BUCYRUS—Tara Sandlin, 26, of Bucyrus, appeared in Crawford County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday to be sentenced for violating the terms and conditions of her community control.
Sandlin was originally sentenced in 2019 to jail after pleading guilty to one count of domestic violence and spent six months in the Crawford County Jail. She was subsequently placed on community control after pleading guilty to the assault charge, a felony of fourth-degree punishable with up to 18 months in prison that was attached to the domestic violence charge. In 2020, Sandlin was continued on community control after she pleaded guilty to one count of felony child non-support, a felony of the fifth degree punishable with up to 12 months in prison.
Sandlin tested positive for Methamphetamines during a routine drug screen, leaving her subject to up to 30 months in prison. Sandlin’s case and bond were continued from the violation until her court appearance Wednesday. According to probation officer Kylie Sinclair, Sandlin tested negative for any drugs when tested shortly before court.
Crawford County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leuthold decided not to send Sandlin to prison but instead sentenced her to six more months in jail. Upon her release from jail, Leuthold ordered her to have drug and alcohol assessments and any follow-up treatment.
Leuthold ordered Sandlin taken into custody at the conclusion of sentencing.
Sheila Sinnes, 54, of Bucyrus, was sentenced to a flat eight months in prison after she pleaded guilty to violating the terms and conditions of her community control. Sinnes was placed on community control in 2019 after she pleaded guilty to complicity, a felony of the fourth degree punishable with up to 18 months in prison.
Judge Leuthold sentenced Sinnes to a flat eight months in prison. He told Sinnes he would not oppose transitional control if the prison requested it.
Shawn Smith, 51, of Mansfield, pleaded guilty to violating the terms and conditions of his community control. Smith was released from prison in April on judicial release. Smith was sent to prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of abduction, a felony of the third degree punishable with up to 36 months in prison.
Smith admitted to violating his community control after failing to quarantine for ten days following his release from prison.
Judge Leuthold reimposed Smith’s 36-month prison sentence. Smith will receive jail time credit. Judge Leuthold said he would not oppose transitional control if the prison requested it.