LISBON — The resentencing of a woman charged with escape, car theft and felonious assault in Lisbon in 2023 has been reset for 9 a.m. Aug. 1 after her appeal and motion for reconsideration, both to the Ohio Supreme Court, were denied recently.

Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam scheduled the new date for resentencing of Ashley Croley, 39, Youngstown, noting that the Ohio Supreme Court declined to grant her a discretionary appeal and also denied her request for reconsideration.

As a result, he indicated it was time for the resentencing. Croley will appear from prison remotely through a video connection, with defense attorney James Wise to represent her.

Croley had her case remanded back to Common Pleas Court for resentencing after the 7th District Court of Appeals ruled the trial court miscalculated the maximum sentence, saying the maximum sentence should have been 11 years, not 12 years. The case had already been set for resentencing, but was continued in January due to the appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court.

Previously, Washam sentenced Croley to 24 months for third-degree felony escape, 12 months for fourth-degree felony grand theft of a motor vehicle and six years for the felonious assault, a second-degree felony, with the first two counts to be served concurrently (at the same time), but consecutive to the felonious assault charge, for a total of eight years. A third-degree felony vehicular assault charge was merged with the felonious assault for sentencing.

According to law, the felonious assault charge is a second-degree felony and falls under requirements for an indefinite term which call for a maximum term that is half of the minimum plus the minimum. In this case, there were also consecutive terms, so the number of years added to the minimum is added to the grand total.

The sentence for the felonious assault should have added three years to the grand total for a maximum of 11 years: two years plus the six years plus three years.

On the sentencing judgment entry, the maximum was listed as 12 years, which the appellate court said did not comply with sentencing law.

The charges against Croley stemmed from an incident Aug. 5, 2023 when she was serving some time at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center, a community-based facility for women, located in Lisbon, for a probation violation and climbed the fence and escaped.

She ended up in the East of Chicago Pizza restaurant parking lot on Market Street, just up from the EOCC and was in the process of stealing a car in the parking lot when the owner came outside, ran over and tried to stop her from stealing the car. Croley put the car in reverse, causing the owner to get caught in the door, then she ran over his foot. She left the county in the car, but was later caught.