State v. Wagner

Walsh, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Richard Wagner, appeals his bench trial conviction before the Clermont County Court for telephone harassment pursuant to R.C. 2917.21(B).

The record indicates that' appellant and Ann Rechtin were romantically involved for a period of approximately seven years. At some point prior to March 1991, Rechtin ended the relationship. However, appellant repeatedly attempted to contact Rechtin by telephone and also visited her residence in Clermont County.

After one such visit in which Rechtin saw appellant looking into the window of her residence, a criminal trespassing…