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

Steven K. Roeder, 46, Spencerville, was sentenced to three years of community control and given a basic prison term of one year with the imposition deferred pending the successful completion of the community control. 
Roeder was arrested by the Van Wert County Sheriff’s Department after an tip was received he was cultivating marijuana in Jennings Township in south eastern Van Wert County last summer. Deputies recovered 67 marijuana plants after searching an area near the Roeder home.