BUCYRUS — Jetaime Schilling, of Bucyrus, appeared in Crawford County Common Pleas Court on Monday for a possible revocation of her bond.
Schilling, 36, is charged with one count of endangering children, a third-degree felony punishable with up to 36 months in prison. A motion was filed by the state to revoke Schilling’s bond after the probation department was made aware that she had sent cards to her children. Although she is mother to three children, she is accused of endangering one of them.
As a condition of her bond, Schilling was ordered to have no contact with the victim. Schilling’s attorney, Adam Stone, explained to the court that his client was told by children’s services that there was no order in their file prohibiting contact.
As Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leuthold began to address Schilling, she continued to have a conversation with her attorney.
An angry Leuthold admonished her, “When I talk you don’t talk. You’re not listening. That’s your problem, you don’t listen. I told you to have no contact with this victim. What I say trumps anything any other agency tells you. And you will continue to have no contact with this victim until I say you can.”
Leuthold reviewed the cards sent to the children. Schilling admitted she had sent cards Monday morning as well. Leuthold ordered the cards intercepted.
“You might want to talk with your lawyer about whether it is wise to even send any cards at all while this case is ongoing,” Leuthold said.
A tearful Schilling left Leuthold unmoved.
“It is my duty to protect the victim in this case and I gladly take that duty,” Leuthold said. “There is to be no contact with this child, period, none, nada. If there is any more contact, I will revoke your bond and put you in jail. This could be an honest mistake. Children’s Services may not necessarily have known what I ordered but you did. I don’t want you to hear what you want to hear. You’d better hear my orders.”
In other court action, Zachariah Roberts, 26, of Tiro pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in drugs, fifth-degree felony punishable with up to one year in prison.
Leuthold outlined Roberts’s drug history, noting that he had overdosed three times.
“Do you have a death wish? You are a young man of 26,” Leuthold said. “Based on assessments and a diagnosis from Community Counseling, I see that you have struggled with opioid addiction. It’s a miracle you are still alive.”
Leuthold ordered Roberts into diversion for treatment. He noted the amount of drugs recovered were most likely for his own use and not to traffic to others. He ordered that Roberts be drug tested daily.
“If you’re serious, you can kick this problem and live another 70 or so years,” Leuthold said. “If you’re not serious, you can stay where you are and eventually die. You have got to stay away from the drugs. I don’t want to pick up the paper one day and see that you’re gone. Good luck.”
Zachary Marshall, 33, of Galion pleaded guilty to one count of permitting drug abuse, a fifth-degree felony punishable with up to 12 months in prison. In a plea agreement, Leuthold sentenced Marshall to a flat seven months in prison. Leuthold said he would not oppose transitional control if the prison requested it.
Julie Murphy, 47, of Galion, pleaded guilty to one count of receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony punishable with up to 12 months in prison. She was placed on five years of community control.
“If you behave yourself, I can knock you off community control early,” Leuthold said.