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FORMER TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE ESCAPES JAIL TIME

(Eaton, OH)--A former township trustee in Preble County escaped jail time after being convicted of making a video recording of a young girl in a bathroom.  Wade Guthrie pled guilty last month to voyeurism and tampering with evidence as part of a plea deal.  Monday, Guthrie was sentenced to five years of community control, or probation, and was ordered to receive counseling.  He will also have to register as a sex offender for the next 15 years.  Guthrie was a Gasper Township Trustee at the time of his arrest last year.