By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Six people were placed on five years of community control after their sentencing hearings Tuesday in Crawford County Common Pleas Court.
Twenty-five-year-old Tiffany Eaches, of Bucyrus; 24-year-old Logan Beeman, of Bucyrus; and 30-year-old James Erwin, of Bucyrus, were entered into the court’s Intensive Supervision and Treatment program in addition to their community control sentences.
Eaches previously pleaded guilty to one count of theft and eight counts of forgery, all fifth-degree felonies. The community control sentence was a last minute change by Leuthold, who chose not to follow the recommended 12-month prison sentence. Instead, he ordered her to be placed on community control for five years. Should she fail on probation, however, Eaches could face up to 24 months in prison. She must also pay roughly $1,500 in restitution to the victims in the case.
“The court’s main concern here is to try to get the defendant some help,” Leuthold explained. “You’ve hit rock bottom. I think we can pretty much agree on that.”
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Beeman previously pleaded guilty to felony 5 drug possession. Erwin pleaded guilty to drug possession and had two misdemeanor charges dismissed. He will also have to pay a $1,250 fine.
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Robert Poulson’s mistake bought him a felony charge, but did not land him in prison. The 64-year-old Galion man was sentenced to five years on community control after previously pleading guilty to burglary, a fourth-degree felony.
Poulson was intoxicated when he went into the wrong house to lay down.
Leuthold said the exact same thing happened to him this week when he went to a door, knocked, and realized it was the wrong home before walking away.
“It’s amazing how much better your judgment is when you’re not drunk,” Leuthold said. “I don’t think you’re a danger to the community; you’re a danger to yourself when you’re drinking.”
The judge also worried for Poulson’s safety if events took a different turn.
“If you walk into the wrong house, there’s a danger you won’t walk out again,” Leuthold cautioned, “and that’s what scares me.”
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Thirty-nine-year-old Jeanette Fast, of Galion, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony 5 drug possession. She received five years on community control.
Fifty-year-old Teresa Kent, of Galion, will have to pay a $1,250 fine and complete a drug and alcohol evaluation in addition to her community control sentence. Kent previously pleaded guilty to drug possession, a fifth-degree felony.
Two people appeared in court for community control violations with one admitting to the allegations while the other denied them.
Twenty-four-year-old Sheree Pfeifer, of Bucyrus, admitted to testing positive for opiates and oxycodone on Sept. 22. She was sentenced to 43 days in the county jail, which she already served, and was continued on the ISAT program.
Pfeifer originally pleaded guilty to drug possession and drug trafficking in March of 2015 and was sentenced to 36 months in prison. She was granted judicial release just under a year later and placed on probation.
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Thirty-three-year-old Carl Wiggins, of Bucyrus, denied allegations that he verbally threatened bodily harm to Bucyrus police officer Sam Caldwell, trespassed on property, consumed alcohol, and failed to submit to a blood alcohol content test.
Assistant prosecutor Ryan Hoovler indicated that Wiggins may also be indicted on two new charges – intimidation and aggravated menacing – stemming for the alleged incident.
Leuthold set bond at $150,000.
Wiggins had been on community control since receiving judicial release in 2014 on a 36-month prison sentence for having weapons under disability. He violated his probation earlier this year, but was continued on community control.
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Cory Hunter was arraigned on a felony 5 theft charge. Between March 1 and July 31 Hunter allegedly entered into an agreement with an 82-year-old female whose husband recently died. The agreement involved Hunter working on the woman’s house, but Hunter allegedly took tools from the victim and never returned them.
Leuthold set bond at $50,000 and appointed Andrew Motter as Hunter’s attorney. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison.