LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Nicholas Jordan, 22, Niles, was bound over to the county grand jury on a third-degree felony charge of compelling prostitution, fifth-degree felony charges of attempted, illegal use of minor in nudity-oriented material or performance and possessing criminal tools and a misdemeanor of engaging in prostitution.

Jordan allegedly responded to an undercover ad posted on a known escort website by an agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force posing as a 15-year-old girl and an adult female, arranging for sexual activity with both in exchange for money and arriving in East Palestine on Sept. 3 for the meeting. During a search of his phone, investigators learned he was allegedly conversing with two minor girls, providing them with vape products, and had two images of the one minor in a state of nudity.

A pretrial was set Sept. 22 for Tiffany Sattler, 31, Commerce Street, Wellsville, charged with abuse of a corpse for allegedly helping to move a deceased drug overdose victim who was dragged to a van on Chester Avenue and transported to the area known as the switch at state Route 7 and Kountz Avenue in Wellsville on March 22, 2021. She also allegedly told someone she didn’t call emergency personnel because she had a warrant for her arrest.

Cory Vernon, 43, Youngstown, was fined $400 and sentenced to two days in jail for engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools and possession of drugs for responding to an undercover ad posted on a known website by a Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force agent posing as an adult female, arranging to have sexual conduct with the female in exchange for $80 and arriving in East Palestine for the meeting on July 13.

Darrick Page, 44, Youngstown, was fined $850, ordered to complete 20 hours of community service and an education course for engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools and possession of marijuana for responding to an undercover ad posted on a known escort website and arranging for sexual activity with a female in exchange for money and arriving in East Palestine on Dec. 22, 2021 for the meeting.

Samuel Vitale, 57, Ashtabula, was fined $750, ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to complete an education course for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. Vitale arrived in Salem on June 12 after arranging to meet an undercover agent of the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force for sexual conduct in exchange for $120.

Alexander Morlan, 25, New Middletown, was fined $1,030, ordered to serve 30 hours community service and complete an education course for engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools, no seat belt, traffic control devices and two counts driving under suspension. Morlan solicited sex acts with a female in exchange for $70 after answering an undercover ad posted by a Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force on a known escort website, then drove to East Palestine for the meeting with the money and his cell phone. He had a past conviction from 2018 for importuning and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor from Mahoning County and is a register sex offender.

Ryan Romigh, 28, Tower Road, Salem, was fined $400 for failure to comply, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and obstruction of official business. His license was suspended for one year and he was ordered to complete 40 hours community service. The charges stemmed from a traffic stop on a vehicle of interest in an active investigation at Georgetown Road and Pershing Street on Sept. 2 when Romigh, who was a passenger, took off running after police told him to exit the vehicle. He was apprehended in a wooded area and was found in possession of a meth bubble. He was also fined $100 for marijuana paraphernalia for a 2021 case, $250 for driving under suspension for a 2022 case and $190 for driving under suspension and speeding for a 2022 case.

Sentencing was set Sept. 27 for Rachel Councell, 45, Yeager Drive, Wellsville, after she pleaded no contest to domestic violence. She was ordered to have no contact with Charles Councell, whom she was accused of pushing and hitting while she was intoxicated on Aug. 14 at their home.

A pretrial was set Sept. 19 for Anthony Hupp, 37, Failor Street, East Palestine, charged with violation of a protection order for allegedly being in a vehicle in East Palestine on Sept. 6 with a woman who screamed obscenities and derogatory statements toward a man and his family who have a protection order against him.

Alicia Hicks, was fined $150 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 120 days suspended, credit for 12 days served and an order to serve 48 days electronically monitored house arrest for aggravated menacing. She was ordered to complete 40 hours community service. Hicks knowingly discharged a firearm in the direction of the sky and yelled “stay back” to multiple victims during an incident on Aug. 31 at a property on state Route 172, Lisbon.

Lindsay Willard, 34, East Fourth Street, Salem, was fined $200 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 80 days suspended and credit for 10 days served, for domestic violence for striking a man in the face during a domestic incident in Salem on Aug. 23.

David Scyoc, 52, West Wilson Street, Salem, was fined $300 for two counts of disorderly conduct, amended from aggravated trespassing and criminal damaging. A charge of aggravated menacing was dismissed and he was ordered to pay $2,248 to Adam Mead, the victim in the case. Scyoc entered Mead’s Salem home on May 5 and did some damage by breaking kitchen cabinets and a microwave and a ceiling fan in the bedroom, all while looking for Mead.

A pretrial was set Sept. 27 for Stefan Jarrett, 44, Springdale Avenue, Salem, charged with interference with custody, resisting arrest and obstructing official business for an alleged incident June 27 on Springdale Drive, Salem

A pretrial was set Nov. 15 for Melissa Blake, 40, Quay Road, Negley, charged with illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing suspected crystal meth during a traffic stop on Sept. 12 in Rogers.

A pretrial was set Oct. 27 for Danielle Payne, 39, Hillcrest Road, Wellsville, charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, second offense, OVI refusal within 20 years, and failure to control.

Chloe Gerber, 20, Massillon, was fined $870 for OVI, left of center, no seat belt and distracted driving and her license was suspended to one year.

Rammel Perry-Tisdale, 28, Beaver Falls, Pa., was fined $925 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in driver intervention, for physical control, amended from OVI, and stop sign. Perry-Tisdale’s license was suspended for one year and 20 hours community service was ordered served.

Kristy Hoprich, 42, West Washington Street, Lisbon, was fined $200 for improper/expired registration and driving under suspension

Mindy Lodge, 47, Rose Drive, Lisbon, was fined $150 for driving under suspension.

A charge of no driver’s license was dismissed against Darrell Goodman, 26, Monroeville Heights, Salineville.

A pretrial was set Oct. 6 for Katelyn Vannoy, 30, Roller Coaster Road, Lisbon, charged with speeding.

Justin Fenstermaker, 29, Warren, was fined $150 for an equipment violation, amended from speeding.

A pretrial was set Nov. 8 for Dylan Davin, 25, West Pidgeon Road, Salem, charged with assured clear distance ahead.

A pretrial was set Oct. 31 for Jacinto Garcia, 22, Aetna Street, Salem, charged with driving under suspension and speeding.