By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Judge Sean Leuthold didn’t hand out any prison time Wednesday but he didn’t let the defendants walk away easily, either.
Jonathan Cramer was granted a second chance by former Judge Russell Wiseman last November but the 28-year-old Crestline man showed current Crawford County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leuthold that he shouldn’t have been granted that opportunity to begin with.
Cramer appeared in Crawford County Common Pleas Court Wednesday for allegedly violating the terms of his intervention in lieu of conviction program. Cramer admitted to testing positive and using THC, opiates, and Oxycodone on Feb. 3 and for failing to report to his supervising officer as instructed since Feb. 25.
Leuthold stated that Cramer, who admitted to taking money from United Bank on June 20 and was arrested during a drug raid in January on a Crestline warrant, should never have been granted the court’s intervention program in the first place.
The judge then placed Cramer on community control for five years with the special condition that he serve 90 days in the county jail. Cramer must also complete a drug and alcohol treatment program approved by the Adult Parole Authority.
Thirty-six-year-old Jamie Taylor of Bucyrus pleaded guilty to having weapons under disability, a third-degree felony. Assistant prosecutor Ryan Hoovler recommended that Taylor be sentenced to five years on community control and was ordered to pay the costs of supervision.
Judge Leuthold continued Taylor’s bond and ordered a pre-sentence investigation.
If he fails while on supervision, Taylor could face a maximum of 36 months in prison.
Fifty-seven-year-old Janice Price pleaded guilty to the deception to obtain a dangerous drug. The fourth-degree felony is expected to net Price a five-year community control sentence and suspended her driver’s license for six months. In addition, Price must also pay a $2,500 mandatory drug fine, forfeit drug-related property being held to the Galion Police Department, and enter into a drug and alcohol treatment program.
Leuthold continued Price’s personal recognizance bond and ordered a pre-sentence investigation to be completed. Price will be sentenced after the PSI is completed.
Nicholas Powell, 25, denied allegations that he threatened physical harm to another person and used Suboxone earlier this week. Powell has been on community control since 2012 after pleading guilty to drug possession but this was his second violation on the case. Leuthold set bond at $150,000.
Leuthold issued a bench warrant for Richard Brant after the man failed to appear for his pretrial hearing Wednesday afternoon. Brant currently faces a fourth-degree receiving stolen property charge. Wyandot County also issued a warrant for Brant for failure to appear in court.