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LISBON -- A Youngstown man accused of soliciting another person to send drugs to the Columbiana County jail was ordered to prison for nine months, but only after he's done serving three years for a Mahoning County case.
Michael Faiola, 39, appeared in county Common Pleas Court for sentencing for attempted complicity in the commission of an offense, a fourth-degree felony. He was originally charged with complicity in the commission of an offense, a third-degree felony, related to a case of a woman charged with illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specialized government facility, a third-degree felony.
The charge against Faiola stemmed from an incident March 7, 2022.
The nine-month prison term was ordered served consecutively to the other county's case. Faiola was sentenced to three years in prison for charges of weapons under disability, a third-degree felony, and possession of fentanyl-related compound, a fourth-degree felony. In that Mahoning County case, charges of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, aggravated possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
-- Nehemiah Clinkscale, 23, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of complicity, a third-degree felony, from the original charge of possession of fentanyl-related compound. Charges of aggravated possession of drugs and possession of heroin will be dismissed. Sentencing was set for Jan. 5. Clinkscale had originally been indicted for the three drug counts for possessing heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl on July 8, 2022.