225 Court Street, 1st Floor, Lorain County Justice Center, Elyria, OH 44035

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General Eligibility for Lorain County Recovery Court (LCRC): - The defendant is not currently charged with and has not been convicted of a violent felony. - The defendant is not currently charged with and has not been convicted of a sex-related crime. - The defendant is not currently charged with and has not been convicted of drug trafficking. - The defendant is not currently charged with and has not been convicted of a felony of the first degree. - The defendant lives within the jurisdiction of the Lorain County Adult Probation Department. - The current offense is eligible for a Court Community Service (CCS), or the Defendant has been sentenced to a CCS, including defendant’s who have been judicially released. Visit the website for more information. Felonies must be a lower level offense of either the 4th or 5th degree. The offense cannot be drug trafficking if the felony level is of the 4th degree or higher, nor can it be an offense of violence or a sexually oriented offense. Opiate addiction must be a substantial factor in committing the criminal offense. TRACK 1: INTERVENTION ELIGIBLE (Charge(s) dismissed upon successful completion of the program). ALL of the following must apply to be eligible for “intervention track.”: - The individual's drug or alcohol usage was a factor leading to the criminal offense with which the offender is charged. - The offender previously has not been convicted of or plead guilty to a violent felony, previously has not been through intervention in lieu of conviction or any similar regimen, and the offender meets all eligibility requirements of Ohio Revised Code (O.R.C.) 2951.041. (An offender with a prior felony conviction, excluding felony offenses of violence, may be recommended by the prosecutor for eligibility.) TRACK 2: POST-CONVICTION ANY of following apply to the Defendant: - The offender’s current charge meets the requirements of O.R.C. 2951.041, but the offender has previously been through intervention in lieu of conviction, OR - The offender’s current charge meets the requirements of O.R.C. 2951.041, the offender has less than three (3) prior felony convictions, and none of the prior felony convictions make the offender ineligible under O.R.C. 2951.041 or the General Ineligibility Factors listed above. (They are eligible under this track even if the prosecutor does not recommend that the offender be found eligible for the intervention track) OR - The defendant has been convicted of a felony, the defendant is currently serving a community control sentence (CCS) and does not have any pending violations of CCS, the defendant has less than three (3) prior felony convictions, and NONE of the felony convictions are charges that exclude them from the Program under the General Ineligibility Factors listed above or are felonies of the first or second degree.

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Lorain County, Ohio