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IRONTON â A Coal Grove man was sentenced this week in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to more than five-and-a-half years in prison for violating community control sanctions. Robert W. Stevens, 34, admitted violating community control sanctions and was sentenced by Judge Andy Ballard to more than 67 months in prison. In an unrelated case, Tyron Markel, 45, of County Road 45, Ironton, pleaded guilty in a felony case and was placed on community control sanctions for four years and ordered to complete up to a 135-day program at the STAR Community Justice Center in Franklin Furnace, Ohio. In other cases: Charles McKenzie, 57, of the 300 block of Ridgeway Street, Coal Grove, admitted violating community control sanctions and was ordered to complete the program at STAR. ....
IRONTON — A Lawrence County grand jury has returned more than 50 indictments including a secret indictment, according to Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson. ....