Mullins, who did not appear in court Friday, was a passenger in her car when Nicholas Reynolds, one of two 17-year old co-defendants in the alpaca beating case — whom she was ordered not to contact — crashed her car while allegedly driving under the influence. Mullins was charged through juvenile court with wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle for allegedly permitting Reynolds to drive her car without a valid license and while impaired, according to deputies. She will next appear before Romans at 10 a.m. Oct. 5.
She is awaiting trial Aug. 21 before Butler County Common Pleas Judge Patricia Oney in the alpaca case on charges of complicity to animal cruelty, complicity to breaking and entering, and complicity to tampering with evidence.
Detectives said Mullins in January drove the truck used to transport co-defendants Marucs Miller and Reynolds, and the 3-month-old alpaca, Masterpiece, from a Browns Run Road farm in Madison Twp. to an abandoned barn in Montgomery County. Masterpiece, valued at $8,000, was found beaten to death in the barn.
Although her bond was revoked after her second arrest, Oney later allowed Mullins to be placed on house arrest to care for her 2-year-old daughter, whose father is serving in Iraq.
Reynolds and Miller, now both 18, are being tried as adults. They are charged with breaking and entering, tampering with evidence, vandalism and grand theft, and a second-degree misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals. Both have dury trials set for Sept. 21.
Reynolds also faces juvenile charges of operating a vehicle while under the influence, failure to comply with a police order, resisting arrest, reckless operation, failure to control and driving under suspension.
S
taff Writer Lauren Pack contributed to this story.
About the Author
