By Gary Ogle
gogle@wbcowqel.com
A 29-year-old Bucyrus woman was sentenced to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to two felonies Monday in Crawford County Common Pleas Court. But her sentence could have been much longer.
Tasia Myers pleaded guilty to felony 4 grand theft auto and felony 2 burglary. She was sentenced to 12 months in prison on both charges and Judge Sean Leuthold ordered those sentences to run concurrently as recommended by the County Prosecutor’s Office.
“I don’t feel consecutive sentences are necessary in this case,” Leuthold said. He noted the past year has been rife with legal problems for Myers and encouraged her to use the time in prison to “get her life back together.”
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Mariah Horner pleaded guilty to felony 4 drug possession and felony 5 drug trafficking. As a first-time felony offender she was sentenced to five years of community control, but must also serve 180 days in the Crawford County jail.
Horner was ordered to complete an approved drug and alcohol treatment program and had her driver’s license suspended for six months. She was also fined $2,500 on the possession charge and $1,250 on the trafficking charge, and ordered to forfeit all drug-related items seized at her arrests to the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Bucyrus Police Department.
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Meagan Rastetter had a review hearing on the status of her evaluation and treatment following her early release from prison in June for convictions earlier this year of illegal assembly or possession of illegal chemicals to manufacture drugs and second-degree felony illegal manufacture of drugs. Rastetter was arrested along with co-defendant Nickolas Arrendondo in Plymouth in a meth lab bust.
Rastetter has been living with her parents in Wooster since her release.
“This is a very good review,” the judge said looking at the report from the Beacon House where Rastetter was evaluated and has been involved in a treatment program. “But I’m not 100 percent satisfied this, out-patient, is the way we should go. I’m more favorable to in-patient.”
Noting her transformation since her arrest, and the role her co-defendant had in her convictions, the judge reluctantly agreed to allow her to continue her current course of treatment. His order included stipulations that she must successfully complete that program and that her probation supervision remain in Crawford County. He also set a curfew of 10 p.m.
“I think the point I’m trying to make is this is really your last chance,” Leuthold said. “If you do 95 percent, you’ve failed. It’s 100 percent or nothing.”
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Nathan Cole and John Meachem were back in court on allegations that they had violated terms of their community control.
Cole also faces the possibility of additional felony charges. He is alleged to have attempted to enter another person’s home without permission, testing positive for marijuana, failing to report his arrest for disorderly conduct, and having a blood alcohol content of .160.
Judge Leuthold set bond for Cole at $150,000 and appointed Brad Starkey to represent him.
Meachem’s alleged violation stems from a test indicating a blood alcohol content of .057. Meachem’s bond was set at $25,000 and Andrew Motter was appointed as his attorney.