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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Girl scout leader who stole cookie money is sentenced to 30 days in jail
DAYTON — A former Girl Scout leader convicted of stealing $28,000 in cookie money was sentenced Monday, May 18, to 30 days in the Montgomery County Jail.
Common Pleas Judge Connie S. Price ordered Tamara Jo Ward to make full restitution to Girl Scout Troop 2162 and placed her on five years probation.
Ward, 45, of Union, pleaded guilty in April to a single count of grand theft of more than $5,000, a fourth-degree felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison. The charge was the sole count in her indictment.
“Sadly, rather than being a role model to these girls, she betrayed them and stole their cookie money,” said county Prosecutor Mathias H. Heck Jr. “This type of outrageous, selfish behavior is despicable.”
Detectives arrested Ward on July 21 when she came to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Harrison Twp. offices to be interviewed.
Ward started Troop 2162 in 2000 and was the leader until the troop was dissolved in 2007. During that time, she had access to the bank account the troop used to deposit cookie funds, Heck said.
That money was to be used for the troop’s recreational activities, but Ward got a debit card, and during a five-year-period, spent the money on vacations, personal expenses, utility payments and groceries, Heck said.
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Grand jury indicts suspect believed shot by officer
DAYTON — A New Lebanon man believed to have been shot by an off-duty Englewood police officer has been indicted on several felony counts.
A Montgomery County grand jury on Tuesday, May 19, indiced Sean T. Rich, 31, on five counts of aggravated robbery, plus single counts of felonious assault and tampering with evidence. All but the tampering charge include firearms specifications, which would add an automatic three years to any prison sentence.
Police believe Officer Richard “Chip” Ridgway shot Rich on May 6 after he entered Ridgway Prescriptions, 3101 E. Third St., about 1:30 p.m. and demanded Oxycontin, police said.
Ridgway was off duty, working at the pharmacy owned by his family. Ridgway walked in after taking out the trash, when Rich fired and Ridgway fired back. Ridgway then chased Rich, according to Dayton police.
Rich showed up at an area hospital shortly after the incident with a gunshot wound to the neck. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, notified by the hospital that a gunshot victim had arrived, determined the victim could be involved in the robbery attempt, police said.
Detectives later found evidence at Rich’s residence related to the attempted robbery, police said.
