BUCYRUS—Jeremy Alspach, 21, of Bucyrus appeared via video in the Crawford County Common Pleas Court to answer to allegations of violating conditions of his community control while incarcerated.
Alspach who was originally placed on community control in 2020 after he pleaded guilty to domestic violence, a felony of the fourth degree punishable with up to 18 months in prison. He was recently charged with domestic violence against the same victim. The new charge is a third-degree felony punishable with up to 36 months in prison.
According to probation officer, Jeremy Clay, the supervising staff of the jail informed him that Alspach had used video and voice visit systems to contact the victim in the cases. According to Clay, Alspach managed to contact the victim 59 times through voice visits and had texted the victim 298 times.
Assistant Prosecutor Ryan Hoovler told the court he had no opposition to a personal recognizance bond regarding the alleged violations because he is in jail on a large bond set in the new case. Hoovler asked the court to suspend all of Alspach’s communication privileges to ensure he has no contact with the victim.
Alspach’s attorney Andy Motter told the court he did not object to the proposal by the state regarding the bond. Motter told the court that although his client did contact the victim, the victim wanted the contact. In consideration of that Motter asked the court to limit his contact with the victim but not to suspend all visitation privileges.
Crawford County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leüthold ruled that if it was possible for the jail to limit his contact with the victim separately from his other privileges, he would allow that. If the jail is unable to specifically stop that contact Leüthold ordered all communication privileges suspended.
Leüthold entered a not guilty plea on behalf of Alspach and reappointed Andrew Motter to represent him. The matter will be set for a full hearing.