aug. 20, Teal called his insurance company and reported his truck stolen so he could receive insurance money. He paid someone to steal the truck.
Nonsupport dismissed
A case against a Tennessee man accused of failing to pay child support has been dismissed in Jay Superior Court.
Christopher E. Jones, 37, Knoxville, was facing two counts of nonsupport of a dependent child, both class D felonies. The charges were dismissed May 15.
He had been charged with failing to pay $4,382.10 in child support.[[In-content Ad]]
An Ohio man sentenced to prison time for robbing a local motel at gunpoint is set to go to trial in another case.
Michael Adams, 23, Bellefontaine, is facing a charge of prisoner possessing dangerous knife or material, a class B felony. His one-day Jay Circuit Court jury trial is set to begin July 22 at 9 a.m.
The charge was filed against him on March 26, while he was being held in the Jay County Jail. On Feb. 13 he allegedly possessed a metal shank that he made out of a bed sheet and metal from a heating vent.
Adams was sentenced in January to 10 years in prison, with credit for time served since his Sept. 29 arrest. On that day, he robbed the Budget Inn, Portland.
Case dismissed
A forgery case against a rural Portland woman recently was dismissed in Jay Circuit Court.
Paula J. Ostroski, 26, was facing three counts of forgery, all class C felonies. The case was dismissed on Tuesday.
She was arrested March 5 by Jay County police. Ostroski was accused of writing three checks to her husband in December of 2005, and forging a rural Portland man's signature on them.
Pleads guilty
A rural Redkey woman is set to be sentenced next month for selling drugs to a police informant.
Crystal Steed, 37, recently pleaded guilty in Jay Circuit Court to dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance, a class C felony. She is set to be sentenced June 24 at 10 a.m. Charges of dealing in a schedule II controlled substance, a class B felony, and dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance, a class C felony, will be dismissed if her guilty plea is accepted.
Dunkirk police arrested her on a warrant on March 27. On Dec. 20 she sold Diazepam to a police informant.
Sentenced for fraud
A Dunkirk man recently was sentenced in Jay Circuit Court after pleading guilty to a charge of insurance fraud, a class D felony.
Michael Teal, 48, was sentenced Monday to one year in the Jay County Jail, with all but eight days suspended and credit for four days served.
He was ordered to pay $160 in court costs, a $250 fine, and was placed on probation for three years. If he completes his probation without any violations his judgment will be converted to a class A misdemeanor.
Jay County police arrested him on a warrant on Sept. 28. On Aug. 20, Teal called his insurance company and reported his truck stolen so he could receive insurance money. He paid someone to steal the truck.
Nonsupport dismissed
A case against a Tennessee man accused of failing to pay child support has been dismissed in Jay Superior Court.
Christopher E. Jones, 37, Knoxville, was facing two counts of nonsupport of a dependent child, both class D felonies. The charges were dismissed May 15.
He had been charged with failing to pay $4,382.10 in child support.[[In-content Ad]]
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