GALLIPOLIS — An Oak Hill man has been ordered to serve prison time after pleading guilty to a sexually-based offense in Gallia County Common Pleas Court.

Clinton Bishop, 54, was sentenced to four years in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction after he pled guilty to one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, however, according to the underlying plea agreement, the state intends to recommend a motion for judicial release after he serves six month of incarceration.

The offense involved a female who was 14-years old at the time the offense was committed.

Bishop was initially charged with two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, though one of those counts was dismissed pursuant to the plea agreement. He was further ordered to pay costs of the prosecution for judgment rendered.

Upon his release from prison, Bishop will be classified as a Tier II sexually oriented offender.

Other cases recently resolved include:

• Jeremiah H. Harkins, 27, Gallipolis, was sentenced to serve four years in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction after he pled guilty to one count of burglary, a lesser charge than aggravated robbery for which he was initially charged with three counts in connection with a November 2008 home invasion that resulted in a family being assaulted inside their Patriot residence. One count of disrupting public service was also dismissed pursuant to his guilty plea.

Harkins’ four-year sentence is to run concurrent with a 17-month sentence he is presently serving regarding a 2008 attempted burglary case.

He was further ordered to pay costs of the prosecution.

• Sherri McCoy, 30, Gallipolis, was sentenced to serve 11 months in the Ohio Reformatory for Women after she pled guilty to a bill of information charging her with theft.

The sentence is to run concurrent with an 11-month sentence imposed for probation violations regarding a 2006 possession of drugs case.

Violations include associating with a known felon, being involved with the theft of a bow, and being in possession of the bow.

McCoy was further ordered to pay costs of the prosecution for judgment rendered.

Cases recently dismissed include:

• The case of Christopher L. Coe, 32, Lisbon, has been dismissed at the request of the complaining witness. Coe had been charged with drug abuse in a 2006 case regarding methampetamine.

• The case of Jimmie C. Shorter also known as Sydney D. Shorter, 40, Gallipolis, has been dismissed for the reason that the defendant needs additional time to procure restitution for the victim. He had been charged with theft regarding a Savage 12 gauge pump shotgun.