Hailey Gillott

LOCK HAVEN — Hailey Gillott, 21, of East Bald Eagle Street, Lock Haven, was sentenced Tuesday morning by Clinton County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Craig P. Miller on seven separate criminal cases.

Miller imposed an aggregate maximum sentence of incarceration in a State Correctional Institution of 14 years, with parole eligibility after 54 months, according to a release from District Attorney Dave Strouse’s office via Crimewatch. The most serious of the charges included aggravated assault of an unborn child, a felony of the first degree, and intimidation of witnesses, a felony of the third degree.

According to the release, Gillott also was sentenced on one count each of animal neglect, a misdemeanor of the second degree; terroristic threats, a misdemeanor of the first degree; false reports to law enforcement, a misdemeanor of the second degree; theft, a misdemeanor of the third degree; and criminal trespass, a misdemeanor of the third degree.

Gillott assaulted a 19-year-old pregnant woman in Hoberman Park in Lock Haven in April of this year, the release said. Two additional arrests were also made in connection to the attack, both juvenile females who were alleged to be co-conspirators in the attack with Gillott. The juvenile cases were both processed through the Juvenile Division of the Court.

At sentencing on Tuesday, President Judge Miller commented on the heinous nature of the crime committed by Gillott, and referenced reports from Lock Haven City Police that they had responded to at least 39 separate calls involving Gillott over the year preceding her arrest, the release said.

The release said police described Gillott as a violent, compulsive liar and asked the court to impose a long prison sentence.

Defense counsel, Attorney Timothy Reitz, asked the court to impose a 3-6 year sentence, the minimum sentence she could receive pursuant to Pennsylvania Sentencing Guidelines, the release said.

Reitz described Gillott as a changed person since her arrest and incarceration in April, and citing her history of childhood trauma as a major factor in her crimes.

District Attorney Dave Strouse called Gillott’s assault on an unborn child a “vicious and violent attack” for which he said there was no justification or excuse.

Strouse described Gillott as having a belief that she was somehow above the law. He added that Gillott, even at sentencing, has never offered any semblance of an apology to the victims in her cases, the release said.

Strouse asked the court to impose a maximum sentence of 20 years, with parole eligibility after 54 months, and commented that he had significant doubts that Gillott would ever be paroled in light of her attitude and history of violent behavior, according to the release.