Headlines 21 June 2010

Woman pleads guilty to stealing $3,000 from baseball organization

By
Brandy Chandler-brandychandler@gmail.com

A Highland County woman pleaded guilty to theft on a bill of information after she was charged with stealing more than $3,000 from a Highland County baseball organization.

Tammy Alexander was charged with stealing $3,305 from the Highland County Thunder, a baseball organization for which she was treasurer, from the period of October 2009 to December 2009. She appeared on the fifth-degree felony charge Monday in Highland County Common Pleas Court.

Richard Moyer, of the Clinton County Prosecutor's Office, was a special prosecutor on the case, and the matter was investigated by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office at the request of Highland County Sheriff Ron Ward. 

Moyer said Ward requested Clinton County investigate the case due Alexander's "husband's position at the (Highland County) Sheriff's Office."

Alexander's husband, Steve Alexander, is a detective at the Highland County Sheriff's Office. 

Moyer appeared in court with Lt. Brian Edwards of the Clinton County Sheriff's Office.

Tammy Alexander appeared in court with her attorney, Michael Kelly, before Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss. 

Coss said that Alexander waived indictment by a grand jury and  submitted a plea of guilty to the bill of information. Coss explained to Alexander that she did not have to plead guilty and that her case could face presentation to a grand jury. He also explained that a bill of information is when a prosecutor, in his official capacity, alleges he believes the defendant committed the offense. Alexander said that she understood and continued with the plea of guilty. Coss also said that she could be sentenced to a period of six to 12 months in prison and face a fine. 

The court accepted the guilty plea and ordered a presentence investigation. Alexander was ordered to the Highland County Justice Center to "be photographed, fingerprinted and booked into the system," according to Coss. She was placed on house arrest under the supervision of the Highland County Probation Department, though she is allowed to travel to medical appointments, to events relating to her children, and to visit her mother in Tennessee at the end of June.   
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 1 at 1 p.m.  

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