By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Some people may think they can treat Crawford County as the wild west, but Judge Sean Leuthold believed there was one place they would all end up if they did: in front of him.
That was the message Leuthold sent to 22-year-old Weston Mulvaine, of Bucyrus, in Crawford County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon. Mulvaine pleaded guilty to having weapons under disability, a third-degree felony, and received a 36-month prison sentence. He must forfeit a pink Taurus .38 caliber handgun. Three misdemeanor counts against Mulvaine were also dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea.
Mulvaine was visibly upset as Leuthold handed down the sentence.
“I think it is pretty apparent it’s having an impact on him,” said James Mayer III, Mulvaine’s attorney.
Leuthold acknowledged Mayer’s statement, but reminded Mulvaine that this was not the first time he appeared before the judge. Leuthold saw him twice as the Crawford County Municipal Court Judge and warned him then that he needed to straighten up.
“What did you think was going to happen?” Leuthold asked. “You know it’s not the Wild West out there anymore.”
Mulvaine was arrested by Bucyrus police on Jan. 15 on an active warrant for failing to appear for a pre-trial hearing in Municipal Court. Officer David Rowland made contact with Mulvaine at his Ethel Street residence, but Mulvaine retreated into the residence and began fiddling with something in his pocket. When Rowland asked Mulvaine to remove his hands from his pockets, Mulvaine did so and a firearm fell to the ground. Mulvaine continued to resist arrest and officers moved him to another room where drug paraphernalia was found.
“I wasn’t thinking before I acted. I wasn’t being me,” Mulvaine told Leuthold Wednesday.
“This is where all the outlaws end up in this county – in front of me,” Leuthold responded.
The judge relented a bit and agreed to consider letting Mulvaine out of prison early depending on his behavior there. Mulvaine asked for one request before he was led out of the courtroom: to hug his mother, who was sitting in the back of the room.
“If you really gave a damn about your mom and how she felt, you wouldn’t be here in the first place,” Leuthold said.
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Terry Hensley, Jr. was able to get his bond reduced on a felonious assault charge, mostly 
due to the fact that county prosecutor Matt Crall decided personal recognizance bonds were appropriate in the case of two of Hensley’s co-defendants.
A $150,000 bond had been issued against 21-year-old Hensley, who was arraigned on the second-degree felony charge on March 31.
“I believe it is very just,” stated assistant prosecutor Ryan Hoovler during the bond reduction hearing.
Leuthold reduced the bond to a personal recognizance bond with the stipulation that Hensley have no contact with his co-defendants or the victims in the case.
“I take these bonds very, very seriously,” Leuthold said. “If I give one out, I expect it to be followed to a T. Bond is a privilege, not a right.”
Forty-eight-year-old Ronald Lewis, of Galion, was arraigned on a felony 2 felonious assault charge and bond was set at $100,000.
Hoovler stated there was a relationship between the defendant and the alleged victim regarding money. An altercation on April 3 allegedly ended when Lewis head-butted the other man, causing a skull fracture and forcing the victim to be taken to Grant Medical Center in Columbus.
Lewis could face up to eight years in prison if found guilty. His record included escape, aggravated burglary, and receiving stolen property.