LISBON, Ohio (WKBN) — A man who pleaded guilty in connection with an incident where he violated a protection order and then jumped into a creek to avoid arrest was sentenced.

Joshua Gallimore was sentenced to 12 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony charges of escape and violating a protection order as part of a plea deal in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. He was also given credit for the 123 days he has already served.

The charges stem from an April 5 incident when deputies with the Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home on East Liverpool Road about a protection order violation.

Gallimore was handcuffed but ran from officials, going so far as to jump into a creek to avoid arrest, according to police.

He was eventually removed from the creek with th

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