Marissa Soehren, who is facing drug charges, may go to trial since a plea agreement was not reached by her pretrial conference at the Stark County Courthouse Tuesday.
"I guess my (plea) offer is not acceptable so I think we're at the stage where we're just going to set it for trial," Stark County State's Attorney Tom Henning said.
Soehren, Dickinson, is charged with two counts of delivering a controlled substance. She is accused of delivering 20 pills of Suboxone, a prescription drug, to a confidential informant for $400 twice in May, according to her criminal complaint.
She was arrested along with 17 others during a Stark County drug bust in July.
A confidential informant who allegedly witnessed much of the activity leading to the arrests, including allegations against Soehren, was missing for several months. However, he was recently located.
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At least three of the 17 defendants' charges were dismissed because of the informant's absence, since his testimony was needed as evidence.
However, Henning said he may recharge in those cases.
Though many trials are often held within a month of a pretrial conference, Soehren's attorney, Kevin McCabe, asked Judge H. Patrick Weir if he could have extra time. McCabe said he needed more time to get depositions from witnesses.
Weir agreed, but said further extensions would not be granted. A trial date has not been scheduled.
After the hearing, McCabe said it's still possible a plea agreement could be negotiated.
Three others who were arrested as part of the bust -- Samantha Entze, Jared Dillon and Rebecca Olheiser -- were scheduled to go to trial today.
However, Olheiser passed away recently in what police say does not appear to be a suspicious death.
Entze's and Dillon's trial dates will also be postponed because the informant was missing, Henning said.
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"I asked for a continuance in those cases last week because of the fact that I had just gotten a (confidential informant) back," he said.
Entze faces three charges for allegedly delivering MDMA, which is also known as ecstasy. She faces another charge for allegedly conspiring to deliver ecstasy and a fourth charge for allegedly delivering prescription pills, according to court records.
All of her charges are Class A felonies.
Dillon is charged for allegedly delivering methamphetamine, a Class A felony.
