MOUNT VERNON — A Mount Vernon man will serve 17 months in prison for pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor.
Zachary L. Reynolds, Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to five charges of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. All are fourth-degree felonies.
Five additional counts of the same charge were dismissed.
Knox County Common Pleas Judge Richard Wetzel sentenced Reynolds to a definite term of 17 months in prison on each count. The maximum sentence for this charge under the Ohio Revised Code is 18 months.
Reynolds will serve the terms concurrently. He was given credit for 135 days served along with future days while awaiting transport to an appropriate institution.
He was determined to be a Tier II sex offender registrant.
Jesse M. McCloy, Lima Allen Correctional Institution, also pleaded guilty to one count of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor (fourth-degree felony) and one count of failing to register identifiers (third-degree felony). A second charge of fourth-degree pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor was dismissed.
He was sentenced to 17 months in prison on Count 1 and 30 months on Count 3, to be served consecutively. McCloy was given credit for 79 days served along with future days while awaiting transport.
He is determined to be a Tier II sex offender registrant.
Below are other felony cases that resulted in a sentence in March.
March 19
• Isiah R. Miller, Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of attempted failure to comply with an order or signal of police, a fourth-degree felony. He was sentenced to serve a two-year term of community control and 180 days in the Knox County Jail.
He received credit for 166 days served. Miller is to submit to an outpatient drug and alcohol assessment, comply with recommended treatment, submit to a term of drug and alcohol use monitoring, and maintain full-time employment.
• Russell T. Copeland, Cardington, pleaded guilty to the lesser offenses of drug possession (fifth-degree felony) and attempted tampering with evidence (fourth-degree felony). He was sentenced to one year of community control and 214 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for 214 days.
He is to submit to a term of drug and alcohol use monitoring and maintain full-time employment.
• Jack R. Bolding, Mount Gilead, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs (fifth-degree felony) and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia (fourth-degree misdemeanor). He was sentenced to a two-year term of community control and is to submit to a term of drug and alcohol use monitoring. He is also to maintain full-time employment.
• Marcus D. Wright, Coshocton, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree domestic violence. He was sentenced to serve 30 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for four days served.
March 26
• Zachariah T. Thomas, Howard, pleaded guilty to two counts of strangulation and one count of disrupting public services (all fourth-degree felonies) and unlawful restraint, a third-degree misdemeanor.
A second-degree charge of kidnapping, a first-degree misdemeanor of aggravated menacing, and a first-degree misdemeanor assault were dismissed.
Thomas is to serve two years of community control and 180 days in the Knox County Jail with credit for 101 days served. The jail term is suspended on the condition that he enter and successfully complete the West Central Community Based Correctional Facility treatment program, submit to an outpatient drug and alcohol use assessment and monitoring, maintain full-time employment, and submit to a mental health assessment and comply with any recommended treatment plan.
• Bruce A. Casto, Centerburg, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. He was sentenced to serve a definite prison term of 11 months. Casto was given credit for 84 days served along with future days while awaiting transport to an appropriate institution.
• Stephen L. Lanning, Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of third-degree burglary. A second-degree misdemeanor charge of obstructing official business was dismissed.
He was sentenced to a 1-year prison term. Lanning was credited for 182 days served along with future days while awaiting transportation to an appropriate institution.
• Ronald J. Harmon, Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of possessing fentanyl. A second-degree misdemeanor charge of possessing drug abuse instruments was dismissed.
He was sentenced to a definite prison term of 11 months and given credit for 42 days served. He will be given credit for future days served while awaiting transport to an appropriate institution.
• Skyler L. Bower, Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of strangulation, a fourth-degree felony, and assault, a first-degree misdemeanor.
He was sentenced to two years of community control and 180 days in jail, with credit for 36. The remaining 110 days are suspended providing Bower enters and completes the Cedar Ridge residential treatment program.
He must also submit to an outpatient drug and alcohol use assessment and monitoring, maintain full-time employment, and submit to a mental health assessment and comply with any recommended treatment plan. He must also successfully complete a batterer’s intervention and anger management classes and have no contact with the victim or her family.
• Paul D. Wolfe, Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of forgery and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a first-degree misdemeanor. Seven counts of receiving stolen property were dismissed.
He was sentenced to a definite 11-month prison term. Wolfe was given credit for 152 days served, along with future days while awaiting transport to an appropriate institution.
• Joan M. Roesing, Centerburg, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular assault, a fourth-degree felony, and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a first-degree misdemeanor.
She was sentenced to a definite prison term of 17 months on Count 1 and 30 days on Count 2, to be served concurrently. Roesing was given credit for 78 days served, plus additional days while awaiting transport. The court assessed a mandatory fine of $565 on Count 2 and a mandatory operator’s license suspension of five years, effective Oct. 22, 2025.
• Trudy McFadden, Mount Vernon, pleaded guilty to failure to comply with or signal of a police officer, a third-degree felony. She was sentenced to a 30-month prison term. The court imposed a mandatory 10-year operator’s license suspension effective Sept. 24, 2025.
McFadden also pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony. She was sentenced to a definite prison term of 30 months, to be served consecutively to the above sentence.
She was given credit for 101 days served plus future days while awaiting transport. The court assessed a mandatory fine of $5,000, which was vacated due to indigence.