MANSFIELD — A Shelby man was sentenced in September to six months in the Richland County Jail stemming from a fatal hit-skip crash on Mickey Road in 2024.
The crash claimed the life of 61-year-old Barbara Warner on Nov. 26, 2024.
Kaleb Fisher, 25, received the six-month jail sentence in Richland County Common Pleas Court on Sept. 17 for one count of failure to stop after an accident and one count of vehicular homicide.
An additional count of failure to stop after an accident was dismissed.
Fisher was also fined $2,500 and given 36 months of community control. Beginning back on Nov. 26, 2024, his driver’s license was placed under a five-year suspension. He is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted three days of jail credit for time already served at the Richland County Sheriff’s Office.
Below are more criminal court cases which have been resolved in Richland County Common Pleas Court in September.
The list includes any case which Richland Source has published as an indictment, stories which first began publishing here in February 2024.
Cases resolved in September
— Phillip France, 52, had the case dismissed without prejudice due to “insufficient evidence,” court records show. France had originally been indicted on one count of domestic violence on April 4.
— Tausha Hootman, 52, was sentenced to seven months in prison for one count of aggravated possession of drugs. She is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 41 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Ellen Worley, 51, received 36 months of community control, to be transferred to Franklin County, for one count of forgery and one count of theft. Worley was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,995.56. She is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Charity Griffith, 35, was sentenced to 30 months of community control for one count of possession of drugs. Griffith is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Makayla Sheriff, 32, received an 11-month prison sentence for merged counts of possession of a fentanyl-related compound. Sheriff was also ordered to pay $80 to the Mansfield Police Department crime lab. She is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 71 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Kyaire Bruce, 20, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for three charges: money laundering, grand theft and forgery. An additional money laundering charge was dismissed. Bruce also received five years of community control and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $16,829.71. He is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 88 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Jeremy Ingram, 55, received 36 months of community control for one count of strangulation. Ingram was also fined $1,000. He is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Jeremy Breedlove, 47, was sentenced to six years in prison for several charges, including having weapons while under disability, trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound, possession of a fentanyl-related compound, trafficking in cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of drugs. He was also ordered to forfeit $317, a firearm and drug scales to the State of Ohio. Breedlove must pay $120 to the MPD crime lab. He is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 236 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Joshua Schieber, 38, received a 54-month prison sentence for two charges: illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto grounds of a specified governmental facility and aggravated possession of drugs. He is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 21 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Jayden Kelly, 17, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for one count of reckless homicide. Kelly received an additional three-year prison sentence for a firearm specification. An unlawful possession of dangerous ordnance charge and an additional three-year gun specification were dismissed. He is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 130 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Jackie Jennings, 35, received a 36-month prison sentence for three charges: robbery, trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present and misdemeanor theft. Jennings was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $125. Jennings also received one to three years of mandatory post-release control and was granted 101 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Einniaya Lipsey, 24, was sentenced to two to three years in prison for one count of felonious assault. Lipsey received five years of community control for an additional felonious assault charge. She was also sentenced to 18 months to three years of mandatory post-release control and was granted 202 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Dawn Smith, 45, received a seven-month prison sentence for one count of possession of a fentanyl-related compound. Smith was also ordered to pay $40 to the MPD crime lab. She is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 11 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Christopher Morgan, 51, was sentenced to four years of community control for two counts of aggravated possession of drugs. Morgan was also ordered to pay $40 to the MPD crime lab and is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Jason Burgett, 46, was sentenced to four to six years in prison for one count of felonious assault and one count of domestic violence. Three additional counts were dismissed: felonious assault, abduction and obstructing official business. Burgett also received 18 months to three years of mandatory post-release control and was granted 200 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Logan Strouse, 25, received 30 months of community control, supervision to be transferred to Knox County, for one count of aggravated possession of drugs. Strouse was also ordered to pay $40 to the MPD crime lab. He is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Robert Yates, 49, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for one count of aggravated possesion of drugs. Yates is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 32 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
In a separate case, Yates received another 12-month prison sentence for two counts of aggravated possession of drugs. He was also ordered to pay $80 to the MPD crime lab. Yates is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted four days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Tracy Baker, 44, was sentenced to four years of community control for five charges: possession of drugs (two counts), aggravated possession of drugs (two counts) and possession of cocaine. Baker was ordered to pay the MPD crime lab $200. She is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Connor Lindsey, 21, received 24 months of community control for one count of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle. Lindsey is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Michael Clay, 25, was sentenced to two to three years in prison for one count of aggravated possesion of drugs and one count of tampering with evidence. Clay also received 18 months to three years of mandatory post-release control and was granted 14 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Denise Litman, 62, received a two- to-three-year prison sentence for three charges: aggravated trafficking in drugs, aggravated possession of drugs and illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto grounds of a specified governmental facility. Litman was also fined $7,500 and must pay $35 to the Ohio State Highway Patrol crime lab. She received 18 months to three years of mandatory post-release control and was granted 27 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Angela Swanigan, 50, was sentenced to 30 months of community control for three charges: aggravated possession of drugs, possession of cocaine and misdemeanor theft. Swanigan is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Zemmia Spears, 51, received three years of community control for one count of possession of cocaine. Spears was also ordered to pay $40 to the MPD crime lab. Spears is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Rachel Povosky, 24, was sentenced to 30 months of community control, supervision to be transferred to Washington County, for one count of possession of cocaine. Povosky was ordered to pay $40 to the MPD crime lab. She is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Courtney N. Probst, 34, received three years of community control for three charges: possession of heroin, aggravated possession of drugs and possession of cocaine. Probst was also ordered to pay $105 to the OSHP crime lab. She is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Tommie Bowers, 26, was sentenced to six months in prison for three charges: strangulation, domestic violence and endangering children. Bowers was also ordered to pay $33.93 to the Richland County Prosecutor’s Office and $194.66 to RCSO for extradition costs. Bowers is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 111 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
— Andrew M. Gates, 37, was sentenced to three years of community control for one count of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them. Gates was fined $1,350 and ordered to forfeit a 2014 Chevy Malibu. Back on May 21, Gates’ driver’s license was placed under a five-year suspension.
— Daylonta Flint, 26, was sentenced to nine months in prison for one count of having weapons while under disability. Flint was also ordered to forfeit a firearm to the State of Ohio. He must also pay $84.63 to the Richland County Prosecutor’s Office and $254.10 to RCSO for extradition costs. Flint is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Kristin Wells, 37, received three years of community control, supervision to be transferred to Butler County, for one count of possession of cocaine. Wells was also ordered to pay $40 to the MPD crime lab. She is subject to up to two years of post-release control.
— Casey M. Persinger, 30, received a suspended 180-day jail sentence for an amended charge of receiving stolen property. Persinger was fined $1,000.
— Amarion Williams, 19, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for grand theft when the property is a firearm or dangerous ordnance and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle. A variety of additional charges and specifications were dismissed. Williams was ordered to forfeit a firearm to the State of Ohio. He is subject to up to two years of post-release control and was granted 57 days of jail credit for time already served at RCSO.
