Guilty pleas to robberies
Chesterhill man faces 17 years in prisonBy Brad Bauer, bbauer@mariettatimes.com
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Accused of July 23 strong-armed robberies of the Par Mar Store at the intersection Ohio 339 and 550 in Barlow and the Corner Store in Bartlett.
Arrested Aug. 21 after leading authorities on a chase from Bartlett to Athens.
Indicted Aug. 27 on charges of robbery, kidnapping and abduction.
Pleaded guilty Tuesday.
Sentencing set for 8:15 a.m. Nov. 20.
A Chesterhill man is left facing 17 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to robbing two Washington County convenience stores.
The plea deal still leaves Anthony R. Nichols II, 27, with pending felony charges in Morgan and Muskingum counties, where he is accused of fleeing and eluding and armed robbery, respectively.
Washington County Prosecutor Jim Schneider said in exchange for Nichols' guilty plea he agreed to dismiss a kidnapping charge and to not pursue a fleeing and eluding charge that stemmed from an incident leading to the man's arrest.
Nichols was arrested Aug. 21 after leading authorities on a chase from Bartlett to Athens in a vehicle driven by his girlfriend, Chelsea Romska, 20, of Marietta. Police said Nichols forced the woman's foot down on the vehicle's accelerator and threatened her life if she did not elude police. The chase ended with a crash and a brief foot pursuit.
Nichols is set to be sentenced at 8:15 a.m. Nov. 20 by Washington County Common Pleas Judge Ed Lane.
Schneider said charges are still pending against Romska.
"We agreed to dismiss kidnapping. From the onset, she didn't want us to charge him with kidnapping, but she also wanted us not to charge her with aiding and abetting (a wanted felon)," Schneider said. "We have no agreement not to charge her, but I'm not sure if the sheriff's office wants to pursue charges. The last I spoke with them they had a 'lets wait and see what happens' feeling about it."
Nichols eluded police for nearly a month after he was wanted in connection with the July 23 strong-arm robbery of convenience stores in Barlow and Bartlett.
Schneider said Nichols is also wanted in connection with an armed robbery of a convenience store in Zanesville in late July.
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BoondockDiva
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10-17-09 10:43 PM
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TruePatriot... I'm sorry if was rude but I was frist shocked at Anthony's actions and then disappointed but he is still first and foremost a friend, so i got a bit defensive. Like I said before his actions were deplorable and can never be excused. I just hope he is helped while he is inside. It's just easier to crucify someone when you don't know them.
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BoondockDiva
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10-17-09 10:38 PM
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"Preservation of the Races" is a copout. America is the melting pot of the world. How can you expect all different races to live here and not mix? It's idiocy to expect any different. But I do agree that there are some very nice people that come out of the Chesterhill area. Every city has its good and bad. unfortunately the only publicity you can get is when the bad surfaces.
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alchemy
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10-15-09 9:42 PM
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All this talk about chesterhill and race. Im a racist because I believe in preservation of the races and Im against race mixing but the blacks in chesterhill are better, more sensible, and kinder than most of the whites in morgan county and even washington county as far as Im concerned
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TruePatriot
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10-15-09 4:06 PM
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Sorry if I hit a nerve BoondockDiva. I agree with you that change has to come from the local government. I have no designs on public office although I agree with you that we need a new kind of leadership at the local, state and national level. For several years I have watched the incidence of crime in this area rise and I am tired of watching felons, drug dealers and assorted other criminals get light sentences. I don't want to pick up the paper and read about the same individuals who commit petty crimes over and over again with little or no real consequences. Sadly, none of this will change until the public quits buying into excuses for the criminals' behavior and quits trying to reform criminals based on a liberal agenda. The only way to stop crime is to educate our kids about right and wrong and take a stand as a society; to make sure that would-be-criminals understand that the consequenses for their acts are swift, certain and severe.
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BoondockDiva
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10-15-09 3:28 PM
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fix what is wrong with this city, I left the fix out. Maybe you should run for POTUS to then everyone came stop complaining about the Messiah they voted into office, but he can keep his Nobel Peace Prize as a parting gift.
