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On September 29, 2025 the West Central Ohio Crime Task Force, with assistance from the Allen County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, and the US Post Office, confiscated one kilo of fentanyl as part of an ongoing investigation.

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The former Spencerville mayor gets indicted on 5 counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material.   The Allen County Grand Jury returned their indictment against, 45-year-old Phillip Briggs last week. All of the charges are felonies of the 2nd degree and the charges come from five separate incidents that happened over May and June of 2021. 

According to the Allen County Sheriff's Office, the Spencerville police contacted them to assist with an investigation.  Two teenage girls say that Briggs had allegedly recorded them while they were undressing. 

During the arraignment, it came out that Briggs admitted to a sheriff's detective that he did put a camera in a bathroom and stored the images on his laptop.    Briggs remains in jail on a $200,000 bond.  

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An Allen County man has been indicted on multiple charges of sexual battery.  33-year-old Levi Oglesbee has been charged with 10 counts of sexual battery by an Allen County Grand Jury.   According to the indictment, the incidents happened between August and September of 2022, and involved having sexual conduct with a younger person that was not his spouse.   Oglesbee has entered written not guilty pleas on the charges.  He is currently in the Allen County Jail, and being held on a $200,085 bond.

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A Lima man is facing multiple felony charges for an August incident where he struck a woman with a gun and had a short standoff with police. 35-year-old Jacquavious Cartwright was indicted by the Allen County Grand Jury on the charges of felonious assault, kidnapping, illegally growing marijuana, and possession of cocaine.   The charges come after an incident on South Union St, where Cartwright allegedly hit a woman with a gun. Then he remained in the house and refused to come out.  Police surrounded the home, and when the Allen County SWAT team arrived, he gave himself up.  Cartwright currently in the Allen County Jail. 

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Lima man was indicted for allegedly shooting at a house in February. 23-year-old Dre’vante Wilson was indicted by the Allen County Grand Jury on the charges of discharging a firearm into a habitation and carrying a concealed weapon.  The indictment says the offense happened around February 27th and the home that was shot at had two individuals in it at the time.