(9-1-25) Hunter Frederick (21) of Rockford was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. After being booked into the Auglaize County Jail he was released on his own recognizance.

In legal terms, recognizance is an obligation of record in which a person, typically a defendant, promises to appear in court or perform a specific act, usually under the penalty of forfeiting money if the promise is broken. The most common usage is “released on own recognizance” (or O.R.), where a court releases a defendant without requiring bail money, based on their personal written promise to comply with court orders and return for future hearings

In Ohio, disorderly conduct involves recklessly causing inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to another by fighting, threatening harm, making unreasonable noise, offensive gestures, or preventing movement, and is usually a minor misdemeanor but can become a fourth-degree misdemeanor if the conduct continues after a warning, or if it occurs near a school or a school safety zone. Punishments range from a fine for a minor misdemeanor to possible jail time and fines for a fourth-degree misdemeanor