LISBON — A suppression hearing has been continued in the case against an Illinois man accused of possessing images of child pornography on his cell phone.

Vincent John Bianconi, 35, last known address Chicago Heights, Ill., was scheduled to face an evidentiary hearing Wednesday afternoon, but the hearing was continued at the request of the state due to the unavailability of a state’s witness. No new date has been set.

Bianconi had a motion to suppress filed on his behalf for all evidence obtained from the seizure of his phone when he showed up in East Palestine for a sex-for-hire meeting on July 4, 2024. Charges against Bianconi include three counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person, a fourth-degree felony, and misdemeanors of engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools.

Bianconi was accused of allegedly responding to an undercover ad placed by an agent on a known prostitution website and requesting a woman meet him in his semi truck for sex acts in exchange for $30, arriving at the meeting location in East Palestine on July 4, 2024 in his semi truck wearing only a robe. In his possession was $50 and the cell phone used to make the arrangements, which was seized. An agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force recovered images of minor children engaged in sexual acts.

No trial date has been set in the case, which is in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Scott Washam.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Bobbi Jo Wilson, 25, Meadowbrook Circle, East Liverpool, was ordered to serve a term at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center until the program is completed for violating the terms of her probation for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and a specification for forfeiture of money from a drug case. After release from the EOCC, Wilson’s community control will be continued. Wilson possessed methamphetamine and $1,116 on April 7, 2021.