An officer of the Hardin County Common Pleas Court is facing misdemeanor charges of sexual imposition and dereliction of duty. The charges against Terry Price, an adult parole officer from Ada, were filed Thursday in Hardin County Municipal Court by an agent of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, according to court records.

Three are people were sentenced on drug-related charges recently in the Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Brian Edward Mitchell, 12680 Ohio 81, Dunkirk, plead guilty to one charge of possession of heroin.

Dixie L. Boss Hummel, 3769 CR 304, Ada – speeding 67 mph in a 55 mph zone, amended to speeding 60 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $25.

The Hardin County Recorder’s Office reported the following transactions for April:

Varian Ray Shepherd, 6609 TR 145, Kenton – speeding 39 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $15.

A Dola man was sent to prison for 11 months on a single drug charge in a case heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Kim Duane Gibson, 2411 Anthony St., Dola, entered a guilty plea to one count of possession of heroin and received the 11-month prison sentence.

Wade Travis Stauffer, Lima – speeding 49 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

Ross O. Stevenson to Ronald E. Stevenson and wife, .115 acres, Ada Lands, in part of Section 22, Liberty Twp. Tax $260.

Former bailiff and probation officer Donald Castle has posted bail and been released from the Multi-County Jail in Marion. According to a spokesperson at the facility, Castle posted bail on a $200,000 bond on Tuesday. He is facing seven counts of rape and two charges of gross sexual imposition. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges last week in …

Paul Howard Lee Jr., Slidell, La. – speeding 66 mph in a 55 mph zone, fined $25.