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LISBON -- Joshua A. Stewart, 32, West Pershing Street, Salem, was sentenced in Common Pleas Court to a year in prison with credit for 16 days already served and fined $5,000 for a third-degree felony aggravated possession of cocaine charge. Stewart had methamphetamines in an amount exceeding the bulk amount, but less than five times the bulk amount on Feb. 7, 2019.

Douglas G. Pridemore, 51, Moundsville, W.Va., was sentenced to a year in prison with credit 87 days served. He had previously pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, for trying to hide a baggie of a compound mixture containing cocaine on Sept. 27, 2018. Pridemore's new sentence will be served concurrently with a prison sentence he is currently serving in West Virginia.

Dennis Ray Porter, 29, Orrville, was sentenced to nine months in prison for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for having alprazolam on Aug. 10, 2018. He was credited with 17 days already served.

Shannon M. Johnson, 40, McDonald Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to nine months in prison for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for having the drug on May 3, 2019. She was credited with 56 days already served.

John J. Brock, 51, Warren, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and was granted intervention in lieu of conviction. Brock was placed on intervention for three years. Brock's charge involved having methamphetamines on June 11, 2019.

Grant D. Adams, 19, state Route 14, New Waterford, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, trafficking in marijuana and illegal drug paraphernalia. Adams was found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction and placed on a four-year intervention treatment plan. On June 28, 2019, Adams had amphetamines and drug paraphernalia in his possession at the same time he had marijuana for distribution.

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