(1-13-25) Two men were booked into the Mercer County Adult Detention Center on separate charges.

Jeffrey Marbaugh (55) of Coldwater was booked on a 5th degree felony of possession of drugs.

(Sheriff’s Press Release)

Celina, OH – Mercer County Sheriff Doug Timmerman reports the arrest of a male on drug related charges.  On Monday, January 13, deputies through an investigation suspected drug activity at 502 West Plum Street in Coldwater.  Deputies applied for a search warrant with assistance from Mercer County Prosecutor Erin Minor.  The search warrant was reviewed and granted by Celina Municipal Court Judge Kathryn Speelman.

Deputies with help from officers from the Coldwater Police Department executed the search warrant at 2:13 PM, Monday, January 13, 2025.  During the search of the residence, numerous items of suspected drugs and drug paraphernalia were collected and taken as evidence.  Drugs suspected are methamphetamines, LSD, and ecstasy.  Arrested was Jeffery C. Marbaugh (502 West Plum Street Coldwater) (55).  Marbaugh was transported to the Mercer County Adult Detention Facility, where he was booked in on felony possession of drugs and is currently being held without bond.

The case will be sent to the Mercer County Prosecutors Office once completed for review of any additional charges.

Jersey Forsythe (28) was picked up on 1-11-25 in Miami County on an outstanding warrant. He is now in Mercer County and is being held on a 5th degree felony theft charge and a 4th degree felony charge of telecommunications fraud.

Telecommunications fraud is a law Ohio has that makes it a criminal act (and any victim can sue over it too if they were damaged by someone doing it). To violate the law, a person has to be involved in committing fraud and using any kind of communications device in the process. It can be a telephone, radio, satellite, a computer, the internet, etc. If more than one person is involved, it can be conspiracy too. In Ohio it is a 5th degree felony (prison time, not local jail) but can be charged at a higher level if more money is involved, all the way up to a first degree felony. 

Both men are waiting on Mercer County Common Pleas Court hearings.