By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Rickey Jordan Jr. pleaded guilty to forgery and illegal processing of drug documents in Crawford County Common Pleas Court Thursday afternoon. The two felony five counts netted 33-year-old Jordan three years on community control. He must also undergo a drug and alcohol assessment as well as pay a $750 fine. Judge Russell Wiseman referred Jordan – by his own request – for an evaluation to the probation department for consideration to the court’s drug program.
Jordan admitted to forging a prescription from a doctor and possessing an uncompleted pre-printed prescription pad on May 2.
Should Jordan fail on his community control, he could face 12 months in prison on each count for a total of 24 months.
A $1 million bond was set for a man wanted on a warrant out of Alabama. Dexter Lamar Henry appeared in Common Pleas Court for an extradition hearing Thursday but it seems he will be spending a little more time in Crawford County than anyone may have anticipated.
Judge Wiseman explained to Henry that he could either admit to being the man named in the warrant and be extradited to Alabama or he could refuse to admit that he is that person and let the governors of the two states pursue it through paperwork.
Henry paused for a moment before telling Wiseman, “My mother told me not to sign anything.”
Wiseman quickly appointed Geoffrey Stoll as Henry’s attorney and set bond at $1 million.
Henry has numerous charges pending in Alabama, chief among them being an attempt murder charge and four counts of assault.
Twenty-eight-year-old James Zeger was arraigned in Common Pleas Court on a felony three theft charge Thursday. The Galion man retained attorney Tom Nicholson for his case and bound was set at $75,000.