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LISBON -- Richard L. McCarty Jr., 36, Forest Street, Lisbon, pleaded guilty in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to two counts of possession of drugs. McCarty had syringes, a digital scale, a burnt spoon containing trace amounts of heroin, a bag containing less than .10 gram of cocaine and a crack pipe with a trace amount of cocaine in his bedroom on Nov. 12, 2015. He is facing up to two years in prison, a five-year license suspension and a $5,000 fine. Sentencing is set for June 23.
Patricia A. McEldowney, 36, Main Street, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to theft. She faces up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine. Sentencing was set for Aug. 11. She received food stamp benefits from the Columbiana County Department of Jobs and Family Services while failing to report income, resulting in an $8,539 overpayment.
Tiffany D. Herron, 32, state Route 45, Wellsville, was granted intervention in lieu of conviction. She pleaded guilty to possession of drugs and permitting drug abuse and was placed on a four-year intervention plan including up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center. Herron was found with fentanyl when a search warrant was served at her home on Aug. 16. She was also found to be permitting Mack Griffin to sell drugs from her house.