By Gary Ogle
gogle@wbcowqel.com
A marathon session of arraignments in Crawford County Common Pleas Court concluded Monday with 32 people facing felony charges following the latest session of the Grand Jury.
Those arraigned included the man facing an 80-count indictment on charges involving child pornography. The County Prosecutor’s Office filed an additional four-count indictment against Marcus Williams of Galion which will be consolidated with the existing case. The new charges against Williams include three counts of fifth-degree felony illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material and one count of fourth-degree felony pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor. Judge Sean Leuthold continued Williams’ $2.5 million bond.
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Travis Hancock, the man accused of setting the fire at the Bucyrus Plaza Apartments on May 30, was charged with aggravated arson which is a first-degree felony. Hancock’s bond was set at $750,000.
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Daniel Earl was charged with aggravated burglary, also a first-degree felony. In setting Earl’s bond as personal recognizance, the judge noted for the record that Earl had no previous felony record and the incident began as a dispute between landlord and tenant.
“This is a case where I would normally hand out a bond of three-quarter million (dollars),” Leuthold said. “But given the circumstances, I feel a personal recognizance bond may be appropriate.”
Earl must wear a monitoring device while out on bond.
Joseph Wagner’s bond was set at $250,000 on a charge of felonious assault. Wagner is alleged to have held a knife at the throat of a family member.
Brian Miller of Crestline was charged with four counts, all second-degree felonies. Miller is charged with three counts of felonious assault and one count of endangering children. The victim is an infant who was approximately two-to-three-weeks-old at the time of the first incident and 2 months old when hospitalized at Nationwide Children’s Hospital on May 4.
Crawford County Prosecutor Matthew Crall said although the initial prognosis was not good, the child’s health has improved. The child remains in the hospital. The judge continued Miller’s bond at $1 million.
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Gilbert Smith is charged with second-degree felony assault. His bond is set at $200,000.
James Rumbarger was arraigned on five counts of fifth-degree felony breaking and entering. Rumbarger is alleged to have broken into vacant houses in Galion to take copper pipe.
Noting the proximity of the addresses of the homes to one another, Leuthold said, “If I didn’t know better it would appear as though he (Rumbarger) was running for office – going door-to-door.”
Rumbarger’s bond was set at $150,000.
Ronald Agin’s bond was set at $500,000. Agin is charged with second-degree burglary and third-degree theft.
Of the 32 arraigned, 13 were indicted on charges involving drugs. One of those pleaded guilty. William Smith Jr. pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony drug trafficking. Smith’s $25,000 bond was continued through a pre-sentence investigation, but the recommendation from the County Prosecutor’s Office is that he be placed on community control for five years and ordered to successfully complete an approved alcohol and drug treatment program, be fined $1,250, have his driver’s license suspended for six months and forfeit all drug-related items to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.
Those arraigned on felony indictments by the Grand Jury on Monday, the charges against them and their bonds are: Christopher Carick, F5 theft ($100,000); James Baldwin, F5 theft ($10,000); Derrick Mease, F2 burglary ($200,000); Daniel Earl, F1 aggravated burglary and M1 resisting arrest (personal recognizance bond); Marcus Williams, three counts of F5 illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material and one count of F4 pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor ($2.5 million); Brian Miller, three counts of F2 felonious assault and one count of F2 endangering children ($1,000,000); Joshua Blankenship, F5 possession and M1 possession ($100,000); Travis Hancock, F1 aggravated arson ($750,000); Zachary Marshall, F4 drug possession, M2 possession of drug abuse instruments and M4 drug paraphernalia ($100,000); Michael Keeton, F5 drug possession ($50,000); Alicia Denney, F5 drug possession ($50,000); Brandon Powell, F5 drug possession ($25,000); Kyle May, F3 domestic violence ($75,000); Joseph Wagner, F2 felonious assault ($250,000); Randall Flick, F5 drug possession, M2 resisting arrest ($50,000); Holly Dameron, F4 theft ($100,000); Jarrod Simpson, F5 deception to obtain a dangerous drug ($50,000); Zachariah Zacharzuk, F5 drug possession, M2 drug abuse instruments ($100,000); Darek Dennison, four counts of F5 receiving stolen property, M1 receiving stolen property, four counts of F5 forgery, F5 breaking and entering ($150,000); Siera Giles F5 complicity ($75,000); Gilbert Smith, F2 felonious assault ($200,000); Tyler Wireman, F5 drug possession, M2 obstructing official business, M4 drug paraphernalia ($25,000); James Rumbarger, five counts of F5 breaking and entering ($150,000); Jonathan Oliver, F5 complicity ($50,000); Melissa Lavene, failure to duty to register ($50,000); Tiara Keith, F5 drug possession (personal recognizance bond); Ronald Agin, F2 burglary and F3 theft ($500,000); William Smith Jr., F5 drug trafficking ($25,000); Chase Grogan, seven counts of F5 forgery and one count of F5 theft ($50,000); Drew Spigener, F5 passing bad checks (personal recognizance bond); Clay McDonald, F5 drug possession ($100,000); Trinki Kimble F5 drug possession (personal recognizance bond).