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LISBON -- In Columbiana County Common Pleas Court, Deonte Hatchett, 21, Cleveland, was sentenced to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine and possession of fentanyl-related compound, both fifth-degree felonies. He was also ordered to forfeit $370 for a specification for money in a drug case.
The sentence was ordered to be served concurrent with a sentence from a Cuyahoga County case.
Hatchett possessed cocaine and fentanyl-related compound on Jan. 12, 2022.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
-- Douglas Fallecker, 45, Ellwood City, Pa., must serve 75 days in the county jail as part of his probation for four years for a lesser offense of fourth-degree felony attempted compelling prostitution. He was originally charged with compelling prostitution. Charges of attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, possession of criminal tools and importuning were dismissed. Fallecker responded to an ad placed by an undercover Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force agent on a known escort website, arranging for sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl in exchange for $100 and arriving in East Palestine on Aug. 8 for the meeting.
-- Corey M.S. Evans, 21, state Route 154, Negley, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. A charge of illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a detention facility was dismissed. The charge involved Evans' possession of methamphetamine while in jail on May 31, 2022. The sentence was ordered served at the same time as the current prison term he's serving for at least nine years for aggravated vehicular homicide, a second-degree felony, operating a vehicle while under the influence of a listed controlled substance or a listed metabolite of a controlled substance, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and domestic violence. The aggravated vehicular homicide charge stemmed from a 2021 fatal crash which ended the life of Evans' passenger, 15-year-old Angelica Rae Perkins.
-- Joseph Messenger, 31, Woodsdale Road, Hanoverton, was placed on probation for two years after pleading guilty to endangering children, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanor assault. Messenger was accused of causing harm to a 7-year-old child on Oct. 13, 2019. He was ordered to have no contact with the child.
-- Shawn Tremain, 31, Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon, was ordered to have his probation continue until March 31, 2026 and sentenced to 123 days in jail, with credit for 123 days served, after violating his probation for fifth-degree felonies of possession of cocaine and two counts of aggravated possession of drugs. Tremain possessed cocaine and methamphetamine, along with $717, on Nov. 1, 2019 and methamphetamine on April 10, 2021.
-- Paul Geisse, 51, Fisher Avenue, East Liverpool, was placed on an intervention plan for three years after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on Oct. 7, 2021.
-- David J. Jackson, 57, St. Clair Ave., East Liverpool, was ordered to jail for 180 days, with credit for two days served, after violating his probation for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine on June 25, 2019. His probation was dishonorably terminated.
-- Richard Simons Jr., 23, East Street, East Palestine, was sentenced to prison for 12 months, with credit for 62 days served, after violating his probation for a third-degree felony of possession of a deadly weapon while under detention. His probation was dishonorable terminated. Simons was charged for having a shank consisting of a sharpened metal rod with a plastic handle while he was incarcerated at the county jail on Feb. 18, 2020 for a burglary charge.
-- Amanda Wilson, 32, Alliance, was placed on an intervention plan for 18 months after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine in April 2022.
-- Christina Penn, 37, Park Boulevard, East Liverpool, was placed on a treatment plan for three years after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on April 23, 2022.
-- Kenneth Bragg, 30, Youngstown, was ordered to jail for seven days for violating his probation for domestic violence, a misdemeanor. His probation was dishonorably terminated. Bragg was accused of causing harm or attempting to cause harm to a woman on July 16, 2019
-- Dawn Johnson, 51, Youngstown, was placed on probation for three years after pleading guilty to two counts nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony, for failing to pay child support for two children from March 7, 2021 to March 5, 2023. She was ordered to make child support payments.
-- Shawn Paulin, 44, Toronto, was placed on probation for three years after pleading guilty to nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony, for failing to pay child support for a child from March 14, 2021 to March 12, 2023. He was ordered to make child support payments.
-- John Hester, 64, Aven Road NE, Salineville, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony theft, for allegedly stealing a 2017 Diamond Dump Trailer belonging to Andy Cline on Oct. 25, 2021. Sentencing was set for Aug. 31.
-- Holly Maddocks, 24, Thompson Avenue, East Liverpool, was ordered evaluated by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio for current competency and sanity at the time of the offense. Maddocks was charged with third-degree felony burglary for allegedly breaking into the home of a family friend in East Liverpool, beginning to tear up the interior and drinking the homeowner's alcohol on May 14. Her attorney requested the evaluation based on behavior exhibited at the county jail. A further status hearing was set for Sept. 22.
-- David Kent, 38, Minerva Street, East Liverpool, was placed on an intervention plan for 18 months after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine on March 16, 2022.
-- Rolland Owens, 33, Steubenville, was placed on probation for 18 months after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing marijuana on April 6, 2022.