A 27-year-old Montrose woman will spend 22-60 months in state prison for escaping a probation officer’s custody when she was being escorted to the Wyoming County Correctional Facility in May.
Wyoming County President Judge Russell Shurtleff said at Chelsea Lee Robinson’s sentencing Friday that she also faced a $500 fine and $26.99 in restitution to replace a set of handcuffs.
Her attorney Jair Novajosky, in asking for a lighter sentence, said Robinson had been involved with substance abuse since she was 12, adding that more than half of her life had been impaired because of it.
Novajosky also told the court Robinson was pregnant and jail would not be suitable, adding that it would be difficult after the baby is born to have it taken away.
Robinson said she was sorry for her actions.
Police said Robinson fled law enforcement escorting her from the Wyoming County Courthouse to the Wyoming County Correctional Facility on May 5 and ran to a waiting vehicle, driven by her friend, Shawn McNamee, 32.
U.S. marshals attempted to arrest McNamee nine days later during a traffic stop in Union, New York.
Robinson agian eluded police, but marshals arrested her the next day in Rome, Bradford County.
Robinson had visited the probation office on May 5 and was escorted to the jail after it was determined she violated a condition of her probation.
According to court records, she was four days shy of completing 12 months of probation for a drug possession charge she had been sentenced to in 2016.
Shurtleff said Friday a lesser sentence would depreciate the seriousness of what Robinson did, particularly in showing an extreme disregard for the criminal justice system, as well as the public safety of the community, noting that the escape was premeditated and her actions led to a multistate manhunt that lasted more than a week.
She has been in the Wyoming County jail since May 15.
Shurtleff said she would be taken to Muncy for processing in the near future.
Also, a 32-year-old Sugar Run man who sold drugs while serving as a Wyoming County constable faces nine-48 months in state prison.
Shane Ryan Fryer appeared Friday morning before Shurtleff, who sentenced him on a single felony charge of criminal use of a communication facility.
The case surfaced after a confidential informant purchased crystal methamphetamine from Fryer on Nov. 14, 2016, during a time when he served as Windham Twp. constable.
According to court records, a Wyoming County detective — along with state police — searched Fryer’s home the next day, and Fryer was found in a garage in close proximity to crystal methamphetamine and he had his constable badge on him and was carrying a sidearm.
Judge Shurtleff said Fryer faced a fine of $1,000 and restitution of $105 and would be taken to Camp Hill for processing in the near future.
Fryer had previously served in the summer of 2015 on the Laceyville Borough police force for two days, but the appointment was rescinded after it was discovered his liability insurance did not cover borough police work.
Other sentences handed down in the Wyoming County Court of Common Pleas Friday:
■ Beau Jerald Baker, 28, of Meshoppen, was sentenced to nine to 24 months in state prison and a $500 fine for theft by unlawful taking on Aug. 4, 2016.
■ Evan Alexander Biro, 22, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to six months’ probation and a $500 fine for DUI on Feb. 21.
■ Alyssa Lynn Blasi, 21, of Troy, was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $500 fine for retail theft on Oct. 4, 2016.
■ Brent Michael Calhoun, 26, of Factoryville, was sentenced to one to 18 months in county jail, a $500 fine and $615.25 in restitution for identity theft on Feb. 27.
■ Phaedra Gail Chmil, 26, of Scranton, was sentenced to 72 hours to six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine for DUI of a controlled substance on July 22, 2016.
■ Louise Lauren Corallo, 27, of Wilkes-Barre, was sentenced to 48 hours to six months in county jail and a $750 fine for DUI on Nov. 3, 2016.
■ Rebecca Dempster, 21, of Boonton, N.J., was sentenced to 12 months’ probation, a $500 fine and $950 in restitution for bad checks on Aug. 17, 2016.
■ Emily Marie Dingman, 20, of Scranton, was sentenced to 18 months’ probation, a $500 fine and $689 restitution for theft from a motor vehicle on April 15.
■ Vernon Richard Edmondson, 60, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $1,000 fine for possession of drug paraphernalia on March 12.
■ Nesbitt W. Fitch Jr., 45, of Factoryville, was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $500 fine for recklessly endangering another person on May 10.
■ Shawn Michael Gallagher Jr., 21, of Mehoopany, was sentenced to three to 18 months in county jail, a $500 fine and $1,025.16 in restitution for corruption of minors on Feb. 26.
■ Jordan Zachariah Hagler, 20, of Hanover, was sentenced to six months’ probation and a $300 fine for DUI on May 29, 2016.
■ Duran Christian Hofmeister, 23, of Factoryville, was sentenced to six to 23½ months in county jail and a $500 fine for receiving stolen property on June 20, 2016.
■ Matthew Gregory Hynds, 22, of East Stroudsburg, was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $500 fine for receiving stolen property on July 30, 2016.
■ Gladys Anne Johnston, 54, of Friendsville was sentenced to six months’ probation and a $300 fine for DUI on Oct. 3, 2014.
■ Theodore Earl Mills, 24, of Edgewater, Fla., was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $500 fine for receiving stolen property on July 30, 2016.
■ Robert Joseph Nast, 22, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to two days to 12 months in county jail, a $500 fine, and $338.62 for institutional vandalism on Dec. 29, 2016.
■ Jesse Lee Prebola, 34, of Sweet Valley, was sentenced to 72 hours to six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine for DUI of a controlled substance on March 29.
■ Justin Wells Rail, 30, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to three to 18 months in county jail, and a $500 fine for possession of firearm prohibited on June 25, 2016.
■ Kricket Marie Rinebold, 35, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 72 hours to six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine for DUI of a controlled substance on June 27, 2016; to six months’ probation and a $500 fine for accident involving damage on June 27, 2016, to be served concurrently; and to 12 months’ probation and a $500 fine for possession of a controlled substance on Feb. 29, 2016, to be served consecutive.
■ Ricky Allen Vermillion, 42, of Emporium, was sentenced to 72 hours to six months in county jail and a $1,000 fine for DUI on May 27.
■ Derek Delraine Williams, 21, of Meshoppen, was sentenced to three to six months in state prison and a $1,000 fine for DUI of a controlled substance on Aug. 30, 2016; and to four to 24 months in state prison and a $500 fine for fleeing or attempting to elude officer on Sept. 21, 2016, with sentences to be served consecutively.
■ Ashley Marie Young, 26, of Meshoppen, was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $750 fine for theft by unlawful taking on June 4.