MOUNT VERNON – Mount Vernon Director of Law Rob Broeren announced that on November 2, 2017, a jury in the Mount Vernon Municipal Court convicted Jim Lenthe of Gambier of Criminal Trespass after a day-long jury trial. The charges arose out of an incident that occurred on March 25, 2017 when Mr. Lenthe dug a drainage pipe up on his neighbors’ Wiggin Street property.
Assistant Director of Law Brittany Whitney tried the case to the jury. She presented testimony of Deputy Sheriff Kreig Cline and Detective Terry Wolfe of the
Knox County Sheriff’s Office, and the property owners Donald and Bonnie Schutte. The jury deliberated for about 30 minutes before returning a guilty verdict. Judge John C.Thatcher ordered Mr. Lenthe to complete a Pre-Sentence Investigation prior to his sentencing on December 1, 2017.
Mr. Lenthe was represented by Attorney Phillip Lehmkuhl.