How Could You? Hall of Shame-Paige Fiebelkorn

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From St. Marys, Ohio, foster mother Paige Fiebelkorn, 33, was serving as the leader of Generations Of Love, a Wapakoneta based nonprofit focused on providing care and support for foster children, adoptive families and other childcare services.

“An Auglaize County grand jury recently indicted the head of a Wapakoneta nonprofit organization on multiple charges, including some involving a minor.”

“According to the indictment, the alleged incidents began in September of 2024 and continued on into February of 2025. The victim was under the age of 16 at the time of the incidents. ”

Head of Wapak Nonprofit Indicted on Charges Involving Minor
[Wapakoneta Daily News 5/29/25 ]

“The judge has set the jury trial for 33-year-old Paige Fiebelkorn to start on January 20th. She was indicted on 16 charges including unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, sexual battery, tampering with evidence, and providing alcohol to a minor.

According to the indictment, the incidents happened between September of last year and February of 2025. The alleged male victim that was under 16 years old at the time of the offenses. Fiebelkorn founded and ran Generations of Love in Wapakoneta which helped foster families and children. She has a final pretrial set for December.”

Jury trial date set for former nonprofit founder facing charges of having sexual contact with a minor
[Howntown Stations 10/8/25 by Todd Cummins]

” A St. Marys woman left an Auglaize County courtroom in tears and handcuffs Friday morning after pleading guilty to felony charges relating to her sexual abuse of an underage male.

Paige Fiebelkorn, 33, was indicted by an Auglaize County grand jury in May of last year on 16 charges, including third-degree felony counts of sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and tampering with evidence, as well as an unclassified misdemeanor count of furnishing to an underage person.

The indictment alleged the offenses occurred on Sept. 1, 2024, at a home on West Pearl Street in Wapakoneta. With a trial date looming, Fiebelkorn on Friday accepted an offer from prosecutors and agreed to plead guilty to two third-degree felony counts of sexual battery and a single count of tampering with evidence, also a felony of the third degree.

Fiebelkorn faces up to 13 years in prison when she is sentenced at an as-yet undetermined time. She is guaranteed of a minimum of 60 months behind bars as part of a stipulation contained in the plea agreement.

Assistant Auglaize County Prosecuting Attorney Laia Zink said Fiebelkorn engaged in sexual activity with a 15-year-old male at a St. Marys area residence. The victim, Zink said, was under Fiebelkorn’s disciplinary control by virtue of her role as co-director and founder of Generations of Love, a non-profit intended to support foster families.

The tampering charge, Zink said, was the result of Fiebelkorn’s actions to delete incriminating photos from her cell phone and the victim’s phone.

Fiebelkorn was asked by Judge Frederick Pepple if the facts of the case, as they pertain to the charges she was prepared to plead guilty to, were “the truth.” After a lengthy pause and eventually while choking back tears, Fiebelkorn replied, “Yes, your honor.”

Fiebelkorn fostered as many as 32 children with her husband, with whom she adopted four children to raise alongside their two biological children. She founded Generations of Love to support fellow foster families and troubled youth by providing them with beds, clothing and other emergency essentials a family may need when they accept a foster child into their home.

The Wapakoneta-based nonprofit cut ties with its founder on Feb. 26, 2025, according to the board.

At the conclusion of Friday’s hearing, Pepple said Fiebelkorn’s bond would be revoked. The judge remanded her to be taken into custody to await trial.

Defense counsel Ken Rexford asked that his client’s bond be continued, saying Fiebelkorn was in the process of getting a divorce and has several upcoming hearings scheduled. Zink conferred with the victim’s family members in the courtroom and told Pepple the family “is not okay” with Fiebelkorn being released.”

Fiebelkorn pleads guilty in child sex case
[Yahoo 2/6/26 by J Swygart, The Lima News, Ohio]

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