WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Six people were sentenced in Fayette County Common Pleas Court on July 27 and Aug. 3 in cases involving domestic violence, drug possession and other felony offenses, according to the Fayette County Prosecutor’s Office.
Tammie Campbell received the longest sentence among the group, two to three years in prison, with two years mandatory, after being convicted of aggravated possession of drugs, a second-degree felony. The prosecutor’s office said the sentence falls under Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law, which requires an indefinite prison term for most first- and second-degree felony convictions. Under the law, the court sets a minimum term, and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has sole discretion to add up to half of that minimum as an additional indefinite “tail” before an inmate’s release.
Charles Bender was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being convicted of strangulation, a third-degree felony; strangulation, a fourth-degree felony; and domestic violence, a first-degree misdemeanor. Because all three offenses were committed at the same time against the same victim, the court found them to be allied offenses of similar import, meaning Bender could be sentenced on only one count. At the state’s election, he was sentenced on the third-degree felony strangulation count.
Dylan Viviano was sentenced to 15 months in prison after being convicted of domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony, and violating a protection order, a first-degree misdemeanor. Under Ohio law, the sentence on the misdemeanor count was subsumed into the felony sentence.
Dustin Leisure was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony.
Aryan Penn was sentenced to community control after a conviction for failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, a fourth-degree felony.
The cases were prosecuted by the office of Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney Jess C. Weade, who has held the post since 2011.
The information contained in this story was obtained from the Fayette County Prosecutor’s Office.
