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COLUMBIANA COUNTY COURT NEWS

— Nicholas Faulk, 34, Aten Avenue, Wellsville, was ordered to serve 75 days in the county jail, with credit for 32 days served, leaving a balance of 43 days yet to serve for violating his probation for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. His intervention plan was dishonorably terminated. Faulk possessed crack cocaine on June 24, 2017.

— Brandon Budd, 36, Culpepper, Va., pleaded guilty to a lesser offense fourth-degree attempted compelling prostitution and fourth-degree felony attempted unlawful sexual contact with a minor, with sentencing set for Feb. 8. Charges of possessing criminal tools and engaging in prostitution will be dismissed. Budd answered an undercover online ad for an adult female and a 15-year-old juvenile and arranged for sexual activity with both in exchange for $180, arriving in East Palestine on Feb. 2 for the meeting.

— No more than $1,500 was approved for a defense motion for funds to pay for a second evaluation of the sanity of Amberlina N. Gentsy, 29, Monaca, Pa., charged with felonious assault and failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, both felonies, and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or combination of them, a misdemeanor. She allegedly struck the rear of a deputy’s cruiser after the vehicle slowed in front of her at the intersection of state Routes 154 and 45 during the chase with deputies in April 2021.

— Alex Fluharty, 33, West Main Street, Washingtonville, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony, with sentencing set for March 1, for possessing psilocyn on Jan. 12, 2022.

— Brenda Lee Diamond, 58, Commerce Street, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony counterfeiting for passing a counterfeit $100 bill at Peps Market in Wellsville on July 11. Sentencing was set for Feb. 1.

— Shaun Uscianowski, 45, West 16th St., Salem, pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and two counts of fifth-degree felony possession of drugs, with sentencing set for Feb. 22. Uscianowski was accused of possessing $22, an amount of methamphetamine equal or greater than bulk amount but less than five times the bulk amount, buprenorphine, THC, MDMA, methamphetamine and clonazepam. The charges stemmed from a drug raid by the Columbiana County Drug Task Force and Salem police at his home on May 17, 2022.

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