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Edward Gross, 67, has been indicted on multiple charges of rape, and sexual battery, and one count of gross sexual imposition.
A Lima man refused to leave his home when Allen County Sheriff deputies tried to execute a protection order. 26-year-old John Peterson III walked out of 807 Crestwood Avenue after a two-hour negotiation with the sheriff's department after he barricaded himself inside the home. Deputies were trying to execute a court-ordered protection order when Peterson closed the door and refused to come out.