The following individuals appeared Wednesday before Judge Charles Steele in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court:    
James D. Ramirez, 21, Van Wert, was placed on community control for three years on a charge of burglary, a felony of the fourth degree. 
According to a Van Wert City Police Department investigation, Ramirez had forced his way into an apartment on July 26, at which time he took a video game. Apparently Ramirez had been to the apartment with another friend the night before but returned alone later to burglarize the apartment and took the game.