By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Two men were sentenced to three years in prison Monday morning, but only one of them will most likely do his entire time.
Twenty-five-year-old Tradley Thompson, of Galion, pleaded guilty for failure to provide a change of address, a third-degree felony, in Crawford County Common Pleas Court and received a maximum prison sentence of 36 months.
“Mr. Thompson, there’s not a lot we can do here. I don’t know why you can’t get it through your head that you need to register,” said Judge Sean Leuthold.
Leuthold was referring to the fact that this was not the first time Thompson failed to comply with his sexual offender registration. Thompson was charged with duty to register in 2010 and attempted failure of duty to register in 2014 for which he served 18 months in prison.
“You have to register – that’s the law,” Leuthold reminded Thompson.
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Leuthold also handed down a 36-month prison sentence to Brandon Borders, but the judge said the end would not be as bad as the 18-year-old Morral man feared.
Borders pleaded guilty to felony 3 having weapons under disability. He had been under indictment in Wyandot County when he obtained a gun with the intention to go to a bar in Bucyrus.
“You’re going to have to take a little bit of punishment,” Leuthold told an emotional Borders. “That’s how we’re going to start initially.”
Leuthold plans on having Borders serve six months in prison, at which time he instructed attorney Andrew Motter to file for judicial release and place Borders in a rehabilitation program. The judge said he was willing to offer the chance to Borders due to his mental health issues.
Despite his willingness to help, Leuthold did not believe Borders was the “innocent babe in the woods that got mixed up” as Motter and Wyandot County officials described him.
“I will do everything to keep you on the straight and narrow, work with Wyandot County to turn you into a law abiding citizen,” Leuthold said before issuing a warning. “If you cross me . . . I’ll put you right back in prison.”
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Two drug-related charges saw a Bucyrus man sent to prison. Thirty-year-old Brandon Blevins pleaded guilty to felony 5 drug possession and felony 4 theft of drugs. He was sentenced to 12 months in prison for the possession charge and another 18 months for the theft charge for a total of 30 months in prison. Blevins also received a six-month driver’s license suspension and a $1,250 fine.
Thirty-year-old John Meacham, of Bucyrus, admitted to violating his community control when he consumed alcohol on July 15.
Meacham, who originally pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking in May, was sentenced to 12 months in prison on each count. The sentences will be served concurrently for a total of 12 months with credit for time already served.
“You and I both know community control is probably not for you,” Leuthold said. “It’s probably one of the reasons you took this deal.”
Meacham also admitted to violating his community control in June when he failed to report to an office visit, but he was continued on community control for the technical violation.
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Jeremy Alspach, of Bucyrus, was sentenced to eight months in prison for violating his community control. Alspach pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony drug possession in April.
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Thirty-five-year-old Bridget Carnes, of Bucyrus, admitted to violating her community control after testing positive for cocaine and received an eight-month prison sentence in return.
“I don’t want to send you to prison,” Leuthold told Carnes, “but you’ve been terrible (on community control).”
Carnes originally pleaded guilty to drug possession in 2015.
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Eugene Sewell, Jr. pleaded guilty to assault on a peace officer, a fourth-degree felony. The 39-year-old Crestline man was released on a personal recognizance bond while a pre-sentence investigation is completed. Sewell’s sentence would include five years on community control and dismissal of a misdemeanor resisting arrest charge.
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Douglas Swart admitted to violating his community control, but he will get a second chance at it. The 53-year-old Bucyrus man admitted to failing to provide a doctor’s prescription for a drug as ordered, and tested positive twice for opiates. Maryhaven representatives, however, explained to Leuthold how the drug in question would present as an opiate. The judge continued Swart on community control, but placed him under the supervision by the county probation department.
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Two people are expected to be placed on community control after their pre-sentence investigations are completed.
Tyler Sims, 22, of Mansfield, and Alisha Hughes, 23, of Marion, each pleaded guilty to felony 5 drug possession. Pre-sentence investigations were ordered in both cases. Sims is expected to received five years on community control while Hughes will receive the same sentence with the possibility of being enrolled in the Intensive Supervision and Treatment program.