FULL REPORT
Jutras was sentenced Monday afternoon to three years on a felonious assault charge that will run concurrently with a previous drug conviction.
He was sentenced to two years for the drug conviction, and is expected to get credit for five-and-a-half months he spent in jail.
Jutras pleaded guilty Friday to the felonious assault charge as part of a plea deal. A second felonious assault charge was dropped as part of the plea deal.
Testimony from the victim had gone on for two hours before Jutras changed his plea. He attempted to run down the woman, who he knew, in the parking lot of Walmart, 3465 York Commons Blvd., on Nov. 5, 2015, according to police.
Jutras was once named Teacher of the Year and a role model who was at the top of his profession and respected by his students. However, he let his guard down and let drugs into his life, his attorney Jose Lopez said after the sentencing.
“This is a perfect example of somebody who let drugs take over their life, and the rest of this life made no difference to him,” Lopez said. “Drugs became the most important thing in his life.”
Jutras, a former teacher at Weisenborn Junior High, was previously convicted in three separate drug cases. One of those incidents involved his Huber Heights home being raided, where police said they seized methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, mushrooms and other drugs. He also was stopped twice by Kettering police and drugs were found in his vehicle.
Jutras pleaded guilty to those cases last month and was sentenced to two years in prison.