By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
A claim of not having a ride to his appointments with his probation officer resulted in a slightly lighter sentence for a New Washington man Wednesday morning.
Twenty-two-year-old Cody Urbine admitted in Crawford County Common Pleas Court to violating the terms of his probation after failing to report to his supervising officer and testing positive for THC on a urinalysis. County probation officer Eric Bohach noted that Urbine, who pleaded guilty to felonious assault in Sandusky County in July 2016, had the same issue of not reporting in that county.
Though the original violation agreement called for an 11-month prison sentence, Judge Sean Leuthold reduced it to nine months when Urbine said he did not have a ride for his appointments.
Urbine originally pleaded guilty to fourth-degree theft on October 2016 and was placed on community control.
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For the second time in as many days, a man was sentenced to prison in Crawford County for trafficking in cigarettes.
Twenty-eight-year-old Elijah McNeil, of Mebane, N.C., was one of three people arrested after an Ohio State Highway Patrol traffic stop revealed the trio was transporting 110 cartons of untaxed cigarettes.
McNeil pleaded guilty to trafficking in cigarettes with intent to avoid payment of tax, a fourth-degree felony. He received a six-month prison sentence while a second charge of possessing cigarettes not bearing stamps was dismissed. McNeil was also ordered to forfeit seized property to the Ohio Department of Taxation.
Co-defendant Laki Johnson was sentenced similarly Tuesday. Indigo McIntyre, the alleged driver of the car, still has her case pending.
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Twenty-nine-year-old Sheena Jarvis, of Crestline, pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in drugs, both fifth-degree felonies. Jarvis, who was not prison eligible, was placed on community control for five years. She must also pay a $1,250 fine, forfeit seized property to the Crestline Police Department, and complete a drug and alcohol treatment program.
Three men appeared in court for initial hearings on probation violations.
Leuthold set bond at $100,000 for Adam Drew after hearing that the 38-year-old Bucyrus man allegedly committed aggravated menacing. Bohach indicated that between Feb. 14 and March 13, Drew allegedly threatened to burn down the house of the victim in his domestic violence case. Though a no contact order was put in place when Drew was released from prison, Leuthold lifted the order upon request from Drew and the victim.
Drew pleaded guilty to felony 4 domestic violence in September 2016 and an aggravated menacing charge was subsequently dismissed at the time. Though he was sentenced to 18 months in prison, Drew served only 62 days before being granted judicial release and placed on community control.
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Michael Brown and Jerry Cameron both received $25,000 bonds for allegedly violating the terms of their community control.
Fifty-nine-year-old Brown, of Bucyrus, allegedly failed to report to his supervising officer and tested positive for THC on a urinalysis. Fifty-two-year-old Cameron, also of Bucyrus, allegedly failed to report to his supervising officer.
Brown served 75 days in the county jail a year ago after pleading guilty to drug possession while Cameron was placed on community control in 2015 for possessing drugs.
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