By Gary Ogle and Krystal Smalley
gogle@wbcowqel.com; ksmalley@wbcowqel.com
A 40-year-old Bucyrus woman pleaded guilty to felony drug charges and was sentenced to prison on Thursday in Crawford County Common Pleas Court.
Judge Sean Leuthold followed the recommendations of the county prosecutor’s office and sentenced Pamela Sensabaugh to seven months in prison for felony five drug possession. Sensabaugh was also fined the mandatory $1,250 and ordered to surrender drugs and drug-related property seized by the Bucyrus Police Department at the time of her arrest.
It was not Sensabaugh’s first conviction on drug charges in Crawford County. In 2009 she was convicted of drug trafficking and placed on probation for three years.
Pre-sentence investigations for several people were ordered following guilty pleas. None of them are prison eligible according to sentencing guidelines. The prosecutor has recommended five years on community control in each case.
Charles Hall Jr. pleaded guilty to criminal non-support. Bond was continued and Hall will remain at the county jail until sentencing.
Leuthold told hall when considering whether or not to release him on personal recognizance, “When you don’t know how much child support you owe, that’s not a good sign.”
Hall admitted that not only did he not know the amount of back support owed, he hadn’t held a job since 2009.
Ronald Pavlas pleaded guilty to felony four drug possession and James Wills pleaded guilty to felony five drug possession.
Melinda Perkins appeared for sentencing. She earlier had pleaded guilty to a charge of felony four theft. Perkins was sentenced to five years on community control and ordered to complete a drug and alcohol treatment program.
Dalton Carroll-Ward was arraigned on a charge of felony five drug possession involving heroin. Carroll-Ward allegedly overdosed. His bond was set at $100,000 and Brian Gernert was appointed as his attorney.
Dylan Gray was arraigned on a charge of felony five receiving stolen property involving use of someone else’s debit or credit card. Gray’s bond was set at $50,000 and Sebastian Berger was appointed to represent him.
Amber Hall did a lot of pleading with Judge Sean Leuthold but it didn’t get her very far.
Hall, 27, appeared in Common Pleas Court Thursday afternoon for community control violations. Her parole officer, Mark Stalter, noted that Hall allegedly failed to inform of him of her residence and failed to report to him as instructed.
“I am clean of heroin. I have not touched heroin,” Hall said before Leuthold had a chance to respond to Stalter’s allegations of violations. “This is a big misunderstanding.”
“If this is a big misunderstanding, you’ve been missing for months,” Leuthold said, requesting Stalter give him a rundown of Stalter’s dealings with her since she had been sentenced to community control in December.
Though Hall appeared for a meeting with Stalter after her sentencing in December and informed him she would be residing with her brother in Howard, Ohio, that was the last Stalter had seen of her. The parole officer submitted a transfer request to Knox County for her community control but he received a rejection soon afterwards when the probation department was unable to verify Hall’s location in their county.
Stalter said he received a voicemail from Hall where she stated she was then living in Mt. Vernon and agreed to appear in his office for a meeting in January. That was the last time he heard from her.
“I don’t have a car. I walk everywhere,” Hall explained.
Hall was arrested Tuesday and was drug tested for a Municipal Court case. She tested positive for marijuana. Leuthold was also informed that she could potentially have a new charge coming against her concerning illegal conveyance into a detention facility.
“You’re not allowed to have anything on community control, including marijuana,” Leuthold reminded Hall.
He set bond at $150,000 and appointed Tim O’Leary as her counsel.
Leuthold also ordered 31-year-old William Moore to be held on a $150,000 bond after he was brought in court for community control violations. Moore allegedly tested positive for opiates, admitted to using heroin, and failed to comply with the court’s Intensive Supervision and Treatment program.
“A person on ISAT that I’m working with on practically a daily basis, who is using heroin,” Leuthold mused a bit unhappily. “With these allegations, I assure you this: I’m not going to let you leave here.”
Adam Stone was appointed as Moore’s attorney.
Thirty-five-year-old Richard Brant of Plymouth pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony that carries a potential maximum 18-month prison sentence. Brant, however, is not prison eligible due to the fact that this is his first felony. Leuthold ordered a pre-sentence investigation to be completed and released Brant on a personal recognizance bond.