43-year-old Susan Walendzik was sentenced as part of a deal, where she pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking a person and one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, and the rest of the charges she was indicted on including promoting prostitution and other counts of trafficking a person were dropped. Walendzik will also have to register as a Tier II sex offender.

It didn't take the jury long to reach their verdict in the case against 58-year-old Grant Rose.   Rose was found guilty on all the charges he was facing, which include promoting prostitution, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, and 13 counts of trafficking a person.  He was sentenced to 42.5 years in prison.  According to detectives, Rose and former girlfriend Susan Walendzik offered up a young girl for sex, in exchange for money or drugs.  Detectives say the offense started when she was around 11 years old and continued until she was in her late teens.  Rose denied knowing anything about the prostitution, and says it was all Walendzik.  During closing arguments, Rose's lawyer says that Walendzik and the victim's testimony was questionable and there was a lack of evidence to back up what they were claiming. 

Day two of a jury trial for an Allen County man facing human trafficking resumed in Common Pleas Court.

Grant is facing a total of 15 charges, which include promoting prostitution, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, and 13 counts of trafficking a person. Rose has claimed during past court proceedings that he didn't have anything to do with prostituting the young girl, it was his co-defendant Susan Walendzik. But the victim says that Rose drove her to the meetings with the johns. The trial will resume on Wednesday.

She and her co-defendant Grant Rose allegedly used a website to set up meetings between a young girl and Johns. The meetings happened between July of 2018 until their arrests in 2020. The girl was around 13-years-old when the crimes began. Lima detectives say that Walendzick arranged the meeting to get money or drugs in exchange for the sex acts with the young girl, because of a drug habit. As part of the plea deal, the prosecution will recommend a sentence of 18 years in prison. No sentencing date has been set.

Susan Walendzik's attorney argued that his client's bond should be reduced as she is suffering with health issues. Currently Walendzik is sitting on a $500,000 bond as she and Grant Rose were indicted on multiple charges including promoting prostitution and human trafficking. The couple is accused of using a young girl to perform sex acts for hire since she was 12 years old.

Grant Rose, Jr. signed a speedy time waiver which pushed the trial back to June 1st. His lawyers also tried to get his half a million-dollar bond reduced because he says that his client only had a bit part in the prostitution of a young girl and the case again Rose is weak. Judge Jeffrey Reed denied the request.

Susan Walendzik's lawyers tried to get her bond lowered from half a million dollars. Judge Jeffrey Reed denied that request. Walendizik and Grant Rose were indicted by the Allen County Grand Jury on multiple charges including promoting prostitution and human trafficking. The two were arrested during a prostitution sting in December.

Two people who were indicted by the Allen County Grand Jury on human trafficking charges were arraigned in Allen County on Friday. Susan Walendzik and Grant Rose Jr. were indicted by the Allen County Grand Jury on 15 charges each.

The two were arrested during a prostitution sting on December 2nd. Police learned of the website the two were using to arrange meet ups and set one up at a hotel. The detective on the case took the witness stand to detail how the charges came to be. The investigation had been years in the making with the detective saying the couple had been using a young girl to commit sex acts for hire since the girl was 12 years old.