Probation for Quinn Hanna-Gray

Historic City News readers have followed the drama first reported September 8, 2009; when Quinn Hanna Gray, wife of the chief operating officer of Advanced Homecare, disappeared and was believed to have been kidnapped from their oceanfront Ponte Vedra Boulevard home.

Now known as “Quinn Renee Hanna”, since finalizing her divorce from Reid Allen Gray last August, her story has come full-circle — pleading “no contest” Friday to charges that, in reality, she faked her kidnapping, in cahoots with her alleged kidnapper, as part of a scheme to extort $50,000 from her then-husband.

Hanna, now 38 years-old, and her co-defendant, 27 year-old Jasmin Osmanovic, have admitted to faking her kidnapping over the 2009 Labor Day weekend when they were actually spending time together in a Clay County motel near Orange Park.

In what has been reported as only a “thirty minute hearing”, Circuit Judge Wendy Berger pronounced a sentence of seven years probation for Hanna; whose life reportedly unraveled because of alcohol abuse. Berger is scheduled to sentence Osmanovic on March 14th.

Hanna was taken to a Georgia mental health facility when she was first released on bond. As part of her probation, Berger has ordered that she is “not to have a single drink”. Hanna will also have to continue receiving care from a doctor that she is now seeing as well as have substance abuse and mental health evaluations.

Hanna has already surrendered her United States passport and has been wearing a GPS tracking device since being released. While on probation, she is not allowed to carry a firearm, she is not allowed contact with Osmanovic, and, allowed no violent contact with her ex-husband, or his family. She is also prohibited from making any reference to her ex-husband or the couple’s children in any conversations with the media. She is likewise barred from providing them any photographs that include her ex-husband or children.

Hanna must also make restitution — she was ordered to pay $2,500 toward the $5,000 cost of prosecution and $43,000 toward the $86,000 cost of investigation by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. Berger has ordered Hanna to make payments of at least $1,000 a month.

So long as Hanna meets all of the conditions of her probation over the next seven years, Berger has shown compassion in ruling that the court will withhold adjudication of guilt; leaving the door open for Hanna to have her criminal records sealed or expunged down the road.

Reportedly Hanna is planning to support herself and make restitution by becoming a registered nurse. The felony conviction could cause problems in obtaining her license, so, Berger is allowing Hanna a second chance.