LISBON — A Salem man required to register as a sex offender due to a previous rape conviction entered a guilty plea to failure to provide notice of change of address.

Matthew Shelton, 36, East Third Street, pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony during a recent hearing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Sentencing was set for Aug. 21. The failure to provide notice that he had moved occurred on Jan. 22 this year.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Charles Dorsey, 53, East Perry Street, Salem, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, with sentencing set for Aug. 21. Dorsey possessed methamphetamine on May 29, 2023.

— Hayden Cope, 30, Kirk Road, Columbiana, was ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correctional Center in Wintersville after violating the terms of his intervention plan for possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fifth-degree felony, with a forfeiture specification for money in a drug case. His intervention plan was dishonorably terminated. He possessed fentanyl and $102 on Aug. 4, 2023.

— Timothy Gibbs, 37, College Street, East Liverpool, was placed under community control for three years and ordered to serve 80 days in the county jail, with credit for 69 days served, leaving a balance of 11 days to serve in jail for fifth-degree felony breaking and entering. A charge of complicity in the commission of an offense was dismissed. Gibbs was accused of trespassing in the Craft Treasurers & Boutique store in East Liverpool on Oct. 24, 2024, aiding and abetting others in the theft of $1,365 worth of money and goods.

— Tracy Douds, 47, Midland, Pa., was ordered to serve 90 days in the county jail, with credit for 24 days served, leaving a balance of 66 days still to serve in jail for violating his probation for possession of drugs, a misdemeanor. His community control was terminated. Douds possessed alprazolam on June 23, 2014.

— Dustin Brooks, 38, Ephriam Street, East Liverpool, was placed under community control for 24 months and ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correctional Center in Wintersville for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Brooks possessed methaphetamine on Nov. 15, 2023.