July 28, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
A man indicted in a 2019 child porn case has been sentenced in criminal court.
69 year old Rick Allen Meurer entered a plea to sexual exploitation of a minor and received a two year sentence to serve. He was fined $200 and must be listed on the State’s sex offender registry.
The indictment alleged that on December 10, 2019 Meurer did knowingly possess material that includes minors engaged in sexual activity.
In other cases, 21 year old Sean Austin entered a plea to two counts of domestic assault. He was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days to run concurrently but suspended to good behavior probation.
40 year old Carla Jean Ray entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug and received a three year sentence on supervised judicial diversion probation. She was also fined $2,000.
39 year old Sherri Francine Gunter entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug under 0.5 grams and received a six year sentence on supervised probation. She was fined $2,000 and given 27 days jail credit.
41 year old Tawanna Ann Evans entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug under 0.5 grams and received a four year sentence on supervised probation. She must pay a fine of $2,000 and make restitution of $160 to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
44 year old Jessica Lee Steinbach entered a plea to auto burglary and theft under $2,500. She received a two year sentence on the burglary charge and one year for the theft to run consecutively for a total of three years but the sentence has been suspended. Steinbach was given jail credit for 278 days served.
53 year old Amanda Hamilton entered a plea to driving under the influence and simple possession and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days in each case to run concurrently and all suspended to supervised probation except for 48 hours to serve. She was fined a total of $1,100 and will lose her driver license for one year.
42 year old Sebrina Ann Lattimore entered a plea to sale or delivery of a schedule II drug and received a four year sentence all suspended to supervised probation with credit for time served. She was fined $2,000 and must make $167 restitution to the sheriff’s department.
29 year old John Lanny Nelson Jr. entered a plea to driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months, 29 days suspended to supervised probation except 48 hours to serve. He must also pay a $350 fine.
37 year old Stephen Brandon Pirtle entered a plea to driving under the influence and received a sentence of 11 months, 29 days suspended to supervised probation except 48 hours to serve. He must also pay a $350 fine.
38 year old Crystal Baker entered a plea to simple possession of schedule II & IV drugs and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days in each case to run concurrently but suspended to supervised probation.
24 year old Krisann R. Garmer entered a plea to attempting to file a false report. She was sentenced to 11 months, 29 days but received supervised judicial diversion probation.
29 year old Hope Lachenauer entered a plea to theft under $1,000 and received a sentence ot 11 months, 29 days all suspended to six months of supervised probation and six months of good behavior probation.