(9-14-25) The Mercer County Sheriff’s Office booked Dallas Fortner (30) of Celina on a 2nd degree felony of felonious assault, weapon or ordinance.

He is being held in the Mercer County Adult Detention Center with no bond awaiting a Mercer County Common Pleas Court hearing.

In Ohio, felonious assault involving the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance is defined as a second-degree felony under Ohio Revised Code 2903.11, carrying potential penalties of 2 to 8 years in prison and fines up to $15,000. This specific form of felonious assault occurs when someone knowingly causes serious physical harm, or attempts to cause harm, to another person by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance