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CORY GAUKIN |
A Kenton native admitted running a meth lab and to a pair of theft charges during hearings Monday In Logan County Common Pleas Court.
Cory Gaukin, 31, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony theft of a firearm and illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs and a fifth-degree felony theft charge.
He originally was charged in connection with theft-related incidents in mid-October, but later admitted making methamphetamines when detectives questioned him about suspected drug trafficking.
Officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department were investigating thefts at Wal-Mart, 2281 S. Main St., and the Brookstone Apartments behind the store at 500 Gunntown Road, where the defendant was residing at the time.
Mr. Gaukin was arrested Oct. 15 after officers found him carrying hunting clothes and sporting goods across the terrain separating the buildings. He later admitted to taking items, including muzzleloading rifles by sneaking them out of the store’s lawn and garden area.
During that investigation, Jamie M. Sheppard reported a 56-inch television, owned by Aaron’s, and jewelry were stolen from her apartment in the Brookstone building and Mr. Gaukin admitted those crimes.
During questioning, he also admitted having a methamphetamine production area behind the 200 block of Pratt Street.
He will be sentenced May 31.
• Codey Combs, 26, of Marysville, pleaded guilty to possession of drugs for a Sept. 21 traffic stop in which he was found in possession of 16 hydrocodone pills, four antipsychotic pills and a straw with residue that appeared to be used for snorting the pills. Sentencing was set for May 31.
Women get community control
• Rachel Brannan, 22, of 515 Walker St., was placed on three years’ community control and must register at least 10 years as a Tier I sex offender for a fifth-degree felony count of importuning for a March 2015 incident in which she asked a 13-year-old boy to have sex with her.
• Misty Stanley, 35, of Columbus, was sentenced to three years’ community control and ordered to pay $1,006 restitution for a fifth-degree felony theft in connection with a case that dates back to February 2013.
Ms. Stanley was found guilty of the crime at a bench trial on Thursday.
• On Wednesday, William Miller, 35, of Bellefontaine, was sentenced to three years community control, a six month operator’s license suspension and ordered to pay a $250 fine, court costs and attorney fees for possession of drugs.
He was charged after a June 29 overdose at 868 E. Sandusky Ave., Apt. 144, in which Bellefontaine police officers and paramedics responded to the home and administered the anti-overdose drug naloxone to resuscitate Mr. Miller and his neighbor at the time, Anthony M. Kosiek, who previously pleaded guilty to a possession charge.