By Kathy Laird
CCN Correspondent
Crawford County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leuthold had a very busy Monday afternoon in court. Leuthold sent several defendants to prison, including one for a sex crime and many others stemming from drug-related crime.
Allen Glosser, 20, of Bucyrus will spend the next 18 months in prison. Glosser changed his plea to guilty on a charge of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
According to Crawford County Assistant Prosecutor Ryan Hoovler, Glosser was 19 at the time of the charge. The victim was a 14-year-old female.
Hoovler said there was no doubt that Glosser knew the girl was only 14.
Glosser will have to register as a Tier II Sex Offender for the next 25 years.
In other court proceedings, Markie Page, 26, of Galion was sentenced to prison on an original charge of endangering children. Page violated the terms and conditions of her community control when she admitted the probation violation.
According to probation officer Eric Bohach, Page misled officers of the Crestline Police Department on March 18. On March 19, Page tested positive for the consumption of Percocet.
When asked if she had anything to say before sentencing, Page told Leuthold, “I apologize to everyone involved.”
Leuthold sentenced Page to 36 months in prison with consideration for admission into his Intensive Supervision and Treatment Program.
“You are not on my top-ten list,” Leuthold said.
Telling Page this is her last chance, Leuthold said, “Your life is spiraling out of control. Stop acting like a horse’s ass. I will find out real quickly if you’re serious about getting help when you’re in my ISAT program. You’d better come out with the right attitude or you’re going right back to prison.”
Shaun Rice, 33, of Bucyrus will spend the next 36 months in prison following yet another Domestic Violence conviction.
Noting that Rice had a record of violent crime Leuthold recognized Rice from several appearances in both Municipal and Common Pleas Court. Leuthold asked Rice if he’d been the Rice brother to have his jaw broken in prison, and Rice confirmed that he was that brother.
“You’re 33 years old, you can’t keep doing this,” Leuthold said. “You’re a grown man, you should know better.”
Rice is to have no contact with the victim in this case.
Paxton Bair, 36, of Bucyrus will spend the next 36 months in prison. Bair changed his plea in Crawford County Common Pleas Court on Monday on a third-degree felony charge for failure to comply with order or signal of a police officer.
Bair led police on a high-speed chase putting the community, officers and himself in grave danger. Bair finally stopped his vehicle at his residence. He left his vehicle and charged officers. Bair was tased one time, pulled the taser out and charged officers a second time resulting in another use of the taser.
Calling the facts of the case “terrible,” Leuthold suspended Bair’s driver’s license for life.
“Your days of drinking are over,” Leuthold said. “You were out of control and drunk out of your mind. You put everyone’s life at risk and charged officers with aggression and abusive language.”
“I really need some help”, replied Bair.
Michael Blum, 36, of Marion had a 12-month prison sentence reinstated after violating the terms and conditions of his community control. On March 14, Blum failed to inform his probation officer, Eric Bohach, of contact with the MARMET task force. He also tested positive to marijuana and alcohol use.
Blum was represented by attorney Brad Starkey who explained the circumstances around the violation. According to Starkey, Blum was working on a shed in Marion. Blum is a painter by trade. He had completed his work and went into the residence to seek payment for his work. Starkey said that before his client could ask for payment, the door was busted in by MARMET with weapons drawn. Blum explained his business at the residence and was not arrested.
Starkey explained that since he was not arrested he did not feel that he needed to report the contact. Blum, himself, explained that he was so traumatized by the drawn weapons that he had a joint and a beer to calm down.
Before sentencing, Starkey made a plea to the court to give Blum another chance saying that his client believed that he was too feeble to survive prison. Leuthold decided to reimpose the sentence on Blum’s original charges of assault of a police officer and domestic violence. Blum will serve twelve months with credit for jail time served. Leuthold also noted that he would not oppose transitional control for Blum.