Clermont County Municipal Court Adult Probation Department

The Municipal Court Adult Probation Department ended 2022 with many accomplishments while continuing to work to reduce recidivism, lessen the jail population and improve community safety by providing rehabilitative programs and enhanced supervision of misdemeanor offenders.

The Honorable Judge Jason E. Nagel, Administrative Judge and Tracie Sellars, Chief Probation Officer, accepted the 2022 Clifford Skeen Award for Excellence in Community Supervision for outstanding non-residential jail alternative supervision in the State of Ohio. The nomination highlighted the department’s Intensive Supervision Probation program and the success the department maintains while supervising the court’s high-risk offenders.

Chief Probation Officer Tracie Sellars, Intensive Probation Officer Amanda Beiler, Judge Jesse B. Kramig, Judge Anita M. Bechmann, Judge Jason E. Nagel, Deputy Director Jaime Lutson and Intensive Probation Officer Kori Hickman

In 2022, the OVI Court Specialized Docket program, with Honorable Judge Jesse B. Kramig presiding, held its 36th and 37th program graduations. Judge Kramig recognized the 17 graduates who entered the program with a combined total of 65 OVI convictions. Their participation in the program diverted 2,193 jail bed days, which equates to an estimated $155,106 in savings to the County.

The department utilizes electronic monitoring bracelet technologies, reporting bond and CASC as extra levels of community supervision and jail alternatives. This year, 74 offenders were ordered to serve 3,700 days on EM house arrest in lieu of jail. The utilization of reporting bond has steadily been increasing over the past 5 years; an increase of 29% from 2018 to 2022. This year, offenders served a total of 26,952 days supervised on reporting bond, saving valuable jail space. The CASC continues to provide an alternative to incarceration. 140 participants successfully completed the program serving 6,121 days in CASC. Clermont County has the only CASC program of its kind in the State of Ohio.

The Municipal Court Community Service Department is heavily relied upon by the court as a sanction of community control or an alternative to incarceration. In 2022, 11,850 hours were successfully completed. Offenders complete hours at government and non-profit agencies or on the department’s work crew program. This year our crews exceeded the numbers from years past, covering 843.9 miles of roadway, collecting 4,570 bags of trash for an approximate combined total of 91,336 pounds of litter collected. The crews also maintain the various community recycling centers throughout the county, perform work at many of our local parks, the Clermont Soil and Water Conservation District and the Thomas A. Wildey School, among others. In July 2022, the work crews provided reinforcement with storm debris cleanup after a tornado struck the Goshen area. Our crew’s assistance was much needed due to the magnitude of damage from this storm.