A Forest man was placed on community control after pleading guilty to charges in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Michael Lee Rigney, 409 W. Gage St., Forest, was found guilty of one count each of possession of heroin and forgery (uttering).

A Kenton woman was found guilty of one count of obstruction of justice in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Brittany Lee Tillman, 1037 S. Main St., Apt. C1, Kenton, pleaded guilty to the single charge and was sentenced to five years of community control by Judge Scott Barrett.

Fined $25 for speeding 47 mph in a 35 mph zone were: Jill D. Gillen, Huntsville; and Jordan M. Breitigam, Wayne.

Judge Scott Barrett is being asked to decide if a conflict of interest will keep a Marion attorney from representing a Roundhead man in an attempted murder case. Garrett “Tony” Sheldon is being charged with a total of 15 counts including attempted aggravated murder, a felony of the first degree, and four counts of attempted aggravated arson, after law enforcement says he attempted to convince his son to kill his estranged wife and stepson by setting their house on fire.

A rural Ada man is facing the likelihood of spending the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty in Hardin County Common Pleas Court earlier this week to five sex charges involving his own children. Albert Mast, 51, was charged in late July with a total of 123 counts, including 20 charges of rape and 53 counts of gross sexual imposition.

Alfred D. Conyers, Harrod – speeding 40 mph in a 25 mph zone, fined $25.

Justin Eugene Long, 10423 CR 200, Kenton and Michelle Marie Shawberry, same address

With the jury trial of Gerrick Anthony Sheldon slated to begin in less than a month, motions were filed in Hardin County Common Pleas Court in an attempt to change some of the major participants in the case. Sheldon, 41, of 3010 CR130 in Roundhead Township, is facing multiple charges including two counts of complicity to attempt to commit aggravated murder and four charges of complicity to commit aggravated arson after he allegedly attempted to solicit his minor son to set fire to the residence of his wife and stepson.

A trip to Taco Bell with his daughter resulted in a Kenton man going to prison for three years. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Stephen Lee Keckler, 454 E. Franklin Street, was driving with his daughter to the restaurant on July 18, when a deputy from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office attempted to stop him for a traffic violation.

Krystal Paule Mull, Findlay – speeding 37 mph in a 25 mph zone, one prior offense, fined $65. Fined $25 for speeding 50 mph in a 35 mph zone were: Ashley P. Hein, Upper Sandusky; and Brett Allen Buxton, Upper Sandusky.