By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com

It seemed Tuesday was the day for community control violators to appear in Crawford County Common Pleas Court.

The afternoon started with thirty-eight-year-old Charles Tyler of Bucyrus pleading guilty to drug possession. He admitted to possessing heroin on Aug. 23, 2013. Tyler was placed on community control for three years and ordered to complete a drug and alcohol assessment as well as any recommended follow-up treatment. His license was suspended for six months and he must pay a $1,250 mandatory drug fine. Tyler was also ordered to forfeit drug-related property currently being held by the Bucyrus Police Department.

Judge Russell Wiseman was extremely skeptical of Samantha Dyer’s answers Tuesday when he questioned her about her indigent status. The twenty-six-year-old Bucyrus woman appeared in court for an initial hearing on community control violations, which included failing to report to her supervising officer and failing to keep her supervising officer informed of her residency.

Wiseman, after numerous questions, flatly told Dyer that he didn’t believe her to be truthful about her living situations or how she was being supported. He set her bond at $100,000 and appointed Geoffrey Stoll as her attorney.

Dyer had previously pleaded guilty in 2012 to the illegal use of food stamps or WIC program benefits and to drug possession in 2011.

Donald Blankenship, Jr. may have landed himself in deeper trouble. The thirty-year-old Mt. Gilead man appeared in court on community control violations, which included failing to report to his office visits and changing his address without permission. Blankenship also allegedly accessed the bank account, in the amount of $11,000, of a seventy-year-old woman.

Sebastian Berger was appointed as counsel and bond was set at $100,000.

Donald Blankenship had been on community control after serving time for burglary and two counts of receiving stolen property.

Nathan Adams entered Crawford County Common Pleas Court to account for multiple community control violations. The thirty-six-year-old Galion man allegedly resisting lawful arrest and was charged with obstruction of justice on March 18 and tested positive for opiates and cocaine on March 20. Judge Russell Wiseman appointed Russell Long as Adams’ counsel and set bond at $75,000.

Adams had pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property and breaking and entering, both felony five convictions, as well as a felony two burglary charge in 2012. He had been sentenced to a four-year stint in prison.

A continued drug problem has landed twenty-four-year-old Melisha Gallutia in hot water once again. Gallutia had pleaded guilty in 2013 to two counts of felony three drug possession, one count of felony three aggravated drug possession and one count of felony five trafficking in drugs. She had served time in prison for the crimes. Gallutia returned to court Tuesday for community control violations, which included testing positive for cocaine, opiates, and benzodiazepines in March.

Wiseman appointed Sebastian Berger as Gallutia’s counsel and set her bond at $75,000.

Twenty-five-year-old Samantha Elswick seemed grateful for the chance Wiseman granted her Tuesday. Elswick appeared in Common Pleas Court for an initial hearing on community control violations and, rather than draw out the process, she chose to waive counsel and admit to the violations.

As part of the agreement to admitting to the violations, Wiseman continued Elswick’s community control and ordered her to complete the community-based correctional facility program at CROSSWAEH or another drug treatment program approved by her supervising officer.

Elswick had pleaded guilty in May of 2013 to possession of heroin.