Wellsville man to spend a year behind bars for threatening police

Steven D. Wright, 46, who was listed as homeless, Main Street, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting a threatening interstate communication in July. The charge resulted from an indictment issued by a federal grand jury earlier this year.
LISBON — A man previously accused of threatening to get in a shootout with police and harassing the Wellsville police department and a local judge was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 12 months one day in federal prison.
Steven D. Wright, 46, who was listed as homeless, Main Street, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting a threatening interstate communication in July. The charge resulted from an indictment issued by a federal grand jury earlier this year.
U.S. District Court Judge Bridget Meehan Brennan of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District in Cleveland issued the sentence, ruling that Wright will receive credit for any time served on the offense. She also recommended placement at FCI Elkton, the prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Columbiana County. Once he’s released, he’ll be under supervised release for three years.
The sentencing entry outlined all the special conditions of supervised release, including no contact with the victims which include Columbiana County Municipal Court Judge Tim McNicol, Wellsville Police Chief Ed Wilson or Wellsville Patrolman Steven Rodgers.
“The defendant shall not menace, harass, loiter or threaten individuals of law enforcement or law enforcement agencies, or engage in such conduct within 100 yards of the Wellsville Police Department. You must not communicate or otherwise interact with any law enforcement entity for reasons other than legitimate law enforcement purposes, either directly or through someone