LISBON — A Pennsylvania man who traveled to East Palestine for a sex-for-hire arrangement last year entered guilty pleas in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.

Sihe R. McCurdy, 42, Sharon, Pa., pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony obstructing official business, amended from third-degree felony tampering with evidence, and pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution. Sentencing was set June 20.

McCurdy threw suspected crack cocaine out of the window of his vehicle after arriving in East Palestine on March 19, 2023 to March 20, 2023 for a sex-for-hire meeting arranged through an undercover ad.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Jeffrey Wilson, 36, New Brighton, Pa., pleaded guilty to charges in three different drug cases, including third-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs and misdemeanor drug paraphernalia for possessing drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk on May 7, 2021, fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs for possessing methamphetamine on Aug. 6, 2021 and aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony amended from a second-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on Feb. 12, 2021. Sentencing was set for July 18. Charges of aggravated trafficking in drugs, possession of cocaine and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle were dismissed.

— Curtis Holland, 28, Dewey Avenue, East Liverpool, was ordered to the county jail for 30 days for violating the terms of his probation for having weapons while under disability and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, both felonies. His community control was dishonorably terminated. Holland had a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle on Jan. 28, 2021 and was prohibited from having a gun due to a previous felony drug conviction.

— Heather Leaf, 47, Westview Avenue, Salem, was sentenced to 20 days in the county jail for violating the terms of her probation for fentanyl-related compound, a fifth-degree felony. Her community control was dishonorably terminated. Leaf possessed fentanyl on Dec. 12, 2019.

— Shaun Delauder, 43, Clark Street, Wellsville, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with credit for 19 days served, leaving a total of 161 days still to serve in jail for violating the terms of his intervention plan for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. His intervention plan was dishonorably terminated. Delauder possessed methamphetamine on Feb. 16, 2022.

— A case against Charles S.L. Bell II, 20, Blakely Street, East Liverpool, for misdemeanors of assault and criminal damaging was transferred back to county Municipal Court since the charges for the recent indictment were all misdemeanors. An affidavit alleged he discharged a pellet gun at a vehicle on Ohio Avenue in East Liverpool on March 4, damaging a window and allegedly harming a woman who was in the vehicle who said she was hit in the face with glass.