LISBON — A man accused of causing serious physical harm to a 13-year-old child earlier this year changed his mind about a jury trial Monday and instead pleaded no contest to a lesser charge.

Branden Endsley, 23, Woodsdale Road, Salem, entered the plea to aggravated assault, a fourth-degree felony, and was found guilty by Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam, who set sentencing for Jan. 29.

Endsley was originally indicted for a second-degree felony count of felonious assault. After jurors appeared for the scheduled trial, his attorney said he wanted to plead.

The incident occurred Feb. 8 at a Woodsdale Road, Salem property where Endsley was accused of grabbing the juvenile by the arm or hand and twisting or manipulating the limb in such a way that it resulted in a “closed fracture of the phalanx of the digit of the hand,” according to a medical professional on court documents.

Also in Common Pleas Court,

— Logan Blake, 25, whose address was listed as the county jail, was sentenced to 270 days at the county jail, with credit for 176 days, leaving a balance of 94 days still to serve for violating his probation for two counts of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. His probation was dishonorably terminated. Blake possessed methamphetamine and oxycodone on July 12, 2020.

— Skyler Stinard, 23, Hazel Street, Leetonia, was placed on probation for three years and ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center in Lisbon as one of the requirements of community control for assault, a fourth-degree felony, and aggravated menacing, a misdemeanor. She was accused of threatening and kicking an ambulance medic during an incident Sept. 11, 2022 at the Tipsy Cow in Leetonia.

— Stephanie Igo, 35, Jimtown Road, East Palestine, was placed on probation for three years and ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center in Lisbon as one of the requirements of community control for fourth-degree felony domestic violence. She was also ordered to have no contact with the victim. Igo assaulted a man on Feb. 14 in East Palestine, Unity Township and had a previous conviction for domestic violence on her record, which elevated the charge to a felony.

— Carol Jackson, 58, West Park Avenue, Columbiana, was placed on an intervention plan for two years after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on Sept. 23, 2022.

— Jonathan Carnes, 27, state Route 154, Lisbon, was sentenced to 30 days at the county jail for violating his probation for improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony, for having a loaded firearm in a vehicle on May 11, 2021. His probation was dishonorably terminated.

— Katelyn McCourt, 26, Mountz Road, Salem, was placed on probation for 12 months after pleading guilty to illegal use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or WIC program benefits, a fifth-degree felony. She was ordered to pay restitution of $9,477 to the Columbiana County Department of Job and Family Services, which she had already done. The charge stemmed from her taking the benefits from Sept. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2022.

— William Beeson, 25, state Route 9, Salem, was ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center in Wintersville as a requirement of probation, which he was placed on for three years for possession of a deadly weapon while under detention, a fifth-degree felony. Beeson was an inmate at the county jail when he possessed a piece of bent metal with sharp corners and a handle in September 2022.

— Deryl Greathouse, 44, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to nine months in prison for tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony, and possessing drug abuse instruments, a misdemeanor. He received credit for 39 days already served in jail. The charges dated back to an incident Nov. 5, 2021.

— Aaron Francis, 38, Huston Road, East Liverpool, was sentenced to six months in prison for charges from two separate cases, including fifth-degree felonies of possession of cocaine and aggravated possession of drugs and fourth-degree felony domestic violence. Francis attempted to cause physical harm to a woman on July 4, 2022 and possessed cocaine and methamphetamine on Sept. 17, 2022.