Deal accepted in murder trial
By Jane Beathard
Staff Writer
There will be no aggravated murder trial in Madison County next week.
In a move aimed at avoiding a long and contentious jury trial, Tane B. Osborne, 24, of Mt. Vernon, pleaded guilty Tuesday to gunning down Paige Young, 21, on a West Jefferson street in April.
Osborne will serve at least 33 years in prison with no chance of early release under a plea deal between county prosecutor Steve Pronai and defense attorneys Bill Moody and Nick Adkins. Maximum sentence for the charge was life in prison without parole.
It was clear at the outset that Young’s friends and family members disagreed with the plea bargain. About a dozen, most wearing “Justice for Paige Leigh” T-shirts, clustered in the courtroom under the scrutiny of an equal number of sheriff’s deputies. Five Osborne supporters sat quietly behind the defendant.
Prior to the start of Tuesday’s hearing, common pleas judge Robert D. Nichols stated firmly he would not tolerate emotional outbursts in the courtroom. But that admonishment didn’t stop Douglas Young, the victim’s father, from voicing a barrage of angry obscenities at West Jefferson Police Chief Terry Ward as the family filed out.
Ward arrested Paige Young last year on a theft charge. A conviction on that charge and a subsequent probation violation put the woman, an admitted heroin addict, in a drug treatment facility where she met Osborne.
County prosecutor Steve Pronai acknowledged Young’s family wanted a stiffer sentence.
“It may not be the sentence they wish imposed, but we believe justice is served,” Pronai said.
Facing the camera, Sheri Young, left, mother of Paige Young, consoles a family friend, Donna Pearson, outside of the Madison County Courthouse on Tuesday.
Sheri Young, mother of the victim, said Osborne is a psychopath who learned nothing from repeated encounters with the criminal justice system.
She said her daughter was trying to reform prior to the murder, but Osborne failed to attempt a change.
“Letting him walk out (of prison) in 33 years is not justice,” Mrs. Young told Nichols.
She requested solitary confinement for Osborne each anniversary of the April 23 murder and on each July 28 — her daughter’s birthday.
Solitary confinement may be a possibility for Osborne, considering a string of problems he’s caused jailers at Tri-County. He is one of two jail inmates accused of assaulting fellow prisoner Donald Lemasters earlier this year, following Lemasters’ conviction on child pornography charges. Pronai said Champaign County authorities will not prosecute Osborne for the alleged assault.
Osborne also married a potential prosecution witness in the case while he was behind bars.
The man’s motive for killing Young remains a matter of speculation. One theory is Osborne plotted to kill the woman after she made disparaging remarks about his grandmother and mother. He then lured Young into a meeting on Smith Street in the village by promising to return personal care items left during a weekend visit.
The two were sitting in Osborne’s 2004 Honda when Young bolted from the car. Osborne retrieved a .357 magnum from the back of the car and fired at the woman, hitting her three times. He fled to Marion and was arrested within hours, after authorities traced his cell phone.
Madison County is the plea bargin capital of the world,always has been.Cost effective or just plain lazy? I’m just sayin, take a life ,give a life.Plain and simple,no excuses.
First off, for those who don’t know Tane or Paige, Shut up. I knew Tane on a personal level. Never knew Paige but do know that if you don’t know both sides to the story then you have no right to comment. Tane may have done some bad in his life prior to this event and killing her was not right. What I do know is that Tane would never hurt anyone, he lived life to the fullest. He did change real quick right prior to the death of Paige. I saw it, I tried to help change it, but you can’t change someone/something if they don’t want to change or if they are to sucked into whatever it is that they are on. Its sad that a life was lost, but Tane is not a pyschopath, he made a wrong turn in life, as many people do. Tane knows what he did and it will haunt him everyday. No sentance or death penalty is going to bring Paige back, so leave it all alone. Both lives are lost. Plain and simple. But like I said for all you idiots that want to strictly put Tane down, without knowing him or her, get both stories right first. And his so called “wife” had nothing to do with the murder, so drop it. I will not go into detail about any of my facts but truth is truth, maybe some of you need to find truth before speaking.
