By Gary Ogle
gogle@wbcowqel.com

A rash of drug searches of late has led to an influx of charges involving methamphetamines and that in turn resulted in several high bonds at Monday’s felony arraignments in Crawford County Common Pleas Court.

Three people were charged with methamphetamine-related charges. Bond were set for all three – Korinthia Wireman, Alfonso Villavicencio Jr., and Stacy Jones – at $750,000.

Likewise all three are charged specifically with F1 illegal manufacture of drugs and F2 possession of chemicals for use in the illegal manufacture of drugs. Wireman is also charged with felony 5 drug possession and misdemeanor possession of drug abuse instruments.

The first- and second-degree charges in all three cases, if convicted, carry maximum prison sentences of 11 and eight years, respectively. The first-degree charges have a mandatory minimum sentence of four years and the second-degree charges a mandatory minimum sentence of three years.

Villavicencio and Jones are co-defendants as a result of a meth lab investigation and subsequent search warrant investigation in Monnett on April 18.

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Wireman and Dustin Lowe are co-defendants as a result of a complaint in Galion and search warrant the week before. Lowe was arraigned on two counts of felony 5 possession of drugs and misdemeanor possession of drug abuse instruments. Lowe’s bond was set at $200,000.

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Those arraigned Monday are shown along with charges and bonds. They are: Korinthia Wireman, F1 illegal manufacture of drugs, F2 possession of chemicals for use in the illegal manufacture of drugs, F5 drug possession, and misdemeanor possession of drug abuse instruments ($750,000); Dustin Lowe, two counts of F5 possession of drugs and misdemeanor possession of drug abuse instruments ($200,000; Alfonso Villavicencio Jr., , F1 illegal manufacture of drugs, F2 possession of chemicals for use in the illegal manufacture of drugs (($750,000); Jonathon Fletcher, F5 theft (personal recognizance bond); Clifford Stanley, F5 drug possession ($75,000); Tasia Myers, F4 grand theft (personal recognizance bond); Stacy Jones, F1 illegal manufacture of drugs, F2 possession of chemicals for use in the illegal manufacture of drugs ($750,000); Brandon Borders, F3 possession of weapons under disability ($100,000); Ryan Staton, F5 drug possession, ($100,000); Jonathon Beagle, F4 drug trafficking and F5 drug trafficking ($250,000); Clayton Brewington, F3 domestic violence ($75,000); Joseph Vanderkooi, F4 drug trafficking ($150,000).