The Hardin County Recorder’s Office reported the following transactions for December, 2017: Financing statements filed, 1; financing statements continued, 1; deeds filed, 128; mortgaged filed, 74; amount of mortgages filed, $7,673,780.23; releases filed, 90; partial releases filed, 1; land contracts filed, 3;

Paul Eugene Dick, Bellefontaine – speeding 54 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

A Kenton man has been identified as a Tier I sexual offender after he admitted to having sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Robert R. Jones, 15676 CR 115, Kenton, pleaded guilty to one charge of importuning and Judge Scott Barrett sentenced him to 30 days of local incarceration.

The Hardin County Veterans Service Commission wrote 133 vouchers to county veterans for the month of December. The total amount dispersed was $6,209,05.

Carrie L Haudenschield, Hardin County Clerk of Courts, has released an account of transactions from her offices for 2017. Legal Department: A total of 2,306 new cases were filed: 172 civil includes 81 foreclosures, 131 domestics, 180 criminal includes bind overs from Hardin County Municipal Court and search warrants, 1,398 judgment liens, 23 court of appeals, 402 miscellaneous cases includes 98 notary certificates.

ADA —The Ohio 3rd District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases at Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law at 10 a.m. on Jan. 9 in the Large Moot Court Room. The oral arguments will be held before a three-judge panel consisting of Judges Stephen R. Shaw, Vernon L. Preston, John R. Willamowski or William R. Zimmerman. Shaw, Willamowski and Zimmerman are Ohio Northern University law alumni.

The 2017 Annual Financial Report for the Hardin County Veterans Memorial Park District has been filed and is open to the public for viewing at the Hardin County Probate Court.

Kai Vincent Breeden, Gahanna – speeding 51 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25. Jaclyn K. Haley, 707 S. Gormley St., Forest – speeding 52 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

A Lima man was sentenced to a prison term of 9 years and 9 months for four felonies involving the forced entry into a Kenton home in a Hardin County Common Pleas Court ruling released this week.

Gary Lee Kearns II, South Point – speeding 39 mph in a 25 mph zone, fined $25.