On Friday, June 29, Knox County Common Pleas Court Judge Otho Eyster sentenced Keith W. Carder, 23, Mount Vernon, to 36 months in prison for Attempted Child Endangering.  On November 27, 2011, Carder caused serious physical harm to an infant he was caring for while the child’s mother was at work.  Thatcher said Carder and the child’s mother were living together at the time.  Detective Tom Bumpus, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, investigated the case.

Larry A. Fox , 28, Howard, was convicted of Receiving Stolen Property and Forgery for possessing four stolen checks and forging the handwriting on the checks, on January 3 and 9, 2012.  Fox was sentenced to 11 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to the 79 year old victim who lives in a nursing home.  Detective Corporal Matt Dailey, Mount Vernon Police Department, investigated the case.  In a separate case on May 20, 2011, Fox was placed on a three year term of community control supervision for breaking and entering.  Judge Eyster revoked Fox’s supervision because of the new felony convictions, and then sentenced Fox to an 11 month prison term served concurrently with the sentence in the new case.

According to the indictment, Larry L. Mercer, Jr., 31, Mount Vernon, was convicted of Rape in Licking County, in 1993.  As a sex offender, Mercer is required to register his address with authorities.  Mercer was convicted of Failure to Provide Change of Address notification to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, and sentenced to 60 days in jail.  Mercer was also sentenced to a three year term of community control supervision, including a suspended 24 month prison sentence.  Deputy Dan Selby investigated the case.