You think WJ is going to show up and care in 33 years? Really? This was NOT domestic violence. If the Mayor said that then she should resign. Excuse those involved for making emotional comments but when you have people running a town who want to look the other way because it’s easier – FACTS know it was all about drugs – but lets not talk about that because it might have cost the county a lot of money in a long drawn out trial or made someone look bad. How bad? Worse than life in prison? Worse than dead? The opportunity was LOST. No good came from this. Two kids whose lives are gone. Lets talk about the bath salts Tane starting using only weeks prior to the murder. Let’s talk about how is personality changed shortly before he executed her…let’s talk about how those who loved him and cared for him noticed something wasn’t right, Let’s talk about all the other newspaper articles on people who have used BSalts preforming horrendous crimes..eating other people, acting paranoid like wild animals…lets talk about the nursing homes seeing kids come in who will never be right again because of this stuff… or the kids still buying from businesses in their own communities and using. No – will just call it domestic violence even though Tane had never hurt anyone his entire life before the nose bleeds started. Those of us who love him will never have justice served either for him or her. Shame on your community and everyone who wanted to push this under the rug. Two kids- both lives destroyed and not one thing good from any of it.
I’ve been following this since the day it happened, I met Paige a few times she was a very nice girl; never met tane but 33 years for an execution style murder? he deserves the death penalty plain and simple. It’s obvious the dude is a trouble maker if he’s starting fights in jail The idiot deserves much more than 33 years, I’d say put him on death row but even that is to good for him. He deserves to die a long slow and painful death.
This sounds like a case where the county didn’t want to spend the money on a murder trial. So instead the county settled for a plea deal. Paige Young deserved a trial, she deserved to have her voice be heard from heaven. To think that this thug has a chance at life in 30 years makes me sick and is very unsettling. For the people who are showing any kind of support for this coward should really do some soul searching. I hope the town of West Jefferson is on the prison door steps in 33 years demanding that this punk kid stays behind bars.
To all of you showing disrespect to this girl’s family…..I don’t care what life she lived, this Tane person had no right to KILL her. He should be in prison the rest of his life and maybe he will. Who knows what illness or disease will take his life. And, what kind of person would shoot and kill someone in the back? Coward, that is what Tane is…I believe he will get what he deserves.
Sarah… i agree leave the family alone and let them grieve….but what you said makes no sense…here’s a direct quote from your post …… “He is the nicest person I have ever met! He would have never hurt anyone. Funny how this one EVIL person can bring out the worst in someone. He is a good person…always has been and always will be. You can talk about his past but there wasnt any violence or drugs involved. ” You contradicted yourself all over the place….he wouldn’t hurt anyone? yet he shot her in the driveway…ummm I think that’s hurting someone….you said there is no violence or drugs involved yet you said this whole thing was over drugs. Was he the dealer? Did she owe him money? Did he kill her over what $20, $40 dollars worth of heroin? Does that make him sound like a better person? HE KILLED SOMEONE, he took SOMEONE elses life. He has NO RIGHT to do that. Everyone has a right to life even if there’s sucks. Just my opinion really …
first off sarah smith, how dare you say 51623(thats all he deserves to be called is his prison number) should not be in a cell. He committed a cold-blooded execution. Regardless of Paiges history, does that give him the right to take anothers life? You dont know paige, and unfortunately, because of this bastard you will never get the privilege to. Second, her parents, friends, family, or anyone who damn well pleases can curse, or express themselves however they like! Paige was TAKEN from US!!! And last, funny how you say he wont hurt a fly, when he gunned down paige, the stupid coward he is…..
