Sturgill gets 36 months for drugs felony
By Bob Robinson 

GREENVILLE – Adam Sturgill was sentenced to 36 months in prison Dec. 9 for a Felony 3 count of Attempted Illegal Manufacture of Drugs (Methamphetamine) in Darke County Common Pleas Court. 

The defendant, defense attorney Nicole Pohlman and Darke County Prosecutor Kelly Ormsby, agreed to a recommended 36 month prison term with the understanding the state would not object to a defense motion for judicial release into the MonDay drug treatment program after 24 months in prison have been served. 

Sturgill had agreed to testify against co-defendant Matthew Bowlin regarding the Aug. 5 arrest in an alley off of Ohio Street in Greenville. Bowlin, however, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years on Oct. 3. Bowlin was ordered to pay a mandatory fine of $5,000. Sturgill will be subject to the fine as well, although the state has agreed to allow the defendant to file an affidavit contesting his ability to pay it. 

In arguing on Sturgill’s behalf, Pohlman said her client has been on house arrest and has done very well. She believed he would be an excellent candidate for MonDay. Sturgill noted he’d never had the opportunity to go through a drug rehabilitation program. 

Darke County Common Pleas Judge Jon Hein imposed the 36 month sentence, allowing credit for time served. 

“The goal is for you to take positive momentum,” Hein said. “You want to move to MonDay? Then you have to do better. If you aren’t doing better, there’s no reason to go to MonDay.” 

Sturgill has prior felonies in Miami County: a Breaking and Entering in 2008 and Improper Handling of a Firearm in a motor vehicle in 2010. 

Published courtesy of The Early Bird