BUCYRUS, OH (CRAWFORD COUNTY NOW)—Three defendants entered guilty pleas in Crawford County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday, with two receiving prison sentences and a third awaiting sentencing.
Chad Engler, 48, pleaded guilty to assault, a fourth-degree felony, and two counts of tampering with evidence, both third-degree felonies.
Crawford County Common Pleas Court Judge Sean Leuthold imposed the maximum sentence on Engler but ordered the sentences to run concurrently, resulting in a total prison term of 36 months. Engler will receive approximately 315 days of jail-time credit after spending nearly a year in custody.
In a separate case, Mason Stoffer, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary. Judge Leuthold sentenced Stoffer to between five and seven and a half years in prison. Stoffer will receive approximately 214 days of jail-time credit.
The court also accepted a guilty plea from Michael Stokes of Indianapolis, Indiana. Stokes pleaded guilty to one count of conveyance, a third-degree felony, and one count of possession, a fifth-degree felony.
Judge Leuthold ordered sentencing for Stokes to be scheduled at a later date.