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Man going to halfway house

HANNAH KITTLE The Marietta Times Jeremy M. Self, 31, of 132 Washington St., Waterford, awaited his sentencing on Tuesday in Washington County Common Pleas Court.

A Waterford man will be one of the first residents of a planned halfway house in Washington County, as part of a court sentence he received Tuesday for possessing a loaded gun in a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Jeremy M. Self, 31, of 132 Washington St., Waterford, was sentenced to 180 days in the Washington County Jail and five years of community control for one count of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony, and one count of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a first-degree misdemeanor.

Self was found on Second Street in Marietta on Feb. 27 with a loaded Smith & Wesson semi-automatic on his person and was discovered to have a .186 BAC, according to Washington County Prosecutor Kevin Rings.

“He was down sitting in a car intoxicated with a loaded gun,” explained Rings. “We are not opposed to community control, but we do ask the court to impose a fine.”

During the sentencing, Washington County Public Defender Eric Fowler asked the court to consider the circumstances that may have driven Self to commit the offense.

“He was going through a divorce at the time,” said Fowler. “He was cooperative and admitted to the officer he had a loaded firearm; I ask you consider those things going on in his life during the event.”

Fowler added his record has been empty for several years as well.

“He hasn’t had any criminal convictions in the last 10 years,” he said.

Self declined to comment during the sentencing.

Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Ed Lane initially decided to give Self five years of community control, but instead chose to send him to the Oriana Washington County Branch Halfway House, which is scheduled to open at the beginning of March.

Lane has been working to get a halfway house in Washington County for quite some time and informed the court he had just been told that afternoon that they will be entering the construction phase and will be opening next year.

“From what I’ve been told, today, the halfway house will be open on March 1,” said Lane. “I want to get someone into that halfway house and you’re going to be the first one.”

Lane also imposed a $375 fine in addition to court costs. Self was credited with one day of time already served, reducing his remaining sentence to 179 days in jail. After he is released, he will stay at the Oriana Washington County Branch Halfway House until he completes the program.

 

About the case

¯Jeremy M. Self, 31, of 132 Washington St., Waterford, was sentenced to 180 days in the Washington County Jail and five years of community control.

¯Self was sentenced for one count of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony, and one count of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a first-degree misdemeanor.

¯He received a $375 fine and was credited with one day of time already served, reducing his sentence to 179 days in jail.

¯Upon release, he will stay at the Oriana Washington County Branch Halfway House until he completes the program.

Source: Washington County Common Pleas Court.

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