4/24/19 – 6:51 A.M.
A Fostoria woman will spend four years in prison for a sex crime conviction. 45-year-old Tanya Smith received her sentence Tuesday. She pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery in March.
The grand jury originally indicted Smith on five counts of sexual battery in connection with incidents that happened in 2015 and 2016. The victim in the case was a teenage boy.
Smith’s lawyer lobbied for Smith to receive a lighter sentence. He said Smith had kids and a husband at home who needed her. Judge Steve Shuff said other recent sexual-battery cases in his courtroom brought prison terms as well.