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Oct 10, 2024

Ohio City man sentenced on sex charges


48 year old James Bloomfield of Ohio City has been sentenced to over 4 years in prison on child sex charges. Van Wert County Common Pleas Court Judge Martin Burchfield this week sentenced Bloomfield to 18 month prison terms on 3 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person. These sentences will run consecutively. Bloomfield was also sentenced to concurrent prison time on several related charges. In the original indictment, Bloomfield was charged with 15 felonies. 9 of those were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea of 6 of those counts. To read the original indictment against Bloomfield:

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