HILLSBORO — A Hillsboro man who pled guilty last month to stealing a truck pulling a trailer with a skid loader on it has been sentenced on one count of theft after it was determined that the three counts merged to one.
Preston R. Ballinger, 29, Hillsboro, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for a theft charge.
In October, he pled guilty to fourth-degree felony grand theft of a motor vehicle, fourth-degree felony grand theft, and one count of fifth-degree felony theft. At that hearing, prosecutor Anneka Collins said the defendant stole a dump truck which was pulling a trailer that had a skid loader on it. Each of the stolen items account for the three counts on which Ballinger was charged. But Coss said at the time that since the three items were taken by one action, the matter of whether the charges would merge for sentencing had to be known.
Clinton Countians sentenced
Phister R. Walker, 61, New Vienna, pled guilty to fifth-degree felony importuning. He was sentenced to nine months in prison and must register as a Tier I sexual offender.
Jeremy Alan Curtis, 40, Wilmington, pled guilty to third-degree felony trafficking in marijuana. He is scheduled to be sentenced in December.
Michael Lawson, 35, Blanchester, pled guilty to heroin possession and possession of drugs, both fifth-degree felonies. He is set to be sentenced next month.
Carla M. Everhart, 48, Greenfield, pled guilty to illegal manufacture of drugs, a second-degree felony. She was sentenced to three years in prison.
In other hearings, Kaleb Landrum, 25, Greenfield, was sentenced to community control and treatment on drug charges. He pled guilty to fourth-degree felony trafficking in heroin in the vicinity of a school and fifth-degree felony heroin possession last month.
Michele L. McCord, 40, Highland, pled guilty to heroin trafficking. She will be sentenced in December.
Lanessa Roosa, 19, Greenfield, pled guilty to a fourth-degree felony count of heroin trafficking and a fifth-degree felony count of heroin possession. She is to be sentenced in December.
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