(7-4-26) – Two Mercer County men were recently booked into the Mercer County Adult Detention Center.

Sean Herman (51) was booked by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office on a domestic violence charge and is awaiting a court hearing.

Daniel Goins (40) was booked by the Celina Police Department on a disorderly conduct charge..intoxicate, annoy or alarm

Under Ohio Revised Code 2917.11, a person can be charged with disorderly conduct if they recklessly cause inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm to others through offensive or disruptive behavior. In simple terms, this covers a wide range of public disturbances, from arguments and fights to unreasonable noise or public intoxication.

You can be arrested for disorderly conduct if you:

  • Engage in fighting, threatening, or violent behavior.
  • Insult, taunt, or challenge someone in a way likely to provoke violence.
  • Make unreasonable noise or use abusive language in public.
  • Block traffic or prevent others from moving freely.
  • Create a physically offensive or hazardous condition without a lawful purpose.

A presumption of innocence means that any defendant in a criminal trial is assumed to be innocent until they have been proven guilty. As such, a prosecutor is required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person committed the crime if that person is to be convicted. To do so, proof must be shown for every single element of a crime.