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A Sheffield man who faces charges that he had sex with an intoxicated juvenile female – after he had already been charged for having sex with another junvenile female – had a request for bail reduction denied on Friday.
Tyler J. Ordiway was charged in March 2020 for conduct alleged between Oct. 1, 2019 and Jan. 12, 2020 at his residence.
The victim reported that on one occasion Ordiway provided alcoholic beverages to the victim, drove her to a wooded area and then recorded him having sexual intercourse with her and that the contact occurred when she was 15-years-old and 16-years-old.
When he was charged, he was serving a county jail sentence on statutory sexual assault and corruption of minors charges after having sex with a 13-year-old girl. He remains behind bars in that case.
Bail in the more recent case was set at $50,000.
Ordiway's counsel, Elizabeth Feronti, told the court that Ordiway asked her to file the bail reduction motion. She said that his father has some health issues and needs his assistance at the family farm.
She argued he has strong ties to the community and would be under court supervision due to the sentence he is currently serving.
"It's $50,000 which is minimal," Skerda said. "These are very serious charges."
District Attorney Rob Greene highlighted the multiple victims and their ages.
He called Ordiway a "20-year-old man who seems to like little girls" and said his past actions show he is "thumbing his nose" regarding the conduct.
"I just can't… $50,000 is more than reasonable," Skerda said, denying the motion.
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Attorney Alan Conn asked for a bail reduction for his client, Donald Seither, Warren, who is behind bars on a count of possession with intent to deliver and related charges.
Conn said COVID-19 has delayed the "ability to work something out" but Skerda said she's still taking pleas from inmates.
It was argued that Seither had strong ties in the community and his attorney cited family in Shinglehouse, Potter County.
Greene said he's opposed, noting how far Shinglehouse is from Warren.
He called the charges "extremely serious" and said Seither was charged with selling a "smorgasbord" of substances including methamphetamine, marijuana, MDMA and mushrooms. He called it a "Walmart basically of PWID (possession with intent to deliver)."
Skerda called it a "laundry list of drugs" that were allegedly exchanged and denied the motion.