Millersburg

MILLERSBURG — A Millersburg woman who admitted to her role in the sale of methamphetamine to a confidential informant was given a unique opportunity, avoiding incarceration so that she can be reunited with her children. Corrine Simpson, 27, of 261 N. Washington St., previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to aggravated trafficking in meth, possession of meth and two counts of child endangering. On Thursday, she told Judge Robert Rinfret she's spent the time since her July arrest satisfying Holmes County Juvenile Court obligations required for her to regain custody of her children. The children were removed from her custody as a result of the incident; however, Louella Gilbert, of Holmes County Job and Family Services, said Simpson has made significant progress on her case plan and is on the verge of getting her children back.…

MILLERSBURG — For allegedly failing to comply with legal requirements, a man who was identified as a sexually oriented offender as a teen, was sentenced Wednesday to house arrest. Johnathan M. Salkeld, 25, of 101 Lakeview Drive, Apt. C-65, Millersburg, previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to failure to register. Salkeld was designated a sexually oriented offender, subjecting him to 10 years of registration as such, following a 2006 conviction for gross sexual imposition…

MILLERSBURG — A fund to benefit the family of April Rogers has been established at First-Knox National Bank in Millersburg. Rogers died in a Sunday morning house fire. She leaves behind husband, Volley, and children, Jace, Samantha, Savannah and Seth. In addition to losing a wife and mother, they lost most of their material possessions and many memories to the fire, according to Rogers' aunt, Pam Deal, who said the fund was established to receive monetary donations to help the family begin to…

MILLERSBURG — A local woman was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly conspired with a Millersburg man to assault and restrain her boyfriend, preventing him from leaving an apartment at which they were staying temporarily. Jamie L. Spears, 26, who is currently without a permanent address, is charged in Holmes County Municipal Court with abduction and domestic violence. The abduction charge is a third-degree felony punishable by up to three years in prison. Spears, who remains incarcerated in…

MILLERSBURG — A man accused of assaulting and threatening first responders called to help him while he was experiencing a diabetic episode admitted on Thursday to resulting criminal charges. Eric T. Troyer, 37, formerly of 625 Kenton Alley, Millersburg, pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to assault and aggravated menacing. In exchange for his guilty plea, four additional charges of aggravated menacing were dismissed. Troyer's plea came on the heels of a psychological evaluation…

“Welcome home, soldiers, welcome home,” Roger Pennell, commander of the Shreve Post, told the veterans on the bus as it traveled through the crowd of well-wishers. A wave of emotions erupted, tears welled in the eyes of veterans and guardians. This was the welcome home one of the trip’s organizers had hoped for, especially the Vietnam War veterans, who had rocks hurled at them upon returning to the states. “It feels great,” said Don Huebner, an Army Vietnam War veteran from Millersburg. “It sure…

MILLERSBURG — For not only his own role in selling marijuana to a confidential informant, but that of his juvenile daughter, a Millersburg man was chastised Thursday when he pleaded guilty to related criminal charges. Donald McVay, 52, of 744 Critchfield St., Millersburg, pleaded guilty trafficking in marijuana and endangering children. In exchange for his guilty plea, a related charge of contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a minor was dismissed. He a period of incarceration of up…

MILLERSBURG — For her role in removing a change machine from a Millersburg area business, a local woman on Thursday was sentenced to local jail time. Kimberly Foster, 27, of 625 Kenton Alley, Apt. A, Millersburg, previously pleaded guilty in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to an amended charge of attempted burglary. In exchange for her guilty plea, a related charge of theft was dismissed. The state also agreed to dismiss an unrelated charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs (meth). She'd faced…

MILLERSBURG — A Holmesville man who reportedly was wandering around downtown Millersburg with a knife on Monday is in custody, facing several related criminal charges. Still shirtless and apparently agitated, Andrew Whitman, 34, of 7277 Township Road 525, appeared via teleconference from the Holmes County Jail in Holmes County Municipal Court, where he is charged with disorderly conduct, inducing panic and criminal trespass stemming from the prior day's activity. It's not the first law…

MILLERSBURG —Following a series of actions crafted to mimic the original intent of the court, a former Millersburg man on Tuesday was sentenced to time served, and released from prison, for admittedly making and possessing meth in the vicinity of a school and juveniles in 2010. For the second time in a month, Delane A. Goodwin, 43, who has been serving his sentence at Richland Correctional Institution, sat in Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Rinfret’s courtroom. First returned to the court in…