ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Tiltonsville man who was the subject of an arrest by Jefferson and Belmont County authorities in early June for making threatening videos on SnapChat about a Belmont County official pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday.

According to court records, Andrew Frank Yopa, 31, of 200 Grandview Ave., Tiltonsville, appeared before Belmont County Western Division Judge Eric Costine and entered a guilty plea to inducing panic, a first-degree misdemeanor. The first-degree misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing was dropped. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 138 days suspended. Yopa will be on supervised probation for two years. He is to be evaluated by Southeast Inc. and follow their guidelines. Yopa will be residing with family on Market Street in Yorkville.

Charges stem from the discovery by law enforcement of the videos, where according to the prosecution Yopa made threatening statements concerning Frank Fregiato, a Belmont County common pleas judge who has since retired.

No reason for the animosity was released. When executing the search warrant, detectives reportedly found numerous AR-style weapons, pistols, bolt-action rifles, shotguns, body armor and gas masks. Yopa was held without bond until mid-July, after he was evaluated to determine whether he was a threat to himself or others.

Monroe County Prosecutor James Peters was assigned as special prosecutor for the case, since a relative of Yopa’s works adjacent to the Belmont County Prosecutor’s Office. Neither he nor Yopa’s attorney, Scott Brown, could be reached for comment Tuesday.

Peters had argued that the presence of items such as the gas mask argued the possibility that Yopa had planned some action. Brown had withdrawn a request for evaluation for a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Brown has argued that Yopa has been medicated and kept in the general population at the jail and had never intended to take any action.

Regarding the weapons and other items found, Belmont County Chief Deputy James Zusack said they were seized as evidence and their disposition would be up to the court.