Jury finds Sylvia L. Inskeep complicit in burglary, weapons theft, drug possession

A Logan County jury today convicted Sylvia L. Inskeep of complicity to one count of burglary, three counts of grand theft of firearms, two counts of aggravated possession of drugs, and four one-year firearm specifications. The offenses are felonies of the second and third degree.
 
The jury found that on September 1, 2024, and October 29, 2024, Inskeep aided and abetted Edward Morgan in possessing methamphetamine. The State of Ohio's evidence included September 1 surveillance video from McDonald's on South Main Street that showed Inskeep and Morgan together on the afternoon of the burglary. The video also appeared to show Inskeep and Morgan using drugs in the parking lot. The State found Morgan's DNA on a cigarette butt and water bottle at the scene of the burglary on County Road 1. Morgan stole three firearms from the residence during the evening of September 1 while the homeowner was attending an event outside his home.

On September 1, after the burglary, Morgan abandoned Inskeep's red Cheverolet Cruze behind the Bellefontaine Elementary School after Bellefontaine Police Officer Kollin Stollar spotted the vehicle operating at night with its lights off. A person fled from the vehicle into the surrounding woods when Officer Stollar approached. Officer Stollar found the three stolen firearms in a bag in the trunk of the vehicle.

The State produced evidence that while law enforcement was investigating the abandoned vehicle, Inskeep arrived with her husband and identified the vehicle has their property. During the investigation, Inskeep provided law enforcement with a cell phone number. The State produced evidence that, while the investigation proceeded, Inskeep sent text messages to Morgan from that cell phone to inform him of the investigation and to attempt to arrange to pick him up.

On August 5, 2025, Logan County Court of Common Pleas Judge Kevin P. Braig sentenced Morgan to an aggregate 15 to 18 years in prison for his role in the felony of the F2 aggravated possession of drugs and the F2 burglary and another burglary. 

After the jury returned its verdict against Inskeep, Judge Braig revoked Inskeep's bond and ordered that she await sentencing in the Logan County Jail. He ordered a pre-sentence investigation and scheduled a sentencing hearing for November 18, 2025, at 11 AM. The F2 complicity to aggravated possession of drugs and the firearm specifications carry mandatory prison time.

Logan County Assistant Prosecutors Nathan Yohey and Nick Williams represented the State. The Bellefontaine Police Department and the Logan County Sheriff's Office combined to investigate and solve the crimes. 

Defense counsel Addie King of Urbana, Ohio, represented Inskeep.