By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
A simple change of plea soon became a bit more of a hassle than anyone expected. Twenty-four-year-old Caitlynne Lambright, of Crestline, appeared in Crawford County Common Pleas Court Wednesday afternoon to clear up the matter of her lawyers.
Lambright had been serving one year of probation when she was arrested for possession of heroin on April 1, 2013. Crestline police pulled her over for a traffic violation. It was then that she was found with heroin and drug paraphernalia in her possession and admitted to using heroin that same day. A young child was in her car when the allegations of substance abuse were made. Lambright appeared in Common Pleas Court on April 3 for her probation violations, which included admitting to using heroin and Suboxone in March. At that point, attorney Shane Leuthold was appointed to represent her on the probation violations and bond was set at $75,000.
Lambright returned to court on April 15 to be arraigned on the drug possession charge and attorney Brian Gernert was appointed to her.
When Lambright once again returned to Common Pleas Court for her scheduled change of plea on Wednesday, she asked that Leuthold be retained for the probation violation and the drug possession charge. With a jury trial previously scheduled for the next day, Judge Russell Wiseman informed Lambright that they would move her case along as quickly as possible.
Lambright’s $75,000 bond and cases were continued until a change of plea or a jury trial could be rescheduled.