CLEARFIELD – A DuBois woman pleaded guilty to giving beer to minors in Clearfield County Court Tuesday.
Stephanie Marie Fultz, 32, currently an inmate of state prison, pleaded guilty before President Judge Fredric J. Ammerman to corruption of minors and furnishing liquor to minors.
Ammerman sentenced her to six months to three years in state prison and one year probation. This sentence will run concurrent with a sentence of 18 months to three years in state prison that she received for a probation violation in November from Jefferson County Court.
Prior to sentencing, her attorney, Curtis Irwin, asked the judge for a concurrent sentence. He explained her probation violation sentence was based on these latest charges.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, police were investigating a report of a theft by Fultz when they arrived at her apartment on Aug. 7. Her apartment door was open and after announcing themselves as police officers, they saw Fultz and a male appear out of a room to the left of the stairs. Fultz emitted a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage and was holding a can of beer.
Upon entering, the officers also made contact with two other juvenile males. A case of beer was on the living room floor and multiple empty cans were on the floor, tables and in the kitchen sink. Both males were asked how much they had to drink. All three males admitted they had consumed some of the beer.
One of the males provided a written statement to police on Aug. 9 advising Fultz had provided the alcohol for them. He said she called him into the restroom at one point during the night. When he opened the door, she had her pants completely down, fully exposing herself to him. He left the bathroom and she approached him saying “no, it’s OK.” She then hugged him and stated “I don’t care if you’re 15, just don’t get me for rape.”
The day following the incident he received numerous calls from Fultz. When he answered she offered to pay him two different amounts of money, $400 and then $800 to withhold information from police. She wanted him to say he was already drunk when he arrived at her apartment.
Another of the males provided a statement saying that she purchased and supplied the beer. He said he also knew that Fultz had offered the other male money to withhold information.
Originally Fultz was charged with a felony count of intimidation of witness, a felony count of corruption of minors, indecent exposure, two misdemeanor counts of corruption of minors and three counts of sell or furnishing malt or brewed beverages to minors. After a preliminary hearing, the felony count of corruption of minors and the indecent exposure charges were dismissed.