YOUNGSTOWN — Taylor A. Moore, of Boardman, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison last September for thefts totaling more than $14,000, was granted judicial release last week in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

She also will participate in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court SCORE Court, which stands for Second Chance Offender Re-entry, and its goal is to help people transition from incarceration back into society. It is run by Judge Anthony Donofrio.

It is modeled after other specialty courts across Ohio, such as drug court, mental health court and honor court in offering treatment and support to help people overcome issues that led them to be charged with a criminal offense.

As part of her judicial release, Moore, 32, will be on probation for five years and will have status hearings at the county courthouse at least two times per month. She was going to be released to a treatment recovery facility July 31, and must complete all phases of the programming and submit to random alcohol and drug testing, according to the judgment entry in her case. She must also pay restitution, as previously ordered, it states.

SERVED ABOUT NINE MONTHS

Moore was scheduled for release from prison March 22, 2026, according to prison records. She served more than nine months of her sentence, and Judge Anthony D’Apolito denied her the opportunity to be released early from prison when she asked in December. The type of release is called judicial release, which is approved by the sentencing judge.

Moore pleaded guilty in April of 2024 in three theft-related cases involving a handful of low-level felony convictions for theft and forgery.

In one of the cases, victims paid money for furniture that Moore never provided. Moore was ordered to pay restitution of $1,714 to one customer, $1,662 to another customer and $2,700 to another customer.

In another case, a woman paid $2,831 for furniture Moore never provided. A third case involved $5,701 in two checks Moore deposited with a bank that were fraudulent and had been altered, county prosecutors said.

Moore’s name first came to the public’s attention when Boardman officials came down on her and others over a Memorial Day party they threw at a home on Glenwood Avenue in the township during the summer of 2023 that frustrated neighbors. A common pleas court judge banned her and others from hosting any more parties.

Later, she was indicted on theft charges involving a furniture store on Mahoning Avenue in Austintown in which she put items on her website that were from a store in Liberty Township, taking money from buyers and not delivering the items.

In another case, she was accused of forging two checks at a bank in Austintown and getting money from them, according to Vindicator files.

When Moore was sentenced in September, D’Apolito said he hoped the sentence would encourage Moore to pay the $14,000 in restitution she owed.

D’Apolito said he was sentencing Moore to 18 months in prison with a plan to “let you out early,” possibly after nine months, but Moore had to start paying restitution before she left prison.

Furthermore, if Moore did not continue to pay restitution after she left prison, she could go back to prison to serve additional time, he said.