By Krystal Smalley and Gary Ogle
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com; gogle@wbcowqel.com

Justice in Crawford County ran a swift course for a Bucyrus man. Thirty-one-year-old Tyler Fulton was arrested in December on drug charges and on Tuesday he was sentenced to prison.

Fulton was one of three people arrested in December as the result of a months-long heroin trafficking investigation. The 31-year-old Bucyrus man appeared in Crawford County Common Pleas Court Tuesday afternoon for community control violations and a change of plea.

Fulton admitted to testing positive for opiates and Suboxone on Dec. 17. As a result, he was unsuccessfully terminated from his community control that stemmed from a 2010 burglary and felonious assault case.

Fulton will, however, serve seven months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing drugs on Dec. 17. He will also be credited for 35 days served in jail. Fulton received a six-month license suspension and a $1,250 mandatory drug fine. He was also ordered to forfeit drug related property to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.

Twenty-one-year-old Sasha Shoemaker of Bucyrus pleaded guilty forgery and theft, both fourth-degree felonies, and a fifth-degree felony drug possession charge Tuesday afternoon.

Shoemaker was sentenced to five years on community control for both fourth-degree felony charges, which stemmed from a 2014 case. She must also pay over $2,000 in restitution to the victim, Ruth Seits. In the 2015 drug possession case, Shoemaker was also ordered to serve five years on community control, which will be served concurrently with the 2014 charges. As part of her plea agreement in the 2015 case, Shoemaker had her license suspended for six months, must pay a $1,250 mandatory drug fine, and must forfeit drug related property to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. She was also ordered to undergo a drug and alcohol assessment and complete any recommended treatment.

It was a quick turnaround for Adam Chapman. The 31-year-old Bucyrus man had appeared in Common Pleas Court Tuesday morning for an arraignment and returned to court that same afternoon for a change of plea.

Chapman pleaded guilty to possessing drugs and was placed on community control for five years. He also had his license suspended for six months and must pay a $1,250 mandatory drug fine. Chapman was ordered to enter into a drug and alcohol treatment program approved by the Adult Parole Authority.

Christopher Sprague wasted a second chance granted to him by the court. The 39-year-old Crestline man had been granted intervention in lieu of conviction in May but violated the terms of the program. On Oct. 8 he attempted to alter his drug test and tested positive for opiates, Oxycodone, and THC. He tested positive for Oxycodone and THC again on Jan. 7.

Judge Wiseman accepted Sprague’s plea agreement he submitted in May and ordered him to community control for five years. Sprague was fined a $1,250 mandatory drug fine and had his license suspended for six months. He will be held in the county jail until he can be placed into an inpatient drug and alcohol treatment program.

Thirty-three-year-old Travis Tolar of Galion was placed on the court’s two-year diversion program after submitting a guilty plea for theft. Tolar admitted to taking a credit/debit card between Oct. 28 and Dec. 23, 2013. The guilty plea will be held until Tolar successfully completes the program. He must also pay $4,601 in restitution to the victim in the case.

A Columbus woman was approved to enter into the court’s intervention in lieu of conviction program. As part of the program, 27-year-old Abbie Raybuck entered a guilty plea to the charge of theft and admitted to taking money from the Cuyahoga Vending Company between June 1 and Aug. 31, 2014. She was also ordered to pay restitution to the company in the amount of $7,427.

Two people were granted judicial release Tuesday afternoon. Nineteen-year-old Miranda Sue Burton was released from prison after serving a nine-month prison sentence. She had pleaded guilty to the illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs in July after being arrested at a residence near Plymouth by authorities seeking to shut down a meth lab. Burton will be held in the county jail until she can be placed in an inpatient drug treatment program. She will serve five years on community control.

Marcus Jamar Lewis had been released from prison after serving six months for possessing cocaine and conveying heroin onto the grounds of a detention facility. The 32-year-old Inkster, Mich. man was placed on community control for five years.

Dakota Commodore did not appear for his initial hearing on a motion to revoke his diversion. Wiseman issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

Jacari Davidson’s motion to be placed on the diversion program was granted. Davison was placed on the diversion program for a period of two years and ordered to pay the victim $300 in restitution. Davison’s plea to fourth-degree felony receiving stolen property was held by the court.

Davidson admitted to possessing a credit and debit card that did not belong to him.