LISBON — An East Palestine man who submitted altered claims for monetary reimbursement to Norfolk Southern related to last year’s train derailment and chemical fire must pay restitution of $12,451.

James Chadwick Bollinger, 34, West Martin Street, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for a fourth-degree felony charge of grand theft for allegedly presenting altered Holiday Inn invoices to Norfolk Southern totaling $12,451 and being reimbursed for that total on Sept. 19, 2023.

Bollinger was sentenced to the Eastern Ohio Correction Center in Wintersville until the program there is completed and placed under community control for three years.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Tai Kotas, 44, Newell, W.Va., was sentenced to 10 months in prison for fourth-degree felony receiving stolen property and misdemeanor unauthorized use of a motor vehicle for driving a stolen 2019 Chevy belonging to Avis Budget Group on Jan. 28 in Perry Township without permission.

— Tyler Woolmaker, 20, Idaho Avenue, East Liverpool, was placed under community control for three years for aggravated assault, a fourth-degree felony lesser included offense. Woolmaker had been indicted for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and misdemeanor assault for showing up at a Halloween party on Oct. 28, 2023 in East Liverpool and striking a woman in the head with a whiskey bottle. The misdemeanor assault charge was dismissed and he was given credit for five days already served in jail..

— Ashley Ross, 37, Robin Avenue, Salem, was ordered to jail for 60 days, with credit for 31 days served, leaving a balance of 29 days still to serve in jail for violating her probation for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Her probation was dishonorably terminated. Ross possessed the drug lisdexamfetamine on April 1, 2021.

— Stephanie Rae Brown, 48, East High Street, Salineville, was ordered to spend 120 days in the county jail for violating her probation for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor. She received credit for 16 days already served, leaving a balance still to serve in jail of 104 days. Brown used a 2005 Ford F-150 without the consent of the owner on June 2, 2021.

— Santee Baumgarner, 26, Chester W.Va., was placed under community control for three years for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, with credit for three days already served in jail. Baumgarner possessed cocaine on Feb. 21, 2023.

— Robert Pavalko, 45, Youngstown, was placed under community control and placed into the drug court program for up to five years after violating the terms of his treatment plan for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on April 6.

— Richard Stoddard, 44, Grove Alley, East Liverpool, was sentenced to six months in prison, with credit for 32 days served in jail, for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing hydrocodone on May 6, 2022.

— Thomas Holman, 44, Hammond School Road, Wellsville, was placed under community control for three years for violating a protection order, a fifth-degree felony, with credit for 113 days served in jail. He was accused of being involved in a disturbance on Jan. 9 with a woman who has a protection order against him.

— Ryan Exline, 19, Hillcrest Road, Wellsville, was placed under community control for three years after pleading guilty to attempted failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, a fourth-degree felony, and misdemeanor operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs for an incident on June 3 when he fled from police. His driver’s license was suspended for three years.