2 Sidney residents sentenced to 18 months in prison
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY – Two Sidney residents were sentenced to 18 months in prison in Shelby County Common Pleas Court as a result of probation violations.
Judge James F. Stevenson sentenced Philip S. Campbell, 37, of Sidney, to 18 months in prison on a probation violation stemming from a charge of aggravated assault, a fourth degree felony. Campbell was granted credit for four days served in jail.
Additionally, Campbell was sentenced to 180 days on an amended charge of domestic violence, a first degree misdemeanor. He previously was charged with a fourth degree felony count of domestic violence but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge on March 22.
Man sentenced to prison in counterfeiting case
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY – A Sidney man will spend at least seven years in prison in a case centered on counterfeit checks.
Jamie A. Elliott, 39, was sentenced Feb. 26 to seven to 10.5 years at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 4 to engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a second degree felony. As part of his plea deal, charges of tampering with evidence, a third degree felony, and possessing criminal tools, a fifth degree felony, were dropped.
Elliott reportedly was involved in an enterprise that engaged in producing and disseminating counterfeit checks from August 2019 through August 2020.