BUCYRUS — The wheels of justice continued to turn in Crawford County Common Pleas Court on Monday.
Joseph Lawhun, 32, of Bucyrus pleaded guilty to one count of receiving stolen property, a fourth-degree felony punishable with up to 18 months in prison.
In a plea negotiation, Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leuthold sentenced Lawhun to one year in prison with a possible judicial release in the future. Lawhun will receive 60 days of jail time credit.
Kristopher Davidson, 35, of Bucyrus pleaded guilty to possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony punishable with up to one year in prison.
Accepting a plea negotiation, Leuthold sentenced Davidson to one year in prison with a possible judicial release. Davidson will forfeit all drug-related property to the Bucyrus Police Department but will receive 57 days of jail time credit.
Vincent Horsley, 29, of Galion pleaded guilty to violating the terms and conditions of his community control. Horsley was placed on community control on March 22 after he pleaded guilty to domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony punishable with up to 18 months in prison.
According to probation officer Eric Bohach, Horsley had contact with the victim on March 28. In the process of arresting Horsley, Galion Police cited him for violating the current stay-at-home policy ordered by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.
The state dismissed the citation for violating the stay-at-home order. Leuthold made it clear that he was not going to sentence anyone to prison for a community control violation based on disobeying the stay-at-home order.
“He violated the order to stay the hell away from the victim. If he hadn’t been out doing something that violated his community control, he wouldn’t have gotten that citation,” Leuthold said. “I am sentencing him on the violation of my no contact order.”
Leuthold imposed the 18-month prison sentence on Horsley but told him he would consider a judicial release later.
“Look, it appears that she wanted to have contact with you, but you didn’t go about it the right way,” Leuthold said. “She’s not in trouble but you are. If you want to have contact in the future, she must request it. I have to hold a hearing and question her and decide if I’m going to allow the two of you to have contact. You don’t get to make that decision. I make that decision. The protection of victims is my number one priority.”
Leuthold told Horsley that he would look at judicial release after 90 days.
“If she files a request, I will consider contact,” Leuthold said. “I’m not promising anything. You have to wait for my permission.”
Nathan McAdams, 21, of Bucyrus pleaded guilty to one count of possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony punishable with up to one year in prison.
Leuthold sentenced McAdams to five years of community control and ordered a drug and alcohol assessment and follow-up treatment. McAdams was ordered to forfeit all drug-related property to the Bucyrus Police Department.