IRONTON â A Morgantown, West Virginia, woman was sentenced this week in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to four to six years in prison in a drug case.
Ashley Sauceda, 28, of Morgantown, was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Andy Ballard. She earlier pleaded guilty to possession of drugs, possession of cocaine and identity fraud.
In an unrelated case, Roger D. Burress, 62, of Township Road 279E, South Point, rejected a plea deal that would have sent him to prison for four to six years. The case is set for trial July 12. If convicted of possession of a 33-gram, fentanyl-related compound, he could be sentenced from 11 to 16-and-a-half years in prison.
IRONTON — A Lawrence County grand jury returned several dozen indictments Wednesday, including three sealed drug indictments, according to Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson.
PROCTORVILLE, Ohio â An Ironton man faces a felony after a woman was shot twice in the shoulder at a South Point, Ohio, hotel Sunday.
Frank T. Hill, 48, of Ironton, was housed at the Lawrence County Jail on Sunday on a charge of felonious assault, a second-degree felony.
According to Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless, the sheriffâs department was alerted of a call of a shooting at the Country Hearth Inn & Suites, at 70 Private Road 302, in South Point, Ohio.
Upon arrival at 5:42 a.m. Sunday, police found Brianna Bond, 27, in a room. Bond had been shot twice in the shoulder. She told police she was the occupant of the room and Hill had spent the night. They began arguing, she said, which led to the shooting.