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A Bellefontaine man admitted taking a car from a lot where he works and driving to Sidney where he was found intoxicated.
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Virgil Hinkle, 53, pleaded guilty during Monday hearings in Logan County Common Pleas Court to the fourth-degree felony theft of a motor vehicle charge.
On Dec. 21, he and codefendant Henry Hatfield, 57, took a car owned by Mindy Fulmer from the 400 S. Elm St. parking lot of Factory Direct Sales, Chief Assistant Logan County Prosecutor Eric Stewart said.
Officers of the Sidney Police Department responded that night to a report of a suspicious vehicle near Wilson Memorial Hospital and found the two men, neither of whom had valid driver’s licenses, intoxicated in the stolen car.
Mr. Hinkle was released on a recognizance bond pending his April 22 sentencing and Judge Mark S. O’Connor issued a stern warning that he was not to drink and must adhere to an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.
Woman admits importuning
Rachel Brannan, 22, who said she will be living at 515 Walker St., pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony count of importuning for a March 2015 incident in which she asked a 13-year-old boy to have sex with her. She will be labeled a Tier I sex offender at her April 25 sentencing. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors agreed not to oppose a future motion to be released from sex offender registration requirements after 10 years.
Diversion granted for check thefts
A couple was placed on the prosecutor’s pretrial diversion program for taking checks and passing them at local businesses.
Timothy Slavin, 22, of Russells Point, and Caitlyn Varian, 19, of Bellefontaine, appeared separately and each entered guilty pleas to three counts of forgery. Mr. Slavin also admitted a theft charge for taking the checks from the Russells Point home of his father William Slavin on Dec. 8. They must repay the money to the father as part of the diversion program.
Treatment ordered for drug trafficking
Wendy Wendel, 37, of Wapakoneta, was ordered to successfully complete a residential stay at the Phoenix House recovery program in Lima for two counts of trafficking in drugs. She was charged for acting as the intermediary in February 2015 drug buys coordinated by the Logan County Joint Drug Task Force.
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