A 24-year-old Carson City woman was sentenced Monday to pay $5,624 restitution after she admitted taking several pairs of eyeglasses and sunglasses, and used customers' names to get prescriptions for herself.
Regina Hunsaker pleaded guilty to attempted theft.
"I apologize," she said. "I know what I did was wrong. I just hope the court is willing to give me a chance."
Hunsaker's lawyer, Derrick Lopez, asked Judge Michael Gibbons to consider sentencing the charge as a misdemeanor instead of a felony.
"She does have hopes to go to medical school and a felony conviction would restrict her from doing that. She's in beauty school right now and is taking classes at Western Nevada College to get her prerequisites out of the way," Lopez said.
Gibbons told Hunsaker if she completes the terms of her five-year probation, including making full restitution, he may reduce the offense to a gross misdemeanor.
"It's not going to happen if you haven't paid the restitution," Gibbons said.
He sentenced her to three years in Nevada State Prison, suspended and ordered her to perform 100 hours of community service within 15 months and reimburse the county $250 for attorney's fees.
He set a review hearing in one year.
-- A 25-year-old Indian Hills man was sentenced to 30 days in Douglas County Jail and placed on three years probation after he admitted striking a 3-year-old girl with his pickup truck and leaving the scene.
John Tabor apologized to the parents of the 3-year-old who was slightly injured in the May 13 accident.
"If there is anything I can do for your family, I would like to do it," Tabor said. "I do construction and if there is anything I can do for your home, let me know."
According to court documents, Tabor was driving a 2002 Ford F150 pickup and struck the little girl on Basalt Drive. She suffered a scraped elbow.
Tabor pleaded guilty to attempted failure to stop at the scene of an accident with injury or death.
He told authorities he left the scene because he wasn't aware he'd struck anything.
He returned after his mother-in-law, who witnessed the accident, called him.
Tabor reportedly told deputies he drank a 40-ounce beer prior to the incident. A preliminary breath test indicated blood-alcohol content at .129. The legal limit for driving in Nevada is .08.
Tabor's lawyer, William Heckman, said his client began counseling and treatment immediately after the accident.
Prosecutor Tom Gregory said although the accident "looks so egregious on paper and is egregious," there were mitigating factors.
He said Tabor was driving 2-5 mph at the time of the accident and had been remorseful.
"I guess little babies don't leave a mark," said District Judge Dave Gamble.
"Somebody is looking out for you," he told Tabor. "We would very easily be looking at vehicular manslaughter. Collisions between pickups and babies usually don't go very well for the baby."
Gamble sentenced Tabor to four years in Nevada State Prison, which he suspended, and placed him on probation for three years.
He told Tabor to continue counseling and to abstain from drugs and alcohol. He is subject to random search and seizure and can have no contact with the victim unless her family initiates it.
Tabor must complete 80 hours of community service.
"This has got to be the world's best wakeup call," Gamble said. "You scared that little baby to death. I hope it scared you as much."
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