MOUNT VERNON — Twelve people received sentences in May in Knox County Common Pleas Court.

Two received sentences on May 2

  • Joshua Devore, of South Point, received one year of monitored time subject to the supervision of Adult Court Services and serve 47 days in the Knox County Jail with 47 days served on an aggravated possession of drugs conviction.
  • Matthew Abney, of Howard, received two years of community control and must serve 180 days in the county jail with 42 days already served, to be suspended on the condition that Abney enter into and successfully complete a community-based correctional facility residential treatment program, on a possession of a fentanyl-related compound conviction.

Four received sentences on May 9

  • Ronald Hoeflich Jr., of Mount Vernon, received a definite two-year prison term for having a weapons while under disability conviction. Hoeflich Jr. is given credit for 84 days served toward his sentence. He is ordered to forfeit a .22 caliber revolver to the Mount Vernon Police Department.
  • Britney Grubaugh-Ressler, of Centerburg, received a five-year community control sentence for a grand theft conviction. Grubaugh-Ressler is also ordered to serve 15 days in the county jail.
  • Warren Hatfield, of Mansfield, was sentenced to serve 308 days in the county jail, credited for 308 days served on an aggravated possession of drugs conviction.
  • Andrew Ellis, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced to a definite 17-month prison term on a domestic violence conviction. It is to be served concurrently with the sentence in Ellis’ case No. 23CR12-0298. He was given 195 credits served toward his sentence.
  • Ellis was sentenced to an indefinite prison term of four years up to six years on a burglary conviction; he is also to serve a definite 30-month prison term for violating a protection order conviction, to be served concurrently and concurrently with the sentence imposed in case No. 23CR10-0256. Ellis was given credit for 143 days served toward his sentence.

Five received sentences on May 16

  • Hayden Anderson, of Mount Vernon, received two years of community control for a domestic violence conviction and will serve 180 days in the county jail with credit for five days served to be suspended on the condition that Anderson completes the West Central Community Based Correctional Facility treatment program, among other requirements.
  • Carter Gallagher, of Fredericktown, received two years of community control for an an amended attempted fourth degree felony conviction.
  • Wesley Addy, of Mount Vernon, received two years of community control for trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present conviction.
  • Connie Dininger, of Mount Vernon, received an indefinite seven-year prison term with a maximum of 10 and a half years with 66 days served on an involuntary manslaughter conviction.
  • Elijah Desich, of Mount Vernon, received two years of community control on a failure to register as an arson offender conviction.

One received sentence on May 30

  • Chase Huffman, of Mount Vernon, received a definite 11-month prison term on an attempted trespass in a habitation when a person is present conviction with 52 days served.