Friday, September 10, 1999
Pregnant woman sentenced to prison
Role in drug ring results in 5 years
BY SHEILA McLAUGHLIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Sheila Neuhausser, convicted with her ex-husband in one of Warren County's largest drug rings, will give birth to her first child while she spends a five-year prison sentence.
Appearing in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, Ms. Neuhausser asked Judge S. Arthur Speigel to consider her pregnancy when he passed sentence.
“I want to raise this child to the utmost of my abilities and with the highest morals,” she said.
Judge Speigel said he instead based the prison term on Ms. Neuhausser's agreement to cooperate with prosecutors. Ms. Neuhausser's sentence was far less than that of her ex-husband, who received 30 years in prison.
Ms. Neuhausser's lawyer, Tom Miller, said he has appealed the conviction and will attempt to keep Ms. Neuhausser free until the case is decided by a higher court.
Otherwise, she was ordered to report to prison at noon Oct. 12. Judge Speigel said he would recommend a prison with facilities to care for pregnant inmates so Ms. Neuhausser can receive prenatal care, as well as counseling in parenting skills and alcohol dependency.
Randall and Sheila Neuhausser were among six people arrested in spring 1998 after a yearlong investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Both were convicted last October of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana. Ms. Neuhausser faced an additional charge of transporting drugs to Florida.
Officials say before the DEA broke up the ring, it moved as much as 720 kilos of cocaine and 3 tons of marijuana to the region since 1993.
Dressed in a blue jumper and visibly pregnant, Ms. Neuhausser stood before Judge Speigel and said she accepted responsibility for her role.
She blamed some of her problems on Mr. Neuhausser.
“I know I made some wrong decisions,” Ms. Neuhausser said. “First of all, my association with Randall Neuhausser obviously was a real wrong decision.”
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