Court hands down indictments on meth charges, defrauding the elderly

A Greenfield woman has been indicted on charges of stealing money from an elderly Highland County woman and a Hillsboro man was indicted on charges of manufacturing meth, in separate cases, during a session of the grand jury in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

According to the court, Vanessa N. Maggard was indicted during a January session one count of forgery, a felony of the fifth degree; receiving stolen property, a felony of the fourth degree; obstructing official business, a felony of the fifth degree. 

According to court documents that on or around Dec. 20, she allegedly "with purpose to defraud or knowing that she was facilitating a fraud," wrote a check in the amount of $165 on the account of the elderly woman, "knowing it to have been forged."

She was arraigned on Jan. 12 and according to court documents, David Pence was appointed as her attorney. A trial date has been scheduled for March 7.

Derek Lane, 22, of Hillsboro, was indicted on a second degree-felony charge of illegal manufacture of drugs; illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs, a felony of the third degree; aggravated possession of methamphetamine; and possession of criminal tools, a felony of the fifth degree. 

He was arraigned on Jan. 12 and bond was set at $25,000. J.D. Wagoner was appointed as his attorney and a trial date was scheduled for March 21.

Other indictments included: 

• James A. Sadewasser, one count of burglary, a felony of the second degree; theft, a felony of the fifth degree; tampering with evidence, a felony of the third degree. 

• Richard Kimble, one count of illegal cultivation of marijuana, a felony of the third degree; possession of marijuana, a felony of the third degree. 

• Kelly Kimble, one,count of illegal cultivation of marijuana, a felony of the third degree; possession of marijuana, a felony of the third degree.