YOUNGSTOWN - A woman convicted for her part in a multi-million-dollar healthcare fraud conspiracy in 2020 started the holiday weekend in jail.

Jennifer Sheridan, 45, of Austintown turned herself in at the Mahoning County jail on Friday to serve a 30-day sentence ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Benita Pearson for violating the terms of her supervised release.

Sheridan was released from federal custody on April 1, 2022, 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 in August, Judge Pearson handed down the 30-day sentence 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 jail sentence, the judge also extended Jennifer Sheridan’s supervised release until December 15, 2025.