Gilbert murder pretrial rescheduled

The final pretrial date in the murder trial of Bradley Gilbert of Montpelier has been rescheduled from this week to August 2nd. The hearing is set for the Williams County Common Pleas Court to begin at 1 p.m.
He’s charged in the homicide of 28-year-old Jonathan Hofner of Wauseon last October 10th. Hofner’s body was found near a hiking trail north of Montpelier about two weeks later. Gilbert is facing aggravated murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, grand theft of a motor vehicle and petty theft, among others. Gilbert is being hled at the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio on a $2 million bond. His murder trial is scheduled for October 31st in front of Judge J.T. Stelzer.