WILMINGTON — A man who reportedly robbed the Wilmington UDF store twice this year, the first time with an axe and the next time with a knife, has received an eight-year prison term.

Paul C. Ashe, 32, of Wilmington, robbed the store on Jan. 20 and again on April 28. He pled guilty to the January robbery, but the second count of the indictment which pertained to the April robbery was dropped as part of a negotiated resolution between the two sides in the case.

Nonetheless, Acting Police Chief Ron Cravens told the News Journal in April that Ashe admitted to the April 28 robbery.

Both prosecution and defense counsel recommended the eight-year term of prison, and Clinton County Common Pleas Judge John W. “Tim” Rudduck concurred.

This will be Ashe’s first term of imprisonment.

“While defendant has some learning disabilities and mental health issues, his chronic use of illegal drugs exacerbates his problems,“ Rudduck wrote in the official sentencing paperwork.

The judge also noted Ashe has a high risk of being a repeat offender, as reflected by a score of 31 on the Ohio Risk Assessment Report.

The aggravated robbery conviction is a first-degree felony crime.

Credit for 148 days spent in the county jail was granted toward the prison term.

The sentencing hearing consolidated three cases: The hearing dealt with the aggravated robbery case, plus a possession of meth case from 2018, and a failing to appear in court violation. The prison terms for the latter two offenses will be served concurrently with the longer eight-year term of imprisonment for aggravated robbery.

As part of the sentence, the defendant will be supervised on mandatory parole for five years.

By agreement, the defendant will pay United Dairy Farmers $125 restitution.

In an unrelated criminal case, a Martinsville-area man was given a 30-month prison term after he was convicted of robbery at the Village Quick Stop business and of petty theft.

Walter E. Feiler, 39, of the Martinsville area, had to be transported from the London (Ohio) Correctional Institution prison to be present in person for his sentencing hearing at the Clinton County Common Pleas Courtroom.

The robbery conviction is a third-degree felony offense, while the petty theft violation is a first-degree misdemeanor.

The indictment states $66 was stolen; and another court paper indicates the victim did not present the court a documented claim for restitution.

The 30-month prison term will be served concurrently to the prison term Feiler already was serving for Clermont County.

The Ohio Adult Parole Authority will supervise the defendant after release from prison.

He was granted credit for 42 days spent in custody.

The robbery in Clinton County occurred in 2016.

Reach Gary Huffenberger at 937-556-5768.