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

Sentencing hearings
Nancy J. Pontius, 44, Van Wert, was sentenced to three years of community control on a charge of attempted driving while under the influence, a felony of the fifth degree. 
Pontius was ordered to spend 60 days on electronic monitored house arrest, pay a fine of $1,350, and court costs.  
Judge Steele also gave Pontius a basic prison term of nine months but deferred the imposition of the prison term pending the successful completion of the community control program.