Another suspect in a Lima drug bust earlier this month has been bound over to Allen County Common Pleas Court.
A Findlay man is in custody after suspected drugs were discovered in his home.
A Hardin County Grand Jury indicted Anthony Allen Browne, 50, on charges of aggravated murder, tampering with evidence, having weapons under disability, possession of criminal tools, and defacing identification marks of a firearm for the death of Richard Whitaker Junior in September of 2022.
A Lima man received his sentencing in Allen County Common Pleas Court. DeJuan Lucas was found guilty back in early September by a jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs, plus numerous drug trafficking and possession charges.
DeJuan Lucas is on trial for the charges of involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs, plus numerous drug trafficking and possession charges. He's accused of selling the drugs that led to the death of Dino Gerdeman during a party that was thrown in a Lima hotel in May of 2020. Prosecutors say that Gerdeman asked Kaelonda Peoples-Fuqua to get drugs for the party and she did from Lucas. The defense attorney says that Lucas admitted to selling drugs but did not sell the drugs that killed Gerdeman.
A jury trail for a Lima man entered into its third day on Wednesday in the Allen County Justice Center. DeJuan Lucas is on trial for the charges of involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs, plus numerous drug trafficking and possession charges.
DeJuan Lucas is on trial for the charges of involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs, plus numerous drug trafficking and possession charges. He's accused of selling the drugs that led to the death of Dino Gerdeman during a party that was thrown in a Lima hotel in May of 2020. Prosecutors say that Gerdeman asked Kaelonda Peoples-Fuqua to get drugs for the party and she did from Lucas. The defense attorney says that Lucas admitted to selling drugs but did not sell the drugs that killed Gerdeman.