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LISBON -- Recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court, an East Liverpool man was sentenced to 111 days behind bars for charges from 2016 after a violation of probation terminated community control. Ronald M. Melott, 44, Lacroft Avenue, East Liverpool, pled guilty t to OVI and third-degree felony fleeing from police. As part of a previous plea deal, charges of assault and driving under suspension were dismissed by the prosecutor's office.
In other court news:
-- Aaron Francis recently entered a change of plea to guilty on one count of fourth-degree felony domestic violence. Charges stem from July 4, 2022 when Francis attempted to harm a person, with two prior convictions for domestic violence on his record. A sentencing hearing is set for Nov. 2. Francis also entered pleas in another case, pleading guilty to possession of cocaine and aggravated possession of drugs, both fifth-degree felonies.
-- John H. Quinn, 60, whose last known address was Salem Unity Road, Salem, was sentenced to three years community control and 90 days in jail with credit for 15 served for first-degree felonies of failure to verify address and failure to provide notice of change of address, both related to Quinn allegedly failing to report his address on May 9, 2022 as required of a convicted sex offender.
-- Ronnie Delguzzo, 28, Purinton Avenue, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 12 months in the Eastern Ohio Correction Center for aggravated possession of drugs and possession of LSD, both fifth-degree felonies, each with a specification for forfeiture of money in a drug case, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine, LSD and $452 on March 10, 2021. Delguzzo was originally placed on Intervention in Lieu of Conviction but was dishonorably terminated from the program.
-- Aydn Hillier, 18, New England Square, New Waterford, was sentenced to two-years on Intervention in Lieu of Conviction for felony-four burglary for breaking into a vacant residence and being found inside on South Market Street in East Palestine on Jan. 22 after it was discovered barricaded from the inside with a back door open.
-- Allysin Grimm, 23, Vine Street, Salem, was sentenced 18 months Intervention in Lieu of Conviction to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on May 14, 2022.
-- Jasmine Coles, 25, Chester Avenue, Wellsville was sentenced to two years of Intervention in Lieu of Conviction possession of cocaine and possession of fentanyl-related compound, both fifth-degree felonies.