Smith Is Sentenced

Exceeding the state’s recommended prison term, Defiance County Judge Joseph Schmenk sentences a Defiance County man to more than a dozen years…for causing an injury crash while under the influence and fleeing the scene. Loren Smith gets prison terms totaling 12 1/2 years to 16 ½…on charges of aggravated vehicular assault…DUI…and more. He also was fined $1,350 dollars, given a life-time operator’s license suspension and afforded credit for time served while his case was pending. We reported Smith had been found guilty of the charges on June 29th… following a two-day jury trial in a Defiance County courtroom. He was accused of causing the two-vehicle crash on Ohio 18, in Noble Township. The driver of the other car was hurt in the wreck.