By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Several defendants had their day in court on Monday and by the end of the day, seven of them were going to prison.
Crystal Minamyer tried to tell Judge Sean Leuthold that she had been trying to turn her life around, but the judge was skeptical of the 34-year-old woman’s recent actions.
Minamyer, who had been on probation for drug possession since December and pleaded with Leuthold to be allowed in the Intensive Supervision and Treatment program, appeared in Crawford County Common Pleas Court Monday afternoon for community control violations. She admitted to being in contact with a convicted felon and having a blood alcohol level of .127. No alcohol is one of the stipulations of Leuthold’s ISAT program.
Leuthold said things started out bad for Minamyer after he finally conceded to allowing her into his program. During her evaluation she tested positive for heroin and cocaine. He added that she was in the program less than a week before her latest violations popped up.
“What am I supposed to think?” Leuthold asked Minamyer. “Bottom line is I tried. You didn’t take this serious.”
Leuthold sentenced Minamyer to 12 months in prison for drug possession and 30 months for the illegal conveyance of drugs onto a detention facility. The sentences will be served concurrently for a total of 30 months.
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Leuthold handed down a 10-month prison sentence and a life lesson to 44-year-old Michael Osborne Monday afternoon.
“Your life has careened out of control at this point,” Leuthold told Osborne, who is from Hollywood, Florida, according to court records. “You are out of control. You’re either going to be dead or you’re going to commit a crime that’ll get you more than 10 months.”
Osborne, who was on probation for failing to pay child support, admitted to violating his community control by operating a vehicle while under a license suspension, possessing drug paraphernalia, admitting to using cocaine and heroin, and failing to pay over $154,000 in child support.
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Allegations that 39-year-old Brandon Postell, of Galion, violated his community control put him in hot water with Leuthold.
“Is Crawford County the place to be doing drugs?” Leuthold asked Postell.
“No, it is not,” Postell returned. He added that he would not likely return to the county after release from prison.
Postell admitted to violating his community control when he failed to have an operator’s license, possessed drug paraphernalia, and provided false ID to the Mansfield Police Department. Leuthold sentenced him to 10 months in prison.
Postell had been on probation since 2014 after pleading guilty to breaking and entering.
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Leuthold regretted sending William Moore to prison, but he believed a 10-month sentence was the best option for the 32-year-old Galion man.
Moore, who had been on community control for drug possession since 2014, admitted to violating the terms of his probation when he attempted to cause physical harm to his girlfriend on March 2. He also consumed alcohol, a violation of the Intensive Supervision and Treatment Program.
“Things going on around you – you can’t use them to self-destruct,” the judge said. He also noted that Moore had been able to keep clean for while on the ISAT program despite having relapsed once. Leuthold believed he could not avoid sending Moore to prison after a second relapse.
“Three lives destroyed out of really one set of circumstances. All three prison sentences,” Leuthold stated. He was referring to the fact that Haley Walters, Moore’s girlfriend, was recently sent to prison for violating her probation. The man she was also involved with, Alan Swim, was sentenced to a year in the county jail earlier that same day, also for violating his probation.
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Twenty-five-year-old Aaron Yeager, of Mansfield, may have to spend time in prison, but he most likely be the only one from the bar fight to do so.
Yeager pleaded guilty to felony 4 aggravated assault, amended down from felony 2 felonious assault. He was sentenced to eight months in prison.
“The defendant was just as much a victim of the aftermath,” stated assistant prosecutor Ryan Hoovler.
“Mayhem,” Leuthold concluded, noting that those involved in the bar fight were punching and stabbing each other. He added that everyone involved in the fight was at fault and would be punished.
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A chance to bond out did not end very well for 35-year-old Ralph Price III, of Galion. While out on bond, Price tested positive for opiates and cocaine. As a result, Leuthold sentenced him to eight months in prison on the original theft charge and fined him $750. Price must also pay $1,827.50 in restitution.
“You take a good look at yourself,” Leuthold ordered Price. “You’re stealing from your mom. You’ve really gone downhill.”
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Thirty-year-old Stephen Horning, of Bucyrus, pleaded guilty to felony 5 drug possession and received a seven-month prison sentence. His driver’s license was also suspended for six months and he was fined $1,250.
Twenty-nine-year-old Jesse Dye, of Galion, received five years on community control with the first 120 days spent in the county jail. Restitution in the case will be determined at a later date. Dye pleaded guilty to four counts of forgery, all fifth-degree felonies, in March.
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