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BoondockDiva
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10-15-09 3:25 PM
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Everyone cries for the same thing everytime, then when that individual is paroled and "rehabilitated" according to the prison system then comes of the probationary period, tries to change and lead a better life for themselves they are still made examples of. This will never go away for him, he will pay for the rest of his life just like you want him to, so you will have nothing to worry about. He will be 100 times more likely to be pulled in for questioning for petty crimes just because of his record. When he is older he will be haunted by what he did in the past, so he will pay for the rest of his life, not to mention some form of restitution, which will never fix or erase what he has done, but that is dictated by the court system. If you don't like the result run for office and what is wrong with this city, we're always up for new ideas. While we're at it maybe we should just execute everyone ever convicted of a crime, that would save space and we wouldn't need prisons.
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TruePatriot
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10-15-09 12:19 PM
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Ted Bundy was polite and respectful, active in his church, involved with a local boy scout troop and volunteered for a suicide prevention hotline. He also killed at least 26 young women. He was a predator. The fact that Anthony is polite and respectful to you does not mean that he said please when he took the money from those cash registers or when he threatened to kill his girlfriend. Nice guys just don't do that kind of thing. Predators do. Punks do. Scum does. He didn't just make a bad choice. He crossed a line between himself and the rest of society when he: robbed a convenience store, robbed another convenience store, led police on a high speed chase, threatened to kill his girlfriend, Oh yeah, I forgot he was also suspected in an armed robbery around Zanesville. Sounds like a real decent sort of fellow. I hope they make an example of him.
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BoondockDiva
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10-15-09 11:08 AM
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You are right Donnabug. Although I did not know Anthony very well he was always respectful and a gentlemen. He always looked out for me and often stepped in to keep me out of harms way. From what I heard, which can never be taken for more than what it is, rumor, Anthony had started using drugs again after he had been doing so well in staying clean. I am not defending his actions in any way, but it is hard to demand for a cruxifiction when I've spent time with him. He's going to put away they are not going to let him walk out tomorrow. I'm just confused as to why he did this? He did not need the money.
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Donnabug
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10-15-09 9:34 AM
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I just wanted to say in Anthony's defense that I have known him from the time he was a very small child and to this day you would never want to meet a more respectful young man. I don't know what happened to make him decide to do this but I just wanted to let folks know that he is not scum , he just made a very bad decision. Anthony has not been a predator and he has not spent his life terroizing the community. I don't know why folks label Cutler and Chesterhill people because there is no better place to live. There is lots of good folks in both of these towns.
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TruePatriot
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10-14-09 10:13 PM
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I don't think race has anything to do with the labels that I use which are criminal, predator, punk and yes even scum. Good guys don't rob convenience stores and threaten to kill girlfriends. I seriously doubt that Anthony woke up one day and decided to go commit armed robbery. I would bet that Anthony had a lot of smaller offenses leading up to this time and either wasn't caught or was given a slap on the wrist for his offenses. Either way he is a predator and needs removed from society.
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BoondockDiva
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10-14-09 6:50 PM
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yes he is still a criminal, but it seemed to me that everyone was more interested in labeling him such just because of race. I hope he is rehabilitated if that is even truly possible. I'm sorry if I came off as a B*#*!
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rocker
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10-14-09 6:14 PM
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BoondockDiva, I don't really care what race he is. He's still a criminal and your right he did make a bad decision. He will probably be up for parole in 5 years.
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BoondockDiva
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10-14-09 3:41 PM
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unless you know the geneology of every single family in cutler maybe it's wise to think before you speak. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being mixed race, black and indian or white and indian, I am white and indian so just because i'm indian does that make me a bad person too. What are the only rational people that commit no crimes white? and if you think that maybe you should read the article of the student from Marietta College who stabbed a man. No race is perfect so yes your comment is racist. And his name is Anthony not Cutler Indian. I am not condoning what Anthony did but he is not scum he made a very bad decision and will pay for that crime as dictated by a jury of his peers. He will pay for this crime for the rest of his life. By the way is your house made of glass?
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armybrat
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10-14-09 1:29 PM
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TheGuyNextDoor, what is your definition of a Cutler indian?
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cutlermom
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10-14-09 12:30 PM
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To TheGuyNextDoor: I'm from Cutler (so guess I'm another fine example of a Cutler Indian) but I think I read the same article you did, and I don't see Cutler mentioned anywhere in this article?
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TruePatriot
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10-14-09 12:28 PM
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This criminal exemplifies everything that is wrong with the punks and low life predators that are terrorizing this community. I say make an example of him and make it public. The court should sell tickets to the sentencing hearing.
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