My cousin’s daughter did not deserve to die! Anyone that can kill someone without regret is messed up in the head. You can not tell me & make me believe that he “is a good person”. Paige was a good person & maybe she did go down that wrong road, but she was trying to make her life better. Don’t judge my family unless your backyard is clean. Everyone has problems in their families & drugs are a problem in every town. I hope Tane gets what is coming to him because he took my cousin away from our family. He took her away from her mother, father, sisters, uncles, aunts, niece & nephew among other family members & friends that truly loved her & are trying to make it day by day without her here. Leave her name out of your mouth. Do you not have any care for what our family is having to deal with? You can see Tane in prison. We will never be able to see Paige again until we go to be with God.
I hope he gets what is coming to him in prison. I don’t blame Doug for the way he acted out because that was his babygirl that Tane took from him. They have a right to be mad & upset with the outcome of all this. I hope karma comes to him one day for what he has done. RIP Paige!!!
Sarah – YOU need to get a grip!! You obviously didn’t know Paige – It doesn’t matter what choices she made in the past – TANE TOOK AWAY HER CHANCE AT ANYTHING!!!! He got 33 years for maliciously shooting someone who he “at one time loved” WTF I don’t think so – and all on the thought that she talked bad about his family – WOW – That shows maturity….. Let’s go shoot someone because your feelings are hurt ….. And for the poor girl who married him – what does she think he is going to do when she makes him mad??? I guess, he got away with killing Paige, his wife should probably make sure she minds her Ps and Qs!!!
I don’t think that Tane got what he deserved – He took a life – His should be taken!!!
check the marion paper, she filed for divorce when he took the deal..hmm scam much? stay married if he goes to trial so she can’t testify but divorce when she doesnt have to.
First off Sarah u really shouldnt leave messages on the paper in our town and talk trash about someones family. Her family isnt going to your towns online paper and starting stuff, maybe u need to learn from her family. Everyone has a past and hers was also was filled with love for her family. You need to leave her family alone and mind ur business. You dont lnow her so ahut up. I believe he got a lesser sentance than wat he cld have obviously u dont know know wat ur talking about. U are his family and will stick up for him for anything. If the role was reversed and paige shot him u would be the same way about it. So just let her family be. Love u Paige
Im not talking trash I am simply stating facts. Everyone wanted to make this case about domestic violence when it was plain and simple that it was all about drugs. Everyone in that town in so blind and just pushes the drug issue under the rug. If everyone keeps ignoring the real problem at hand then they wont have to worry about anything else happening because eventually everyone will be dead from drugs anyway. Really…You really had the domestic violent coalition at her memorial? Get real! Like I said before when you lead that kind of life this is more then likely the outcome. You dont want people to judge Paige…Well what do you guys think you are doing to Tane? He is the nicest person I have ever met! He would have never hurt anyone. Funny how this one EVIL person can bring out the worst in someone. He is a good person…always has been and always will be. You can talk about his past but there wasnt any violence or drugs involved. So say what you will about Tane. Anyone with any brains knows the real story here.
Really no drugs in his life didn’t they meet I’m west central drug rehab Sarah??? He had a past!!!! Or he would have not been in WC!!! Stupid!!
My daughter Paige, my little apple was on a path to sucess when that psychopathic monster took her away from us. Anyone who knew and loved Paige will never forget her infecious smile, laugh and April 23, 2012. The last six months has been a living hell for myself, her family, and friends. The communities’ support has meant everthing to Paiges family and friends. Our Mayor here in West Jefferson was helpful in acknowledging the fact that my daughter was murdered in an act of domestic violence. Realizing that this crime against my daughter was related to domestic violence I felt the need to raise awareness. To say West Central is a drug rehab minimizes what they do there. It is actually a behavioral rehabilitation facility that specializes in teaching structure, discipline, accountability, how to deal with emotions and real life issues, and how to make you respond to issues in a responsible manner. Paige never forgot what she was taught there and was using her tools to improve her life. Paige’s past drug dependency is irrelevant to what happened. Paige was a beautiful soul who loved to have fun. As many people who loved her, there was twice as many people who were jealous of her looks and the fact that she was a social butterfly. Those haters gave Paige the motivation to suceed, because she truly didn’t care what others thought.
