MOUNT VERNON — Knox County Common Pleas Judge Richard Wetzel sentenced 12 people in March.
Here are the cases:
Clinton J. Spires was ordered to serve a 15-month prison sentence for failure to provide a change of address conviction. Spires was credited 101 days toward his sentence.
Timothy W. Morrison, of Mount Vernon, was ordered to serve one year of community control on an aggravated possession of drugs conviction, among other requirements.
Kelly A. Hostetler, of Mount Vernon, was ordered to serve two years of community control on a breaking and entering and theft convictions. Hostetler was also ordered to serve 180 days in the county jail with six days served, to be suspended if the defendant completes the 180 Program, among other requirements.
In another case, Hostetler was ordered to serve two years of community control on aggravated possession of drugs, endangering children and receiving stolen property convictions. Hostetler was also ordered to serve 180 days in the county jail with 108 days served, to be suspended if Hostetler completes the 180 Program, among other requirements.
Travis B. Mackie, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced to one year of community control on an aggravated possession of drugs conviction. Mackie was also ordered to serve 180 days in the county jail with 21 days credited, suspended if he completes the Day One Treatment Program and after-care program, among other requirements.
Austin L. Tatman, of Mount Vernon, was sentenced to serve 90 days in the county jail with zero days credited on a theft and/or grand theft conviction.
John F. Hall, of Hilliard, was ordered to serve a concurrent 11-month prison sentence on a forgery conviction and theft conviction. The sentence will be served concurrently with the sentence imposed in the Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas, case no. 22CR094. Hall was credited one day toward his sentence.
Terrance D. Dickie, of Caldwell, was ordered to serve a minimum prison term of four years to a maximum of six years on a felonious assault conviction. Dickie was also sentenced to a mandatory term of three years on the firearm specification to the felonious assault conviction, to be served consecutive and before the indefinite term on the conviction and before any other prison term imposed upon the defendant.
The court sentenced Dickie to serve an indefinite prison term of a minimum of four years to a maximum of six years on improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation conviction.
The court sentenced Dickie to serve 30 months on having weapons while under disability conviction and 17 months on improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle conviction. All counts are to be served concurrently but consecutively to the sentence imposed on the firearm specification.
This sentence is to be served concurrently with the sentence imposed in Licking County Common Pleas Court State of Ohio vs. Terrance D. Dickie Case No. 2023 CR00366.
Dickie is given 209 days credited toward his sentence, on count one, two, three and four but not the firearm specification.
Judy A. McCloskey, of Centerburg, was sentenced to a five-and-a-half to seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for aggravated trafficking in drugs conviction, along with two forfeiture specifications. McCloskey was credited 277 days toward her sentence.
Tara S. Dayton, of Mount Vernon, was ordered to serve one year of community control on an aggravated possession of drugs conviction. Dayton was ordered to serve 180 days in the county jail for 91 days served, suspended if Dayton completes the Mended Reeds Residential Treatment Program, among other requirements.
William N. Strouse, of Columbus, was ordered to serve a mandatory five to seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence on aggravated possession of drugs and forfeiture specification convictions.
Strouse’s sentence must also be served concurrently with his other case No. 22CR11-0235, where he was convicted of possession of a fentanyl-related compound. Strouse was sentenced to an 11-month definite prison sentence for said conviction.
Christopher J. Birchfield, of Mount Vernon, was ordered to serve two years of community control on a “possession of” conviction. Birchfield was also ordered to serve 180 days in the county jail with six days credited, suspended if Birchfield completes the Knox Recovery Treatment Program and After Care Program, among other requirements.