A Dayton man was sentenced to the maximum penalty of five years in prison Monday, Nov. 9, after a jury seated in Highland County Common Pleas Court found him guilty of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer.
As previously reported, Jerry W. Harner Jr., 33, was indicted by a Highland County grand jury on the third-degree felony charge in August.
It took Highland County Prosecutor Anneka Collins roughly an hour to try the case, followed by another hour of jury instructions and closing arguments by Collins and defense attorney Jeffery Blosser. The jury deliberated for approximately 20 minutes before returning a guilty verdict, as Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss later said he didn’t “think I’ve ever seen a guiltier person than this.”…