Dejaun Lucas tried to get his bond reduced a couple of weeks before his trial was set to begin on March 1st, the judge denied that request. Lucas has pleaded not guilty to corrupting another with drugs and involuntary manslaughter. The indictment says Lucas provided the fentanyl-laced drugs that led to the overdose death of Dino Gerdeman in a Lima motel back in May of 2020.

A Lima woman accused of providing drugs that killed a man last week made her first court appearance. 19-year-old Kea'londa Peoples-Fuqua waived her preliminary hearing in Lima Municipal Court. Her case will move over to Allen County Common Pleas Court to be heard by a grand jury.