London woman gets nine months for trafficking
By Jane Beathard
Staff Writer
A London woman was sentenced to nine months in prison on Friday for selling the painkiller Percocet to a confidential police informant on May 24, 2012.
Michelle L. Stevens, 24, last known address 41 W. First St., pleaded guilty in December in Madison County Common Pleas Court to a single count of trafficking drugs in the vicinity of a child. A second count, stemming from a June 27 drug deal, was dismissed.
Judge Robert D. Nichols gave Stevens a month to take care of family matters before going to prison. He took no position on early release for the woman.
Although Stevens’ crime appeared to be a “small-time drug sale,” a pre-sentence investigation showed the woman was experienced in trafficking and active in a drug-dealing network.
She told court probation staff that she and her family were living in their van when relatives coerced her into selling the Percocet in exchange for financial help. But police recordings of the undercover deals showed Stevens was well versed in trafficking and likely “skimmed” some Percocet for personal use during the exchange.
In other recent common pleas court action:
• Marlon E. Johnson, 40, 20 Stewart Ave., London, was sentenced to 120 days in Tri-County Regional Jail, after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.
Johnson was originally charged with felony domestic violence, stemming from an Oct. 21, 2012 incident. However, the victim refused to cooperate with authorities and that charge was reduced.
Johnson was credited for 60 days already spent in jail.
• Keith Daniels, 27, 3458 Wilson Woods Drive, Columbus, pleaded guilty to burglary, stemming from a Sept. 2, 2012 incident. Additional charges of theft and possession of criminal tools were dismissed as part of a plea deal.
Daniels now faces up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine for the third-degree felony conviction. Nichols ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set a March 29 sentencing date. Defense attorney Dustin Blake requested his client undergo screening for admission to the West Central Community Correctional Facility as part of that investigation.
• Jason Mickle, 29, 184 E. Center St., London, pleaded guilty to theft, stemming from a July 25, 2012, incident. Additional charges were dismissed as part of a plea bargain.
Mickle has a lengthy criminal history and is likely headed to prison for as long as a year for the fifth-degree felony conviction. Nichols ordered a brief pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing on March 29.
• Adam C. Glass, 25, 7975 Oakwind Court, Westerville, pleaded guilty to a Sept. 22, 2012, theft from his girlfriend’s family. Glass faces up to a year in prison and a $2,500 fine, depending on the outcome of a pre-sentence investigation. Nichols set sentencing for March 29.
I think Deputy Semler can buy a Big Mac for whoever he wants to. There are bigger issues to be concerned with. Who really cares that a deputy bought someone a Big Mac? That does not mean he or his department is corrupt, it means he has a heart. Maybe Jimmy needs to try to be nice to others sometime and remember the Golden Rule. Thank you Deputy Semler for all you do.
I very surprised at how much “Jimmy” is “in the know” when it comes to the news, however he’s obviously never heard the term “Human Trafficking.” I will not bore the intelligent people on this blog with the definition, but I do invite “Jimmy” to do some research. I think if you have watched the news lately you might find that “London” is probably right with what could happen to this young boy once he is returned to Mexico. And let me get this right, Deputy Semler buys a person a Big Mac and that’s wrong? But if Deputy Semler was to eat a Big Mac in front of this kid it would be right? “Jimmy” your priorities are a little off. Call the Immigration and Customs Enforcement 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ask them how they would handle this situation. Lastly, it’s Semler, not “Stemler!”
Human Trafficking that is what some one else has guessed he is a drug dealer and now he is home and the folks he sold to are and might be dead but he is home and looking for the way right back across looks like you are for these drug dealer . This must be a cop or a deputy or some one eslse from the corrupt house you are nuts it was wrong on all parts what the corrupt house did and all knows it. may be he will sell one of your family member some heroin next time like he did to who knows well see and Semler is still stupid shows lack of judgement
From what I see in London and Madison County is it has not changed a bit in all these years only gotten worse. The poor are railroaded while the rich kids who can afford to buy their way out are either ignored by law enforcement or mommy and daddy pay the officials off to look the other direction. This is why Madison County and London have all the problems they have. If the law was applied equally you might actually be able to nip this drug problem in the Bud.
The comments you see from Jimmy are just a symptom of the non-trust residents of the county have for everyone involved from the police to sheriff as high up as the courts and prosecutors office.
tired of reading about Big Mac’s, Jimmy do you need someone to buy you a Big Mac?
your part of the problem you must work at the Corrupt house all I want is Justice for all tha tax paying folks of MAD Co USA
Jimmy, you keep going off on this.
1) London paying $2 for a Big Mac instead of paying for this kid’s incarceration is a bargain.
2) A kid going back, without money, to a mexican drug cartel – well, let’s just say that kid’s Big Mac was probably his last meal.
London Sucks
I doubt the City of London paid for the Big Mac.
I can assure you the City of London did not pay for the Big Mac.
If you are the Law director you and all your cronies should be fired you are corrupt just like them all
Hey Does any of these AMERICANS get a BIG MAC before they are deported Oh wait they live here so they get nothing but Jail time and No BIG MAC Stemler was off this day to bad for the PERPS