By Gary Ogle and Krystal Smalley
gogle@wbcowqel.com, ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Three people were sentenced to short stints in prison Monday in Crawford County Common Pleas Court.
Helenia Javens may have started out in an intervention program, but she ended up being sent to prison Monday afternoon.
The 32-year-old Delaware, OH, woman admitted to violating her community control when she tested positive for opiates, admitted to using heroin, and associated with a felon.
Crawford County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leuthold sentenced Javens to 13 months to prison for violating her probation.
“I don’t believe I really have a choice. Nothing seems to be working here,” Leuthold said. “Take this stuff seriously. You’re destroying your life.”
Javens pleaded guilty to theft of drugs earlier this year. She was placed on intervention, but violated the program and was placed on community control.
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Twenty-seven-year-old Justin Kimble of Bucyrus pleaded guilty to the fifth-degree felony of breaking and entering on Monday morning. He was sentenced to 10 months in prison and must pay court costs.
Kimble was convicted in a 2011 case of gross sexual imposition and sentenced to four years in prison at that time. He was out on early release at the time of his latest offense.
Kayla Folk, 26, of Crestline, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree drug possession and was sentenced to six months in prison. Folk was also fined the mandatory state minimum of $1,250 for fifth-degree drug felony.
Thirty-two-year-old Jameseta Williams pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor 1 domestic violence. The original charge had been felony 4 aggravated assault.
Williams, from Bucyrus, was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail, which was suspended. Williams was also placed on probation for two years and fined $1,000. As a condition of her probation Williams must attend anger management counseling.
Twenty-nine-year-old Justin Carroll, of Loudonville, admitted to violating his intervention program and was placed on five years of community control and fined $1,250. He admitted to using Vicodin, testing positive for oxycodone and codeine, and possessing drug paraphernalia.
“I apologize for being back here,” Carroll said.
Leuthold accepted the apology.
“I don’t want to send you to prison, but I also don’t tolerate nonsense on community control,” he warned.
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Trinki Kimble was close to being sent to prison, but a last minute decision by Leuthold saw another path opening for the 22-year-old Galion woman.
Trinki Kimble, who previously pleaded guilty to felony 5 drug possession and admitted to violating her community control Monday, received five years on community control and entrance into the court’s Intensive Supervision and Treatment program.
“You have a choice to make,” Leuthold told her. “Do you like drugs or do you love your child?”
Leuthold’s uncompromising conversation seemed to hit home with Trinki Kimble, who became emotional during the hearing. He also left her family no doubt on where he stood if she did not comply in any way with her probation.
“This is a succeed or fail class,” Leuthold said to the family members in the courtroom. “If it’s an inconvenience to you it could be life or death for her.”
Fifty-one-year-old James Oehrli was granted judicial release after serving five years on his 10-year prison aggravated robbery sentence. Oehrli’s original agreement allowed for judicial release after five years if he behaved in prison.
“You try to get this deal by me today – there’s no way in heck I’d go along with it,” Leuthold warned Oehrli before crediting him on his respectful attitude.
“I thank you for this opportunity,” Oehrli said.
Leuthold granted the judicial release request and placed Oehrli on community control for five years.
Brian Byers rejected an offer of nine months in prison for receiving stolen property and chose to head to trial instead. Byers, whose trial will be in five to six weeks, could face up to 12 months in prison.