The Hardin County Recorder’s Office reported the following transactions for December: Financing statements filed, 3; financing statements released, 1; deeds filed, 124; mortgages filed, 74; amount of mortgages filed, $20,502,483; releases filed, 77; partial releases filed, 1; land contracts filed, 6;

ADA — The Ohio 3rd District Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in two cases in the Large Moot Court Room of Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 10 a.m. The oral arguments will be held before a three-judge panel consisting of Judges Stephen R. Shaw, Vernon L. Preston and John R. Willamowski.

Jessica K. Perkins, 811 Park Ave., Kenton – speeding 49 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

A Marion woman was sent to prison after pleading guilty in Hardin County Common Pleas Court to tampering with evidence after she stole videos from Walmart.

Joshua K. Reed, 5647 CR 205, Forest – speeding 45 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $15. Ian M. Thompson, 19507 CH 70, Forest – speeding 50 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25.

Fined $25 for speeding 47 mph in a 35 mph zone were: Brianna N. Laubenthal, Brunswick and Morgan E. Bodenhop, West Liberty.

Edward F. Mason Jr. to Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, 2.791 acres in part of Section 32, Roundhead Twp. Tax $106.80.

An McGuffey man was declared to be an arson offender and was placed on community control in a recent case in the Hardin County Common Pleas Court.

Wendy L. McCarty, Findlay – speeding 47 mph in a 35 mph zone, fined $25. Paul Frank Sciuga Jr., Arlington – speeding 54 mph in a 35 mph zone, two prior offenses, fined $150.

Three area women were sentenced recently in cases heard in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. According to court records from Prosecutor Brad Bailey’s office, Shanita Kaye Harp, 527 S. Detroit St., Kenton, was placed on community control for five years after she was found guilty of drug-related charges.