Turning her life around? Yet you sat there knowing that her and Tane were smoking K2 together? You could have stood up and made a difference in your community. You could have let it be know that this is what can happen from drugs. Drugs turn good people bad. I never met Paige and I will not say anything bad about her. I however did know Tane…and so did you. You knew the real Tane when he first walked into Paige’s life. He was a sweet boy with a rough past…just like Paige was a sweet girl with a rough past. All I am asking is that you let the truth come out about the drugs. Help someone else save their child. Dont let her die with out a cause!
sarah – there have been corrections officers on here stating he has been in and out of jail. So how is he “the nicest person” you have ever met??
Sarah, I honestly think you have some sort of mental instability and some issues. I really hope you realize that with every sentence you posted you contradicted yourself every time and made yourself look like an idiotic hypocrite. Anyone with brains would know the story, right? Well obviously you either lack one or cant see 5 feet past your face. They met at a Drug cwnter, and he shot her 3 times execution style. No drugs or violence involved though, right? And dont sit there and defend Tane like hes some sort of saint. I met him and knew him quite well, and the things your stating is the side he wanted you to see…that isnt really him. So do yourself a favor, get your facts straight, get your mind right, and learn to use your intelligence instead of waste it on some delusional, ass backwards thoughts you obviously have embedded in that dense skull of yours.
No ones deserves to be shot down no matter what there past is. IDK why the press keeps bringing up her past what about that murders past. Justice is never served in Madison county Ohio. People are getting yrs for petty crimes ..and murder u don’t get life especially pre meditated??? Justice for Paige , wasn’t served !! Paige I only barely knew u!! Rip girl!!! I hope u haunt his ass all 33 yrs girl!!!
Sarah Smith you make me sick! How disrespectful for you to post such derogatory remarks about someone who was murdered. I do not know Paige’s family but it sounds to me she was a victim. Whether she was an addict or not is irrelevant in this circumstance. I understand the outburst of emotion of the family; they lost their daughter at the hands of this punk. Which according to the article the whole thing may have been premeditated all over hearsay that she defamed his mom and grandmother. So, do you believe that she deserved to die because of this?
Sounds like he is a punk that deserves what he gets when he hits prison. May he mess with the wrong inmate that puts him in the hospital. County jail may be all fun and games, but at Lucasville those guys have nothing to lose they play for keeps. Maybe in 33 years he will grow up and realize he isn’t the bad ass that he thinks he is and can try to be a productive citizen.
Tane has some growing up to do and hope he lives long enough in prison to do so.
It looks like the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Just shows what classy people her parents are cussing at the officers who were just doing their job. How embarassing. If she wanted to change her life she would have started with changing her friends. She was and always would have been a herion addicted slut! You can only lead a life like that for so long before it catches up with you. She messed with the wrong person and well this is just how it ended up. Tane should have taken it to trial then he would have walked away with a lot less time. He doesnt deserve to be in prison!
Tane is the real idiot here justice was not served never is in this county!!!!!
he should have gotten the death penalty. so sorry for the victim and her family and loved ones
EYE FOR AN EYE,DEATH PENALTY ENFORCED WOULD STOP A LOT OF THIS
OMG he is assaulting other prisoners at the tri county jail and they still made a deal with him…doesn’t sound like he is learning any kind of lesson at all being in jail. I would say this is a young man with issues and he will probably go to prison and learn A LOT more bad habits and horrible behaviors and then he’ll get parole and within a year or two someone else whom he decides hasn’t treated him right will die then they will really regret this plea bargain. I’m sorry for the victim and the victim’s family in this matter. Assaulting another inmate at the jail definitely does not show any remorse in my opinion.