By Gary Ogle
gogle@wbcowqel.com
Monday’s arraignments on felony indictments handed down by the Crawford County Grand Jury resulted in multi-million dollar bonds and potential prison sentences running into decades.
Mitchell Lawhun is charged with felonious assault and endangering children which are both second degree felonies with maximum prison sentences of eight years each if convicted. Lawhun is also charged with first-degree attempted murder which carries a maximum prison sentence of 11 years if convicted.
The victim in all counts of the indictment is a four-month-old baby.
Brad Starkey was appointed as Lawhun’s legal counsel by Judge Sean Leuthold and bond was set at $2 million.
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Thirty-eight-year-old Khabeer Brown faces a potential prison sentence of 45 years as a result 
of a five-count indictment. Brown was arrested when law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on March 22 at houses owned by Brown in both Bucyrus and Galion.
The street value of the drugs confiscated in that drug bust totaled an estimated $366,000. The amount of drugs confiscated made four of the charges in the indictment first-degree felonies.
Brown is charged with three counts of first-degree drug possession for heroin and cocaine, one count of first-degree drug trafficking, and one count of fifth-degree drug trafficking. All four first-degree felonies carry a major drug crimes specification which make an 11-year- prison sentence mandatory if convicted. The fifth-degree charge also carries a forfeiture specification.
Adam Stone was appointed to represent Brown and bond was set at $3 million.
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Indictments against Matthew Cobb include seven counts and prison sentences that could equal 20 years if convicted and ordered to serve maximum consecutive sentences on all counts.
Cobb is charged with third-degree illegal manufacturing or possession of chemicals for manufacturing drugs, second-degree illegal manufacture of drugs; fifth-degree possession of drugs with a forfeiture specification, third-degree having weapons under disability, fifth-degree possession of drugs, fifth-degree vandalism, and third-degree tampering with evidence.
Stone is also representing Cobb whose bond was set at $1.5 million.
Two defendants pleaded guilty to charges and were placed on community control. They are Jason Gernert for fifth-degree drug possession and Kevin Hines for fifth-degree drug possession and misdemeanor resisting arrest.
A complete list of those arraigned who filed not guilty pleas, along with their charges and bonds, are: Daniel Fowler, F5 drug possession ($50,000); Matthew Cobb, F3 illegal manufacturing or possession of chemicals for manufacturing drugs, F2 illegal manufacture of drugs; F5 possession of drugs with a forfeiture specification, F3 having weapons under disability, F5 possession of drugs, F5 vandalism, and F3 tampering with evidence ($1.5 million); Khabeer Brown, three counts F-1 drug possession, F-1 drug trafficking, F-5 drug trafficking ($3 million); Frederick Staats, F-4 assault on a police officer, M-1 domestic threats, M-2 resisting arrest ($50,000); Christopher Beat, F-5 breaking and entering ($25,000); Mitchell Lawhun, F-2 felonious assault, F-2 endangering children, F-1 attempted murder ($2 million); Dakota Craft, F-4 unlawful sexual conduct with a minor (($100,000); John Meacham two counts of F-4 drug trafficking ($150,000); Michael Moskus, F-5 permitting drug abuse, F-5 possession of drugs, M-2 possession of drug abuse instruments, M-4 possession of drug paraphernalia ($50,000); Maria Thompson, F-5 drug possession ($75,000); Ranay Lease, F-5 drug possession ($200,000); Brandon Robison, F-5 drug possession ($150,000); Malcom Jackson, F-f drug possession and F-5 drug trafficking ($15,000); Jacob Morgan F-3 theft of firearm ($250,000); Billie Rathers, F-5 permitting drug abuse (personal recognizance); Timothy Mathers, F-5 permitting drug abuse (personal recognizance); Angela Cox, F-5 forgery, M-1 falsification, M-1 interference with custody (personal recognizance); Thomas Wilson, two counts of F-5 drug possession ($25,000); Merrick Hannan, F-2 felonious assault (personal recognizance); Trevor Boyd, F-2 felonious assault (personal recognizance); Dustin Angel, F-5 possession of drugs ($200,000).