VINTONDALE WOMAN SENTENCED ON TUESDAY IN DRUG CASE

A woman from Vintondale was sentenced in Indiana County Court on Tuesday for a guilty plea to a drug-related offense.

31-year-old Santana Crusan was ordered to serve three months to a day less than two years in Indiana County Jail along with one year of probation for a guilty plea to a charge of possessing a precursor substance with the intent to manufacture.  The charge was connected to an investigation into the manufacture of methamphetamine on October 30^th of 2020 at a home in East Wheatfield Township.  Police at the time said they found several items consistent with the clandestine manufacture of methamphetamine, and they also said three children were present when the drugs were being made.  On July 1^st of this year, Crusan pleaded guilty to the charge she was sentenced to, with 12 other counts not prosecuted.

Meanwhile, her co-defendant, 43-year-old Christopher Lee Falcone, also pleaded guilty to the same charge.  His sentencing hearing is set for September 27^th.

Also sentenced yesterday was 34-year-old Jonathan Green of Indiana, who was sentenced on multiple cases of theft, retail theft and theft by deception.  He was ordered to pay court costs and fines, and his probation was revoked.  After serving six to 12 months in Indiana County Jail, Green will serve two years of probation.