A McConnelsville woman that has been out on bond since August was returned to handcuffs Monday afternoon after receiving a five-year prison sentence.

Audrey Preer, 28, was arrested on April 10, 2018, following her indictment on felony charges stemming from an event over a year prior. A few months after her indictment, Preer’s bond was reduced and she began taking strides to better her life, as well as the life of her young children.

On March 29, 2017, two men were involved in an altercation that left both of them injured. The men, later identified as Bradly Grimes and Devonte Goins, were taken to the hospital that day in critical conditions as both men had been shot.

During her sentencing, Preer told Judge Kelly Cottrill that she was using illegal substances at the time the shooting occurred. On March 29, her understanding was that she and a couple of people were going to meet up in Zanesville, drive around and retrieve drugs.

Upon the group meeting up, Preer said they drove to Goins’ residence where she got out of the car and began arguing with Goins’ former girlfriend about matters irrelevant to the situation that proceeded. While the women were arguing, Grimes got out of the car and went into the house to talk to Goins, then Preer heard gunfire.

Cottrill read text messages that Preer had sent prior to the events that occurred stating she wished Goins was dead and another that read, “I will literally end your life.”

Preer apologized for her actions and told Cottrill that those messages were sent out of anger and were never a threat. She said she has turned her life around and wanted to continue living her life, clean and sober, as a good mother and wife.

“I’ve never been sober this long,” Preer said in court as she admitted she struggled with a drug problem for many years.

Cottrill said he believed Preer and her claims of being committed to sobriety but reminded her that she was involved in “very serious” actions.

As a result of those actions, Cottrill sentenced her to five years in prison.