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Ruppe to spend 9 months in prison
for trafficking
By
Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE
– “We’ve already tried
the MonDay program, your Honor. It didn’t work. We have to do
something.” Darke
County Prosecutor R. Kelly Ormsby recommended to Common Pleas Judge Jon
Hein on
Aug. 12 that Ryan Ruppe finish his sentence for Trafficking in a
Controlled
Counterfeit Substance, a Fourth Degree Felony.
Ruppe
had already served 176 days,
which included six weeks in Darke County Jail and another five weeks at
the
MonDay program. Hein noted MonDay shows nine different violations over
the five
weeks.
“This
was not just something on
moment,” he said. “It was a repeated pattern.”
Hein
acknowledged it could be a
mental health issue and that going to prison isn’t going to solve it.
“You
have nine more months of
prison you will have to serve. This gives you time to decide how to
deal with
your release when it comes up. You can repeat or you can choose to turn
this
around.”
Ruppe
had completed a term for
aggravated burglary and was released on May 12. Five months later he
was caught
selling counterfeit controlled substances.
Ruppe
said he tried to get help but
didn’t feel it was forthcoming. Speaking on her son’s behalf, Ruppe’s
mother
told the court that much of his behavior could have been drug related.
“His
medications were switched
around while he was incarcerated. Not once did he ever see a doctor. I
believe
that had a lot to do with it.”
Hein
told Ruppe he needed to almost
insist in a nice way to be helped by the services that are available to
him.
“You know where they are. If they aren’t coming to you, you go to them.”
“I’m
giving you credit for time
served,” Hein added. “Nine months gives everyone time to get ready.”
Hein
noted the defendant’s
activities, which included parole violation, theft, attempted burglary,
aggravated menacing, aggravated burglary, trafficking in drugs and more.
“The
last three or four years
haven’t worked out very well for you.”
Ruppe
was represented by Michael
Rieman, Greenville.
Published
courtesy of Blue Bag Media
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