Four county residents have recently been sentenced for their sexual crimes involving children.
Of note is the felony indicted charges in each case were amended to misdemeanor endangering children
charges. And, in each separate case involving three separate incidents, two different judges gave 180
days in jail and suspended the time for each of the four defendants.
In 2009, a Bowling Green couple, Jason and Alison Harle, were indicted for gross sexual imposition
involving a girl under age 5 at the time of the offenses.
Through plea agreements earlier this year, the couple were convicted of endangering children. In two
separate cases Jason Harle, 30, pleaded guilty to three counts of endangering children.
Wood County Common Pleas Court Judge Reeve Kelsey ordered 180 days in jail, then suspended the time and
placed him on three years of community control. Jason Harle also was ordered to have assessments for
chemical dependency/substance abuse treatment as well as mental health counseling.
Alison Harle, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of endangering children, with a second charge dropped
through the agreement. She similarly was sentenced to 180 days in jail, with all time suspended, and
placed on three years of community control sanctions.
The offenses they pleaded to occurred in 2008.
Steven Moore, 27, of Perrysburg, pleaded no contest to an amended charge of endangering children, a
misdemeanor of the first degree. Judge Robert Pollex found him guilty and ordered Moore to serve 180
days, with credit given for time served. The remainder of the time was suspended. He also was fined
$1,000, with that suspended on the condition he have no other offenses which bring him before the court
during his two-year probation.
Moore was originally indicted for rape, a first-degree felony, involving a June 2010 incident with a boy
under the age of 10. The victim’s mother spoke to the court at the sentencing.
Laura Lewis, 36, of Rudolph, pleaded no contest to two counts of endangering children, both first-degree
misdemeanor charges, through a negotiated plea.
She originally was indicted on the first count with complicity to gross sexual imposition, a
fourth-degree felony.
As previously reported, her co-defendant, Aaron Folk, 35, of Cygnet, was sentenced to three years in
prison for a probation violation from his 2007 conviction of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, and
to 17 months for gross sexual imposition in this case, regarding an August 2010 incident with a
13-year-old girl.
Pollex placed Lewis on one-year probation, and sentenced her to 180 days in the county jail, which was
suspended. She also was fined $1,000, also suspended.
The suspension hinges on her having no other offenses before the court during her probation. She must
also perform 100 hours of community service work.