The following individuals appeared Wednesday before Judge Charles Steele in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court:

Sentencing hearings
Joshua Hurles, 21, Spencerville, was placed on two years of community control when he was sentenced by Judge Steele on a charge of trafficking in marijuana, a felony of the fifth degree.
Hurles was been arrested after he sold marijuana to an undercover agent working for the West Central Crime Task Force. The undercover drug operation was conducted in Delphos.