Man who caused school lockdown gets jail time

by Amber Gillenwater agillenwater@civitasmedia.com Gallipolis Daily Tribune

GALLIPOLIS A Gallia County man who had fled officers attempting to serve him with an arrest warrant late last month for probation violations, was sentenced to prison on Monday in the Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

David L. McCormick, 39, Gallipolis, was sentenced to serve a total of 17 months of imprisonment in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction after his community control was revoked.

McCormick, who was arrested on May 2 by a Gallia County Sheriffs Deputies, fled from officers who approached his Green Terrace Court residence in Centenary earlier that week and subsequently was the cause of a lockdown at nearby Green Elementary School and Gallia Academy School.

McCormick reportedly fled on foot into the woods located opposite of the trailer court at approximately 9:30 a.m. on April 29.

Both schools were contacted by authorities as a precaution and were locked down until 10:45 a.m. that morning.

McCormick remained at large until his arrest on the morning of May 2 by deputies who were able to make contact with the suspect and take him into custody.

The defendant was initially charged in this case with one count of felony theft by deception after he reportedly stole $9,000 from the victim in October 2009.

According to the police report, McCormick had agreed to perform some work for the victim including a roof replacement and siding replacement on the victims residence. However, after providing money to the defendant for materials needed for the work, the victim reported that he never saw or heard from McCormick again.

A indictment against McCormick was later filed against McCormick in December 2009, and, the following August, the defendant entered a guilty plea to a fourth-degree felony theft charge and was subsequently sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $9,000 to the victim.

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