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LISBON -- A woman already in prison for four to six years on multiple drug possession counts from a 2021 case faced sentencing in two additional drug cases, adding to her prison time.
Chelsea Madison, 47, Annesley Road, East Liverpool, recently entered guilty pleas to charges in cases from 2022 and 2023 and received immediate sentencing.
For the 2022 case, Madison pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated trafficking in drugs, fifth-degree felonies of aggravated possession of drugs and possession of cocaine, all with a specification for forfeiture of money from a drug case.
She was sentenced to a total of three to four and a half years in prison, received credit for 11 days in jail, was ordered to forfeit $632 and received a mandatory fine of $7,500 for possessing psilocyn, cocaine and methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater to five times bulk but less than 50 times bulk and packaging or attempting to sell methamphetamine on Oct. 7, 2021. A second-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs charge was dismissed.
For the 2023 case, Madison pleaded guilty to two counts aggravated possession of drugs, one a third-degree felony and one a fifth-degree felony, and possession of drugs, a misdemeanor, and was immediately sentenced to 12 months in prison.
The sentence for the 2023 case was ordered served consecutive to the 2021 case. She was also fined $5,000 and ordered to forfeit $627. The case involved her possession of amphetamine, buprenorphine and an amount of methamphetamine equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk on April 1, 2022.
Sentencing in the 2021 case occurred in May 12.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
-- Larissa Ritteger, 38, East Martin Street, East Palestine, was sentenced to 14 days in the county jail, with credit for one day served, after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property, a lesser included misdemeanor offense, for possessing a catalytic converter belonging to Fred Hurst on Nov. 4, 2021. She was originally charged with a felony.
-- Amanda Alba, 32, Minerva, was placed on intervention for two years after pleading guilty to fifth-degree felonies of aggravated possession of drugs and possession of fentanyl-related compound for possessing fluorofentanyl and fentanyl-related compound on May 27, 2022.
-- Mark E. Durbin, 55, Warren, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony; 18 months for possession of heroin, a third-degree felony; 18 months for possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a third-degree felony; and 18 months for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony; to be served concurrently. Durbin was found in possession of a dangerous drug and paraphernalia and determined to have impaired an investigation into such.
-- Nicholas W. Jordan, 23, Niles, was sentenced to 150 days in jail, placed on three years probation and designated as a Tier II sex offender for attempted compelling prostitution, a fourth-degree felony, and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fifth-degree felony. Misdemeanor charges of engaging in prostitution and possession of criminal tools were dismissed.
-- Miguel Guerrero, 27, Monroeville, Pa., was to 30 months in prison for third-degree felony burglary for entering a home in Columbiana County April 26, 2019, to commit theft.
-- Joseph L. Murphy, 44, Taylor Road, Negley, was placed on two years probation for two counts of non-support of dependents, both fifth-degree felonies, for failing to support two children from December 2020 through December 2022.
-- Scott J. Francis,48, state Route 154, Elkton, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and fined $5,000 for aggravated trafficking in drugs, a third-degree felony. A charge of aggravated possession of drugs was dismissed. Francis sold methamphetamine in bulk Aug. 10, 2021.
-- Cory M. Haueter, 37, Georgetown Road, Salem, was seven months in prison for aggravated possession of drugs for possession of methamphetamine Jan. 26, 2021; and July 8, 2021.
-- John McCandless, 66, Greenville, Pa., was sentenced to 150 days in jail for attempted compelling prostitution, a fourth-degree felony, and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony, and classified as a Tier II sex offender.
-- Michael E. Berry Jr., 41, New Castle, Pa., was placed on two years intervention for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. He was found in possession of methamphetamine Dec. 11, 2020.
-- Kayla M. Fullerton, 30, Chester, W.Va., was placed on a treatment plan for three years for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony.
-- Kaiden M. Nagel, 19, Brenda Lane, Columbiana, was placed on treatment plan for three years for fourth-degree felony burglary for entering an occupied structure to commit theft Jan. 22, 2023.