Treatment may not be all for Kriel
By Jane Beathard
Staff Writer
Former South Solon resident Megan Kriel, 20, is headed to the West Central Community Correctional Facility in Marysville for drug treatment, following sentencing in Madison County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday.
But Kriel’s sentence may not end her problems with the law.
Kriel pleaded guilty in August to possessing heroin during a May 23 traffic stop by London police. She was free on house arrest on Sept. 14 when deputies found her far from home, living in the Columbus apartment of alleged drug dealer Joshua M. Douglas.
Judge Robert D. Nichols revoked Kriel’s bond and jailed the woman at Tri-County Regional Jail, pending sentencing.
On Tuesday, Nichols ordered Kriel undergo drug treatment and aftercare at West Central as part of a two-year community control sentence. He also suspended the woman’s driving license for five years.
However, he cautioned Kriel that additional consequences for her association with Douglas may be on the horizon.
Douglas was recently indicted in Franklin County for robbery, stemming from a Sept. 2 incident. Kriel was allegedly living with Douglas at the time and may have known about the incident.
lol
she deserves way more! you want to get the crap out of london but yet you are letting all of these heroin users and dealers walk the streets! put their butts in prison! The law on this kind of stuff is ridiculous! you just let them get away they will keep doing it!
ok first of all Im this girls sister and u do not know her as I do. Yes she made some very poor decisions at the age of 20 but a almost 40 year old man coaxed her into saying these drugs were hers. Yes she ran on house arrest to that man but she thought she was in love and who hasnt wanted to do anything for someone they was in love with. Also I find it very humorous they are using megan as an example but yet couldnt even remember her court dates so who is Megan Kriel she is a young girl with some problems not a heroin dealer as you portray. She is trying to over come her mistakes so let her