LISBON — A Canton man accused of threatening a woman and allegedly attempting to set a child on fire was ordered evaluated for his ability to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

Matthew S. Jackson, 23, appeared for a competency hearing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court where Judge Megan Bickerton acknowledged receipt of a competency evaluation and then ordered the sanity evaluation by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio.

Another hearing was set for Aug. 2.

Jackson was indicted earlier this year for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, first-degree felony aggravated arson and two counts of misdemeanor aggravated menacing for a Dec. 30, 2023 incident in Liverpool Township.

According to an affidavit filed in county Municipal Court in the case against Jackson, he allegedly shot out a woman’s window at her house with a BB gun, became aggressive and threatened to punch her in the back of the head and kill her, then took out a torch lighter and allegedly attempted to set a 3-month-old child on fire, continuing to threaten the woman before he ran out the door.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Tyler Corbisello, 29, Cannons Mill Road, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of fifth-degree felony attempted vehicular assault, originally felonious assault, a second-degree felony, along with third-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanor domestic violence, with sentencing set for Sept. 12. Corbisello was accused of trying to physically harm a woman with a vehicle, striking her multiple times on the back of her head and choking her during a physical altercation March 3 in Salineville.

— Stephanie Savin, 32, Valley Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to third-degree felonies of illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility and aggravated possession of drugs. A misdemeanor charge of illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia will be dismissed. Sentencing was set for Sept. 6. The charges stemmed from an incident on Feb. 11, 2022 involving methamphetamine and taking drugs onto the grounds of a detention facility.