MONROE — A woman charged in connection to drug-dealing operations in Albany and Monroe was sentenced Friday to nine months in jail and three years on probation, with “the opportunity to wipe the slate clean” if she stays sober and seeks drug treatment.

Karmen Elisabeth Marshall, 25, Albany, pleaded no contest in Green County Circuit Court to felony charges of maintaining a drug-trafficking place as a party to a crime and conspiring to manufacture or deliver amphetamine. As part of a plea deal, numerous other charges were dismissed, including possessing methamphetamine and possessing or manufacturing psilocin, or psychedelic mushrooms.

Judge Thomas Vale followed the sentence jointly recommended by the prosecution and defense and ordered Marshall to spend three years on probation for the drug-trafficking conviction, with a condition that she spend the first nine months in jail. For the amphetamine conviction, she entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement.

In both cases, she is eligible to have the convictions dismissed from her record if she complies with the conditions of her probation and deferred prosecution agreement. These include no further violations of the law, maintaining absolute sobriety and seeking drug treatment.

Vale said he “wouldn’t hesitate” to send someone with similar convictions to prison if they were older than Marshall or had a longer criminal record.

“I could throw the book at you,” Vale told Marshall as she wiped tears from her eyes with her hand and sleeve.

But, given her age and a criminal record of just a couple of minor misdemeanors, Vale said he found the recommendation of probation “reasonable.”

“You are being given a carrot and a stick,” Vale told her. “You are being given the opportunity to wipe the slate clean.”

The cases against Marshall stem from a federal investigation last summer into a boyfriend who lived at her house at 105 N. Jackson St., 37-year-old Christopher H. Stevens, as well as a traffic stop in October that led authorities to a meth lab in the 1700 block of 11th Street in Monroe.

Marshall and Stevens were dealing drugs out of the home on North Jackson Street and growing psychedelic mushrooms in the basement, according to court documents. She gave her consent for a search of the home in June 2017.

Stevens, who has a lengthy history of narcotics-related convictions going back over a decade, was arrested and indicted soon after on felony charges related to his involvement in an 11-person meth-trafficking ring. He was sentenced in January to six years in federal prison.

Marshall’s involvement in the meth manufacturing was limited to procuring a necessary ingredient, according to District Attorney Craig Nolen.

“Her role was to purchase pseudoephedrine,” Nolen said. “She knew what it was going to be used for.”

Ultimately, “Ms. Marshall has a drug issue that needs to be dealt with,” Nolen said. Probation and the opportunity to have her convictions eventually dismissed gives her time to address her addiction.

“It’s basically giving her the keys to her own future,” he said.

Defense attorney Robert Ruth agreed and said Marshall wasn’t a “mover and shaker” in drug trafficking but a depressed, unhappy woman who turned to drugs and let Stevens take advantage of her.

Marshall owns the house on North Jackson Street in Albany and was paying all the bills while Stevens lived with her.

“And how did he repay her? He ran a drug operation,” Ruth said. Marshall received little financial gain from the operation. “We’re not talking about a person having a good time committing crimes.”

It’s been a “bumpy road” since last year, but Ruth noted Marshall has taken steps toward sobriety and is currently sober.