TROTWOOD — UPDATE @ 1:56 p.m. (Feb. 28):
A Trotwood woman accused of assaulting children with a hammer and other household items was sentenced to five years probation Wednesday.
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Josie Coleman was sentenced to five years of intensive community control sanctions, according to a Montgomery County court official.
If she violates the terms of her probation, she face a total 72 months in jail — 36 months for each count of endangering children.
A no contact order was also issued between Coleman and the children and a Children Services case was opened.
UPDATE @ 10:33 a.m. (Feb. 13):
The sentencing of a Trotwood woman accused of assaulting two children with household items — including a hammer and bug spray — has been delayed.
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Judge Barbara Gorman delayed the sentencing of Josie Coleman for two weeks because she wanted to see a report from children services first.
Coleman’s lawyer asked that she be on house arrest during those two weeks, but Gorman denied the request.
INITIAL REPORT:
A Trotwood woman accused of beating two children with household items is being sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges earlier this month.
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Josie J. Coleman, 40, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of endangering children (torture) on Feb. 1, according to Montgomery County court records.
She was accused of assaulting a 19-year-old woman with special needs and an 11-year-old with a hammer, broom, extension cord and a vacuum cleaner hose between June 1 and Oct. 1.
Coleman reportedly also sprayed one of the victims in the face with bug spray and cut one of them.
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She was indicted on two counts of felonious assault and one misdemeanor count of child endangering in October, but the charges were dropped as part of a plea deal.