A Minster man has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual contact with a minor in Auglaize Municipal Court. 26-year-old Brett Reeves entered a written plea of not guilty on the charges of gross sexual imposition and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Reeves has been ordered to have no contact with the girl or her family.

48-year-old Jason Spreeman was indicted by an Auglaize County grand jury on charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor and importuning. According to the indictment, the incidents happened in the fall of 2024. Spreeman will be arraigned on Friday, January 10, 2025, on the charges. He is being held on a $250,000 bond.

A 39-year-old Hocking County woman was sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison for raping two children, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. Irene Marie Day of Logan pleaded guilty on Aug. 1 to two counts of rape, both first-degree felonies, and two counts of gross sexual imposition, third-degree felonies. Her sentence requires her to register as a Tier 3 sex offender upon her release from prison.

A Perrysburg man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for raping a child in Hancock County. 35-year-old Raymond Carter was sentenced this morning on two rape charges. He pleaded guilty to the charges at an earlier hearing, along with child pornography charges. The victim was under 10 years old, and the offenses started in 2018. Carter is facing similar charges in Wood and Franklin counties.

July 8, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine: (COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced nearly $900,000 in grants to support law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim advocacy groups in their shared goal of supporting sexual assault survivors and holding attackers accountable. The Ohio Department of Public Safety's Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) is awarding the funding as part of the new Ohio Sexual Assault Investigations Grant Program. Governor DeWine launched the program in February to help with the costs associated with sexual assault investigations, criminal prosecution, and victim advocacy.

An Auglaize County Grand Jury has indicted a St. Marys man on several sex-related charges. 37-year-old Matt Storer has been charged with three counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of sexual battery. All the offenses are 3rd-degree felonies.

A Lima man has been found guilty of raping two girls over multiple years. It took an Allen County jury an hour and a half to find 48-year-old Paul Bowman guilty of 10 counts of rape and five counts of sexual battery. Two additional charges were dropped on the final day of his trial. 

A Findlay priest, who formerly served in Van Wert, finds himself in a federal courtroom on sex trafficking charges.