Columbiana County Recorder Theresa Bosel displays emotion while speaking to the relatives of Cecil Chamberlain, 69, who was killed in a 2019 fatal crash in southern Mahoning County. Bosel on Tuesday received a 30-day house arrest, a $150 fine and two-year driver’s license suspension on a conviction for vehicular manslaughter.

CANFIELD — Columbiana County Recorder Theresa Bosel on Tuesday received a 30-day house arrest, a $150 fine and two-year driver’s license suspension on a conviction for vehicular manslaughter in a 2019 Beaver Township crash that killed a 69-year-old California man.

Judge Molly K. Johnson, who presides in Mahoning County Court No. 5, also told Bosel, 49, of state Route 154 in Lisbon, she must serve 120 hours of community service as well as pass a physical exam before being allowed behind the wheel again.

“A life was lost and no sentence will be able to compensate for that,” Johnson said during sentencing. “My job is to call it like I see it.”

Bosel had pleaded no contest last month to the charge, which was part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Johnson said she was adopting part of the plea deal agreement. The judge said she thought “long and hard” about giving Bosel a few days in jail for the misdemeanor.

“But out of concern for the COVID-19 pandemic, the defendant is to serve … 30 days on electronically monitored house arrest,” Johnson said.

The fatal accident occurred just after 11 a.m. Aug. 18, 2019, on Western Reserve Road.

Bosel was driving on the two-lane road in Mahoning County when her Jeep Wrangler went left of center, striking a GMC Terrain and then the Ford Fusion driven by Cecil Chamberlain, 69, formerly of Salem, who died from his injuries.

Chamberlain’s wife, Roberta, was treated for injuries at a local hospital.

Neither Bosel, the driver of the Terrain or a passenger in the Terrain were injured.

In an emotional sentencing hearing, Bosel told Roberta and her daughter Abbey Broch, that she was “terribly sorry” for the accident. The Chamberlain family members, living in California, were hooked into the courtroom by a Zoom video app.

“I see Cecil’s face every time I close my eyes,” Bosel said, fighting back tears. “This was all my fault.”

According to the accident report, Bosel had multiple prescriptions she takes as needed for pain related to her medical conditions, and she last took medication at 6 a.m. that day. Attorney Greg Rossi, representing the Chamberlain family, told the judge she was driving even though a doctor told her not to drive for at least eight hours after taking the medication.

Bosel passed field sobriety tests administered at the scene by a state trooper. Johnson acknowledged the fact by saying she was charged with vehicular manslaughter, “which is a fancy way of saying it was an accident.”

Five Chamberlain family members submitted victim’s impact statements to the court, and Rossi admitted they wanted to see some jail time for Bosel.

“A life was lost and no sentence will be enough to compensate for that,” Johnson said.

Bosel had two relatives deliver impact statements for her — cousin Adam Newbald and her daughter, Hannah Dewalt. Both pointed out Bosel’s public service record that included 15 years in law enforcement.

Bosel was up for re-election this year, but her candidacy petitions were invalidated after the county elections board determined she had filled them out improperly.