By Krystal Smalley
ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
Community control violations sent two people to prison – and almost a third – Wednesday afternoon in Crawford County Common Pleas Court.
Forty-eight-year-old Carrie Snyder, of Crestline, admitted to violating her community control after she refused to submit to a drug test and smoked crack cocaine. She received an 11-month prison sentence.
Snyder originally pleaded guilty to drug possession in 2015 and was placed on community control for five years.
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Twenty-four-year-old Justin McMillin, of Marion, admitted to violating his community control when he failed to make his activities known to his parole officer and failed to report to that officer as instructed. He received an eight-month prison sentence.
McMillin originally pleaded guilty to obstructing justice, a fifth-degree felony, in 2015 and was sentenced to five years on community control.
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Thirty-one-year-old Rickie Earl, of Westerville, was almost sentenced to seven months in prison, but his constant indecisions led to Judge Sean Leuthold ending the hearing.
“I respect you a lot, Your Honor,” Earl began. “(You) put up a heck of a fight against heroin in this town.”
Leuthold thanked Earl for his comments then asked Earl if pleading guilty to drug possession and possibly being sentenced to seven months in prison was something he wanted to do.
“I’d really like to get six months,” Earl responded.
Leuthold spoke a while longer with Earl, but the conversation led him to believe that Earl was not in agreement with the recommendation. Notably, Earl claimed that he feared for his life, especially since he had already been to prison once before, and he worried about his parents. Before the judge could move on from the hearing, Earl interjected and said he would plead guilty.
As Leuthold began the change of plea process once again, Earl again interrupted the proceedings.
“Can I see the evidence?” he asked.
“We’re done here,” Leuthold said.
Leuthold granted Adam Drew’s judicial release after the 38-year-old Bucyrus man spent 62 days in prison for a fourth-degree domestic violence felony. Drew was placed on community control for five years and was ordered to have no contact with the victim in his case.
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