Humane Society of El Paso Executive Director Jeffery Luke Westerman turned himself in Monday to Ohio law enforcement after being indicted on 19 counts involving fraud allegations.

Westerman was booked into the Franklin County, Ohio, jail, according to court records.

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"Mr. Westerman turned himself in and he was arraigned today (and) entered a not guilty plea," Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office officials said.

He appeared before a judge at an arraignment hearing and was granted a $50,000 bond.

Westerman posted a $5,000 bond Monday, which is 10 percent of the $50,000 bond that was set. He was released from jail, records show.

He also was given a $20,000 personal recognizance bond, which he would not have to pay as long as he signed a document agreeing to certain conditions. Court records do not outline the conditions but generally they include appearing before court and not being arrested.

Westerman was indicted Dec. 27 on 16 counts of unlawful securities practices, two counts of grand theft and one count of theft from a person in a protected class, according to an indictment released last week by the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office in Ohio.

He allegedly committed fraud beginning in 2010, however, the indictment charges him in cases that occurred between 2013 and 2018.

The indictment states that the first official charge of securities laws violations, which is investment fraud, and theft happened Dec. 31, 2013. The last charges in the indictment filed against Westerman are based on his alleged actions on Dec. 10, 2018.

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Aaron Martinez may be reached at 546-6249; aamartinez@elpasotimes.com; @AMartinez31 on Twitter.