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A sobbing and pleading Athens woman was sentenced to 60 days in jail Wednesday by a Washington County Common Pleas Court judge.
Rhonda Talafhah, 54, of 6800 Baker Road, Lot 37, pleaded guilty March 2 to one count of aggravated possession of drugs and one count of possession of heroin, both fifth-degree felonies.
After Judge Mark Kerenyi handed down the sentence, which included three years of community control, Talafhah asked him to reconsider.
During the sentencing, the judge said the thing that makes these drug charges more serious is that she took the drugs into the Washington County Jail.
“The court considers that a very serious problem,” he said.
April 22, 2021
At a Glance
¯ Crystal Burke, 41, was indicted on eight counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, and one count of rape.
¯ The rape charge is a first-degree felony, and the other eight are all third-degree felonies.
¯ She faces a maximum of 35 years in prison.
¯ Prosecutors say .
April 22, 2021
With early voting underway in Ohio for the May 4 primary, registered voters who live within the geographic boundaries of the Marietta City Schools District are weighing the option of a different kind of tax than what was printed in November.
Last fall, voters did not approve a bond issue to .
April 22, 2021
jpatterson@mariettatimes.com Belpre City School Superintendent Jeff Greenley speaks during a Board of Education meeting on Monday evening. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) Harmar Elementary School sits in the shadow of 115 Gilman Ave., in Marietta, which was declared a blight and public nuisance in Washington County Common Pleas Court on Monday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) Fourth Ward Councilman Geoff Schenkel testifies to the fear residents within his ward live under due to the âneglectâ at 115 and 117 Gilman Ave., in Marietta, during a hearing in Washington County Common Pleas Court on Monday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge John Halliday notes the affidavits of neighbors living in fear of the immediate danger of 115 and 117 Gilman Ave., in Marietta, during a hearing Monday. (Photo by Janelle Patterson)
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Photo by Janelle Patterson
Lyrisha Marie Seevers, right, appears with Defense Attorney Eric Fowler in Washington County Common Pleas Court on Thursday for sentencing on a plea of attempted gross sexual imposition.
One-half of a duo in a joint case of sex crimes upon a minor was sentenced to prison Thursday in Washington County Common Pleas Court.
Lyrisha Marie Seevers, 23, of 276 Ridgewood Drive, Apt. G, Marietta, was initially indicted with rape, a first-degree felony; complicity in the commission of an offense, also a first-degree felony; and gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony.
Co-defendant Ryan William Seevers, Lyrisha’s 24-year-old husband of 129 Shook Road, Marietta, was also indicted on the same charges in November of 2020.
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