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LISBON -- A man accused of holding a woman against her will, punching her multiple times in the face and holding a knife to her throat was ordered to prison for two to three years.
Jessy Paul Lee, 36, last known address Crawford Avenue, Wellsville, appeared for a sentencing hearing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court recently for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, third-degree felony abduction and fourth-degree felony grand theft of a motor vehicle. A first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery will be dismissed.
He received credit for 243 days served in jail.
The assault occurred while he and the victim were traveling in a vehicle in East Liverpool on Feb. 17.
An affidavit filed in county Municipal Court said Lee had shown up at the woman's residence and asked for a ride, and once in the vehicle told her to drive where he told her to and not to do anything stupid. She claimed she needed gas and stopped at Sheetz in Calcutta and video surveillance showed him trying to stop her from going inside, then following her to the women's bathroom, forcing her out a side door and walking her back to the vehicle, threatening her if she didn't comply. After the assault, when she fled, he drove off with her vehicle.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
-- Christopher Allen Stevens, 37, Moore Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for third-degree felony attempted aggravated arson, a lesser-included offense of the original second-degree felony charge of aggravated arson, fifth-degree felony obstructing official business and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and inducing panic. A misdemeanor charge of arson will be dismissed. He received credit for 190 days already served in jail and must register as an arson offender.
According to an affidavit filed in county Municipal Court, he made threats to harm a woman and burn the apartment down on April 8, then was in the process of setting fire to the occupied building on Walnut Street, East Liverpool, with two occupied apartments and first responders in the hallway. The affidavit said he was refusing to exit the building and barricaded the door.