LISBON — A Salem man accused of fleeing from police after an incident last year entered guilty pleas recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.

Jason Ward, 46, Penn Avenue, pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of attempted failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, a fourth-degree felony, and misdemeanors of assault, operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and failure to stop after an accident.

Sentencing was set for July 15. Ward was accused of pushing a female victim against a shed and then fleeing the scene, failing to stop for officers responding to the incident on June 1, 2023.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Brian Pearl, 54, East Clark Street, East Palestine, pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl-related compound, a fifth-degree felony, and attempted tampering with evidence, a fourth-degree felony, with sentencing set for July 15. A charge of obstructing official business will be dismissed. Pearl allegedly attempted to eat a fold which contained alleged fentanyl after it was removed from his pocket during a traffic stop and placed on the bed of his truck on Nov. 8 in East Palestine. He also was charged for possessing 1.42 grams of a fentanyl-related compound during the traffic stop.

— Natasha Johnson, 42, Bradshaw Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine on Dec. 1, 2022. Sentencing was set for May 24.

— Christopher Craft, 30, Mill Street, Rogers, pleaded guilty to attempted illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly bringing drugs into a detention facility on Jan. 4, 2022. Sentencing was set for June 17.

— Joseph Kelly, 39, Lincoln Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, a third-degree felony, and aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, both with specifications for forfeiture of money in a drug case, with sentencing set for July 8. Two counts of misdemeanor possession of drugs were being dismissed. Kelly was accused of possessing cocaine and oxycodone on Jan. 7, 2022. The forfeiture specifications involved $2,945.

— Christopher Asher, 26, Market Street, Salineville, pleaded guilty to open burning or dumping of solid waste, an unspecified felony, with sentencing set for July 15. Asher was accused of recklessly disposing of solid waste by open dumping, with the offense involving scrap tires from March 2, 2021 to March 7, 2021.