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Mercer drug bust nets 12

Celina, Ohio – Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey and Celina Chief Tom Wale announced the indictment and arrests of the following persons.   All of the charges are a result of an investigation by the Drug Unit (Grand Lake Task Force).  The Grand Lake Task Force includes agencies from Mercer and Auglaize Counties.   The Drug Unit in Mercer County is a combined effort of law enforcement agencies which currently include the Sheriff’s Office, Celina Police Department, and the Fort Recovery Police Department
 
ARRESTED:

Biviano Ortiz-Garcia (Jr), Age 25, Care of the Mercer County Adult Detention Facility.  2 Counts of Trafficking in Heroin, Felonies of the 5th degree, and 1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 4th degree.  Previously arrested for possession of drug abuse instruments in January and March of 2015.
 
Josh J. Tullis, Age 31, Care of the Mercer County Adult Detention Facility.  1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 4th Degree, 1 Count of Trafficking in Cocaine, a Felony of the 4th Degree, and 1 Count of Trafficking in Counterfeit Controlled Substances, a Felony of the 4th Degree.  Previously arrested for trafficking in drugs in 2014.
 
Nigel A. Allen, Age 27, Care of the Shelby County Ohio Jail.  1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 5th Degree, and 1 Count of Trafficking in Cocaine, a Felony of the 5th Degree.  Mr. Allen is currently incarcerated in the Shelby County Jail on felony possession of drugs.  Previously arrested for possession of drugs in 2006.
 
Simon Rios, Age 33, 420 South Main Street Apt. 4, Celina, Ohio.  1 Count of Aggravated Trafficking (Fentanyl), a Felony of the 3rd Degree, and 1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 5th Degree.  
 
Ronald D. Mock, Age 29, 209 Northview Drive Coldwater, Ohio, 1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 5th Degree, and 1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 4th degree.   Previously arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia in 2004.  Mock was found at 310 ½ West Fayette Street in Celina.  This residence was searched by deputies.  Deputies seized several pipes, syringes, and other drug paraphernalia.  They also recovered 216 capsules.  53 of the capsules contained suspected heroin.   A vehicle was also ordered to be seized in the indictment for Ronald Mock.  Deputies seized a 2005 maroon Pontiac Sunfire, which is registered and owned by Ronald Mock.
 
Joshua E. Kittle, Age 31, 420 South Main Street Apt. 4, Celina, Ohio.  1 Count of Aggravated Trafficking (Fentanyl), a Felony of the 4th degree, 1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 5th Degree, and 1 Count of Trafficking in Cocaine, a Felony of the 5th Degree.  Previously arrested for trafficking in drugs in 2012 and possession of drug paraphernalia in 2014.  Kittle turned himself into the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 4:30 PM on 3-25-2015.
 
Ian L. Hemmelgarn, Age 36, 4181 Oregon Road, Celina, Ohio.  1 Count of Illegal Manufacture of Drugs (Methamphetamine), a Felony of the 1st Degree, 1 Count of Illegal Assembly or Possession of Chemicals for the Manufacture of Drugs (Methamphetamine), a Felony of the 2nd Degree, 1 Count of Endangering Children, a Felony of the 3rd Degree, and 1 Count of Having Weapons Under Disability, a Felony of the 3rd Degree.  Also listed under these indictments is the forfeiture of two guns.  Previously been arrested for drug possession and possession of paraphernalia in 2004.
 
Kelli J. Rutter, Age 19, 7419 Fleetfoot Road, Celina, Ohio.  3 Counts of Trafficking in Heroin, Felonies of the 5th Degree.  Previously arrested for possession of drugs in 2014.
 
Sierra L. Chambers, Age 20, 751 Deford Street, Celina, Ohio.  1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 5th Degree.  Chambers turned herself into the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 4:30 PM on 3-25-2015.
 
Joshua P. Bernholt, Age 26, 1010 Hawthorne Street, Celina, Ohio. 3 Counts of Trafficking in Marijuana, Felonies of the 4th Degree, 1 Count of Trafficking in Heroin, a Felony of the 4th Degree, and 1 Count of Trafficking in a Counterfeit Controlled Substance, a Felony of the 4th Degree.  Previously been arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia in 2007, trafficking in drugs in 2009, trafficking in drugs in 2011, and possession of drug abuse instruments in 2011 and again in 2015. 
 
Kayla M. Bernholt, Age 23, 1010 Hawthorne Street, Celina, Ohio.  1 Count of Trafficking in Marihuana, a Felony of the 4th Degree, and 1 Count of Trafficking in Marihuana, a Felony of the 5th Degree. 
 
James Morris, Age 23, 440 Touvelle Lot 2, Celina, Ohio.  He was arrested on an indictment for 1 Count of Possession of Heroin, a Felony of the 5th degree.  Morris’s indictment was a result of a Celina Police Department investigation, not the Drug Unit.


 
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