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A 4th degree felony

FREDDIE SMITH'S SENTENCING HEARING SET FOR FEBRUARY 18...

Today was Freddie Smith's plea to information hearing in Ohio. As per the November 19 Star Beacon article, the prosecutor stated: "If a plea is entered on that date, Judge Yost would sentence Mr. Smith at a subsequent sentencing hearing after a pre-sentence investigation." That sentencing hearing has been set for February 18.

Any idea what he could be facing

Well, I wish him good luck. I bet he'll be able to plead that felony down to a misdemeanor. Maybe it will be a suspended sentence.

FREDDIE SMITH PLEADS GUILTY...ADMITS TO FALLING ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING...WILL BE SENTENCED ON FEBRUARY 18:

http://www.starbeacon.com/news/soap-star-pleads-guilty/article_abd2a2b6-8012-11e4-b851-6f2ddfe4ebdd.html

JEFFERSON — Soap opera star Freddie Smith will be sentenced Feb. 18 after pleading guilty Tuesday in Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court.

Smith, 26, of Los Angeles, Calif., pleaded guilty to vehicular assault, a fourth-degree felony, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a first-degree misdemeanor. All charges are related to his Oct. 7 car crash in Kingsville Township.

He is facing zero to 24 months in jail and driver’s license suspension, Ashtabula County Prosecutor Nicholas Iarocci said.

When Common Pleas Judge Gary Yost asked Smith what happened, Smith said he was driving to his parent’s home in Ashtabula on Oct. 7 and fell asleep at the wheel because he had been drinking.

“I went off to the left, injuring my girlfriend, as well as myself,” he said.

A native of Ashtabula, Smith, flanked by his attorney, Thomas Simon of Ashtabula, pleaded to information — a legal move in Ohio that bypasses the grand jury process and the case goes directly to court.

Yost told Smith that “it appears you have been candid about what occurred (on Oct. 7).”

Yost ordered a pre-sentence investigation, and scheduled the actual sentencing for 1 p.m. Feb. 18. Smith remains free on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.

Smith’s blood alcohol test result was .093, when the legal limit in Ohio is .08, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol reports.

His girlfriend, actress Alyssa Tabit, 27, of North Hollywood, Calif., was seriously injured in the crash, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. She is recovering from her injuries.

The couple was in town for a wedding.

OHP troopers said Smith’s Mazda 6 crossed the center line at about 12:40 a.m. Oct. 7, traveled to the left side of Route 84 and hit a culvert, causing the vehicle to flip end over end.

Smith plays the part of Sonny Kiriakis on the daytime soap opera, “Days of Our Lives.”

Scott Taylor @ScottTaylor19 · 3h 3 hours ago

TV Soap Star Freddie Smith just sentenced to Community Service & DUI School for vehicular assault & DUI in December.

#Days @freddiemsmith is now under 2 years of Community Control. If he violates any laws he will have to serve a 12 month jail sentence.

#Days @freddiemsmith sentenced to 3 days in jail for DUI but that is suspended if he completes DUI School in Ohio.

@freddiemsmith also has to speak to kids at each High School in Ashtabula County, Ohio about dangers of driving drunk. #Days

@freddiemsmith tells me that his Fiancé @AlyssaTabit is doing very well. She wrote a letter of support to the Judge about Freddie. #Days

Prosecutors recommended Community Control & Drivers License Suspension for @freddiemsmith & the Judge agreed. #Days

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Living in L.A. is going to be a bitch.

Not so bad with that shooting schedule. He will have to use his dark weeks.

Told yall he'd get a slap on the wrist.

It's not even a slap on the wrist -- it's a pretty standard sentence for such an offense. There are far better uses of our already-strained public resources than paying to jail someone who got a DUI.

With any luck, he'll learn from this and not do it again. If he doesn't, then he deserves a more severe punishment.