Ex-wife of former Austintown rehab owner ordered back to prison

A woman convicted for her part in a multi-million-dollar healthcare fraud conspiracy in 2020 is going back to prison.

U.S. District Court Judge Benita Pearson has placed 45-year-old Jennifer Sheridan of Austintown under electronically monitored house arrest, with an order to begin serving a thirty-day sentence beginning at the end of August.

Sheridan was released from federal custody and placed on supervised release after serving 21 months of a 27-month sentence for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.

Sheridan and her former husband Ryan Sheridan, who operated the former Braking Point Recovery Center in Austintown, were convicted in 2021 for allegedly billing Medicaid $48 million for drug and alcohol recovery services, much of which was not provided, not medically necessary, lacked proper documentation, or had other issues that made them ineligible for reimbursement.

After a court hearing, Judge Pearson handed the sentence down to Sheridan after determining that she failed to consistently make restitution for her crime, opened a line of credit without the court’s permission, was sentenced to three days in jail for an OVI conviction in which her blood alcohol level was .250, and used a drug not authorized by the court.

In addition to the thirty-day sentence, the judge also extended Jennifer Sheridan’s supervised release until December 15, 2025.

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