Pubdate: Sun, 25 Sep 2005
Source: Pantagraph, The  (IL)
Copyright: 2005 The Pantagraph
Contact:  http://www.pantagraph.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/643
Author: Connie Seastedt
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/meth.htm (Methamphetamine)

FORMER LINCOLN COP'S DAUGHTER PLEADS GUILTY

LINCOLN -- A former cop's daughter pleaded guilty Thursday to the 
charge of conspiring with her mother, former Lincoln police Cpl. 
Diana Short, to produce methamphetamine as a means of raising $75,000 
in bond money for Short's release.

Brianna D. Strohl, 24, of Lincoln was sentenced Thursday to 48 months 
probation and 180 days in jail after her guilty plea to Logan County 
Circuit Judge David Coogan.

According to court records, Strohl pleaded guilty to criminal drug 
conspiracy, a Class II felony, which allows up to seven years in prison.

As part of her plea agreement, Logan County State's Attorney Tim 
Huyett agreed to dismiss a Class X conspiracy charge and unlawful 
possession of meth manufacturing chemicals, a Class I felony.

Along with her time on probation and 180 days in jail, she was 
credited for being jailed the past 53 days but must pay certain fees, 
including court costs, a $100 lab fee and a $2,000 mandatory assessment.

On Sept. 8, Short, 46, reached a plea agreement with Huyett that will 
result in dismissal of seven drug related charges, by pleading guilty 
to unlawful criminal drug conspiracy, unlawful manufacture of 
marijuana with intent to deliver, official misconduct and two counts 
of possession of illegal firearms.

Short and her husband, John Short, 41, were arrested in a raid of 
their North Hamilton Street home last December. Police found 25 
marijuana plants and psilocybin spores capable of producing 
hallucinogenic mushrooms.

John Short pleaded guilty Aug. 4 to drug charges relating to the raid 
and was sentenced to six years in prison, along with a total of 
$4,000 in assessments plus court costs, according to court records.

Short faces up to 37 years in prison when she is sentenced Oct. 6.
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