By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Two women pleaded guilty to felony charges but they got off a little bit lighter than they may have originally expected.
Teresa Giummo was granted a bit of a reprieve in Crawford County Common Pleas Court Monday afternoon when she pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Giummo, 28, of Marion, pleaded guilty to an amended felony three burglary charge. She admitted to trespassing at an occupied structure in Crestline with the purpose to commit a criminal offense on Feb. 5, 2012.
Judge Russell Wiseman sentenced Giummo to three years on community control with the condition that she successfully complete a drug and alcohol assessment as well as any recommended treatment. She was fined $500 and ordered to pay $8,048 in restitution to Phyllis Cochran.
Connie Brady was able to get one charge dismissed but still had to plead guilty to another Monday.
Brady had been arrested on May 14, along with her husband Nathan Brady, after local law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at 214 West Galen Street in Bucyrus and arrested them on outstanding warrants on indictments for felony drug offenses. The arrests were the culmination of a three-month long investigation.
Brady, 34, of Bucyrus, pleaded guilty Monday to trafficking in drugs, a fifth-degree felony. She admitted to offering to sell heroin on May 14. Brady was sentenced to three years on community control and must complete a drug and alcohol assessment as well as any recommended treatment. Her license was suspended for six months and she must pay a mandatory $2,500 drug fine. Brady was also ordered to forfeit drug paraphernalia to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.
A felony five drug possession charge was dismissed.
Megan Fox’s lawyer successfully argued to have her bond reduced in Common Pleas Court. Fox, who had been spending time in the Crawford County jail until someone posted her $25,000 bond, is currently facing a felony four theft charge. She had appeared in court in September to enter a not guilty plea, during which time assistant prosecuting attorney Ryan Hoovler stated that Fox had been seen on video taking $16,000 worth of jewelry from a pawn shop.
Fox’s attorney, Thomas Nicholson argued that Fox had been in jail for a while now on her lower level felony with no prior felonies on her record.
Hoovler was concerned with Fox’s substance abuse problems and requested that she get counseling before she was released from jail on a lower bond. Judge Russell Wiseman chose to amend Fox’s bond to a personal recognizance bond with the condition that she live with her grandmother, Marlene Ruby, in Galion. A curfew had also been set from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.