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IRONTON — Nearly a dozen people were charged in felony cases that under Ohio law generally lead to probation and not prison sentences, according to Lawrence County Common Pleas Court

IRONTON — An Ironton man was sentenced to 57 months in prison Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court in a drug case. Scottie R. Corbin, 32, of the 2100 block of South 5th Street, Ironton, earlier pleaded guilty to aggravated trafficking in meth in the vicinity of a school. He was sentenced in the case by Judge Christen Finley. Corbin could be eligible for early release after serving a year in prison. In an unrelated case, Jonathan W. Rayburn, 35, of the 800 block of South 2nd Stre...

The names of those individuals will be released when they are arrested, Anderson said. In other cases, Torrey J. Baker Jr., 25, of Township Road 1123, Proctorville, was indicted on a charge of aggravated burglary. James V. Newcomb, 54, of Township Road 267, Waterloo, was indicted on two counts of felonious assault, tampering with evidence and theft of a drone. A co-defendant, Shannon Clark, 35, of County Road 14, Waterloo, was indicted on charges of felonious assault, theft of a drone and tampe...