COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Batavia Township woman was given a sentence of between 38 months and seven years on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after she entered a no contest plea to a charge of using a computer to commit a crime.
48-year-old Linda Allen Ehle was arrested last November following a Michigan State Police investigation. InvestigatorS said at the time that she allegedly conspired with a state prison inmate to engage in child abusive activity.
Federal charges were filed in the case against former Branch County resident 41-year-old Shane Scott who was an inmate at the Ionia Correctional Facility. Authorities said letters exchanged between Ehle and Scott were intercepted. Investigators said the correspondence indicated that Scott and Ehle had conspired to sexually assault a mentally and physically disabled female.
In exchange for her no contest plea, court officials say two child abuse counts were dismissed by the prosecution.
