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Monday, July 20, 2009
Former drug fugitive’s girlfriend gets probation
XENIA — The girlfriend of a former drug fugitive, who took his own life after being caught, will serve no jail time for her role in their drug operation selling marijuana and cocaine in Yellow Springs.
Chelsie D. Hornsburger, 21, received five years probation and a 10 year suspended prison sentence in exchange for testimony against other members of the drug ring and a guilty plea to two counts of money laundering. “We asked for community control and the reason for community control is she agreed to testify as necessary against codefendants,” said Suzanne Schmidt, first assistant Greene County prosecutor.
Hornsburger was arrested in May 2008 when police raided several Columbus-area homes owned by Umoja Iddi Bakari a Yellow Springs native police say was the head of a drug ring importing cocaine and marijuana from Columbus to Yellow Springs. He fled Columbus before the police raid and was later caught near Atlanta. He hung himself in a Georgia jail before he was able to be extradited to Ohio.
Charges are still pending against two other members of Bakari’s group. His widow, Bekelech M. Asefa, 26, of Canal Winchester, Ohio near Columbus, faces 20 felony counts including racketeering and money laundering. Robert McDonald Jr, a former Greene County resident, was arrested in Georgia earlier this year and is in the county jail awaiting indictment on felony charges.
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