A former athletic trainer at Clay High School convicted of having sex with a student was granted an early release from prison today with some conditions.
Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Gary Cook granted Melinda Rober’s motion for judicial release but placed her on community control for three years and ordered that she serve 45 days in the Lucas County Work Release Program followed by 45 days on electronic monitoring.
In 2014, Rober, 38, pleaded no contest and was found guilty of two counts of sexual battery for engaging in oral sex with a 17-year-old boy in the school’s football locker room on two occasions between December, 2011 and May 31, 2012.
She also admitted to having sex with the same young man at his home in Oregon between Sept. 1, 2012 and Oct. 31, 2012.
Judge Cook sentenced Rober to a year in prison, but her sentence was later put on hold by Ohio’s 6th District Court of Appeals while it considered her appeal. Her appeal ultimately was denied and she was returned to prison.
Her attorney Stephen Hartman said Rober had served more than half of her sentence and had a job waiting for her.
“I’m very pleased that the judge saw fit to do this,” he said. “She was disappointed she can’t go right home to her kids, but she understands why he imposed some community control sanctions. Under the circumstances, I think it’s reasonable.”
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