Bower Faces Charges

The director of Defiance County’s Developmental Disabilities Board, already facing misdemeanor theft charges in Defiance, has been charged in Henry County with a felony as well. Tim Bower, of Delta, made an initial appearance in Napoleon Municipal Court on a charge of theft, a fifth-degree felony. The proceedings are only preliminary…because felony charges cannot be deliberated in a misdemeanor court. A felony charge would have to be handled in Henry County. Bower was charged earlier this month by Defiance Police…with separate counts of theft, each a first-degree misdemeanor. They say he stole something at Defiance’s Walmart store on Dec. 13th…then, again, two days later. He is scheduled to be arraigned on those charges in Defiance Municipal Court…today. Bower was placed on paid administrative leave by the Defiance County Board following a meeting last week. He also is a member of Pike-Delta-York School Board