A Lima woman received her sentencing today in Allen County Common Pleas Court.
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2020 was already a difficult year. And for the City of Lima it was an unusual year when it comes to crime. Lima Police Department handled 12 homicides, up from the average 5 murders a year for the last few years. LPD has arrested at least one person in each case.
Jan. 20 Dan Jackson was shot and killed while standing behind pappy’s lounge after the bar had closed. Police believe two teens are responsible and they have since been arrested.
On Feb.4, Levels Lounge was the site of a violent triple murder. A gun fight left Terrell McGraw and Devontae Upshaw dead inside the bar and Timothy White was found dead on a nearby sidewalk. Deontray Forrest has been charged for two of the murders with criminal gang charges attached to them. The bar has since closed.
The attorney for Kae'londa Peoples-Fuqua filed two motions to suppress what she said in two recorded instances.
The first instance was recorded on body cam footage when Peoples-Fuqua was talking to officers inside the Lima Police Department. The second instance was during her second formal interview with detectives. She's been charged with corrupting another with drugs and involuntary manslaughter for the death of Dino Gerdeman. Police found Geredman dead in a room at the Travelodge. Her attorney previously said Peoples-Fuqua was an employee of Gerdeman's and instructed to buy the drugs. Dejuan Morris has also been charged in the case for allegedly providing the drugs that killed Gerdeman.
We've been following some high profile criminal cases the last few months and legal action has been taken against several people. Our Eran Hami fills us in how their cases have moved forward. The Allen County Grand Jury has handed down indictments for several individuals suspected of crimes that we’ve reported on in the last few months.