The following individuals appeared Wednesday before Judge Charles Steele in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court:     
Anthony W. Whitt, 27, Kenton, entered a guilty plea to a three count indictment charging him with forgery, a felony of the fifth degree. 
According to a Van Wert City Police Department and Van Wert County Sheriff’s Department investigation, Whitt, along with another individual, were passing counterfeited $100 bills in Van Wert and Ohio City.  
Whitt is awaiting sentencing in Auglaize County for a similar offense with sentencing in Van Wert County set for March 28. 
Dyllen A. Redding, 20, Convoy, was placed on three years of community control on a charge of theft, a felony of the fifth degree.   
Redding was charged by the Van Wert City Police Department for the theft of a license plate from a local residence. Redding had the stolen license plate on his vehicle at the time he was stopped by a patrol officer.