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Bank of America vs. Justin T. Best, Columbiana, $47,966 plus interest sought.
Monica Vogel, Salem, vs. Scott Vogel, Columbiana, divorce sought.
Kerri Davis, Lisbon, vs. Patrick M. Davis, East Palestine, divorce sought.
Annette M. Price, East Liverpool, and Kirk P. Price, East Liverpool, dissolution sought.
Roger James Fitzsimmons, Salem, vs. Megan Anne Fitzsimmons, Denver, Colo., divorce sought.
Angel Manuel Fuentes Salgado, East Liverpool, vs. Sandra Adele Fuentes, Trinidad, Texas, divorce sought.
Angela Smithhenderson, Salem, and Brian Henderson, Salem, dissolution sought.
County Treasurer vs. Jeffrey and Mary Lou Landsberger, et al., foreclosure sought for alleged delinquent taxes for property on Marion Street, East Palestine.
County Treasurer vs. David D. Carpenter, et al., foreclosure sought for alleged delinquent taxes for property on Maple Lane, East Liverpool.
Docket Entries
Chrysler Financial Services Americas LLC vs. Barbara M. Steeves, defendant ordered to pay plaintiff $11,057 plus interest.
OneMain Financial Services, Inc. vs. Jason Mangus, et al., case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Jeffrey A. Nesselrode, the city of East Liverpool, the school district and the landbank notified of rights to forfeited property.
County Treasurer vs. Tommy O'Rourke, et al., the city of East Liverpool, the school district and the landbank notified of rights to forfeited property.
County Treasurer vs. Shawn McKinnon, et al., the city of East Liverpool, the school district and the landbank notified of rights to forfeited property.
County Treasurer vs. Mark Van Kirk, the city of East Liverpool, the school district and the landbank notified of rights to forfeited property.
County Treasurer vs. Joy Norman Rickerd et al., the city of East Liverpool, the school district and the landbank notified of rights to forfeited property.
County Treasurer vs. Mary R. Sisely, the city of East Liverpool, the school district and the landbank notified of rights to forfeited property.
County Treasurer vs. Larry A. Keener, the city of East Liverpool, the school district and the landbank notified of rights to forfeited property.
County Treasurer vs. Leonard D. Roberts, et al., the village of Salineville, the school district and the landbank notified of rights to forfeited property.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- Brian L. Cramer, 34, Michigan Avenue, East Liverpool, was served a secret indictment charging him with aggravated possession of drugs, possession of cocaine, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and specification for forfeiture of money in a drug case. Cramer allegedly had meth, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and $301 in drug-related proceeds.
Court News
LISBON -- Shane D. Everson, 33, Pennsylvania Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony and to sexual battery, a second-degree felony and lesser-included offense, to the rape charge he initially faced. Sentencing is set for Jan. 8, when he faces up to 13-years incarceration and a $25,000 fine. Everson reportedly engaged in sexual conduct with a child, who turned 8 years old during the time the abuse was happening during the summer of 2018.
Two Stark County men initially charged with crimes of stealing tires and other items in Salem stipulated to violating the terms of community control and were sentenced to be incarcerated.
Johnelle R. Page, 57, Canton, stipulated to violating the terms of his community control he had been placed on after previously pleading guilty to three counts of theft and two counts of passing bad checks. His community control was dishonorably terminated and he was credited with 26 days in jail, while sentenced to an additional 34 days in jail.
Nathaniel D. Roberts, 47, Canton, stipulated to violating the terms of his community control he had been placed on for three counts of theft, two counts of passing bad checks and a forgery charge. Roberts was sentenced to nine months in prison concurrent with time he is serving in three other criminal cases from 2020.
On April 7, 2017, Page and Roberts had written bad checks to obtain property from Stadium Chevrolet and Salem Chrysler Jeep Dodge. The two men also stole merchandise from Busy Beaver Hardware, all in Salem.
William D. Keyes Jr., 42, Toronto, pleaded guilty to having weapons while under a disability. He faces up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Sentencing is set for Jan. 4. On Feb. 23, Keyes had a loaded 9-millimeter handgun in a Claybourne Street, East Liverpool, home where he had been in the living room with his three children nearby when the Columbiana County Drug Task Force conducted a search with a warrant. Keyes has a prior conviction for an aggravated burglary offense.
Rusty S. Altman, 47, Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon, pleaded guilty to violating a protection order and requested immediate sentencing. Altman was credited with 179 days served and sentenced to serve an additional 61 days in jail. The charge was found at Lisa Clark's home when she called deputies concerned about a man with a knife. He has two or more prior convictions of violating the protection order.
Christopher Bowersock, 37, Oak Drive, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to theft of drugs and possession of drugs for stealing gabapentin pills on April 15, 2019. Bowersock was sentenced by Judge Scott Washam to nine months in prison concurrent with time he is serving in a 2018 criminal case, when he was sentenced in July 2019 to 18 months for illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility.
William J. McFarland, 29, Sebring, was placed on three years community control for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. McFarland had a baggie containing marijuana and meth on May 3, 2018.
Samantha Morgan, 27, East Fifth Street, Salem, stipulated to violating the terms of her community control for a possession of drugs conviction for having a baggie containing methamphetamines on the passenger-side door of her 1997 Honda automobile on May 7, 2018. Morgan was sentenced to nine months in prison, while credited with 134 days already served.
Amos M. Haynes, 41, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated possession of drugs and requested immediate sentencing. Haynes was placed on two years community control, credited with three days served in jail and fined $500. Haynes had hydrocodone on July 25, 2019.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Municipal Court, Dana Brown, 33, Youngstown, was fined $250, required 40 hours community service and credited with two days served and sentenced to an additional 13 days in jail for theft and for violating probation for a prior criminal trespassing. Brown stole two Chapsticks and a La Color mascara from a Dollar General in Damascus on May 29. On July 18, 2018, Brown was found sleeping on a couch in a bedroom of a Knox Township home belonging to Jeremy Gorby, who did not give him permission to be there.
Joshua M. Seeley, 35, Prospect Street, Salem, was fined $150 for driving under suspension.
James G. Eichler, 71, North Union, Salem, was fined $150 for reckless operation.
ELO Muni
EAST LIVERPOOL -- In East Liverpool Municipal Court, Robert J. White, Cornell Street, was fined $400 and given 180 days in jail on four aggravated menacing charges.
Daniel E. Riggs, Monroeville Heights, Salineville, was fined $230 and given 60 days in jail (suspended) on no operator's license and improper display of plates charges.
Joshua L. Boyd, Grant Street, was sentenced to 29 days in jail on a probation violation.
An expired operator's license charge case against Brett L. Hambleton Jr., Stagecoach Road, was dismissed with costs taxed against the defendant.
Debra A. Reynolds (aka Buzzard), College Street, was set for a Oct. 15 probation violation hearing.
Nicholas L. Weyand, Dewey Avenue, is set for a probable cause hearing Oct. 1 on a probation violation.
Brian L. Cramer, Michigan Avenue, is set for a Oct. 1 probation violation hearing.