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Sarah Goldsby, Wellsville, vs. Jason Goldsby, Wellsville, divorce sought.
Bank of America vs. Margaret Paxon, et al., foreclosure sought for property on Valley Road, Salem.
Premier Bank vs. James Cope, et al., foreclosure sought for property on North Market Street, East Palestine.
Docket Entries
Robert L. Mercer vs. Richard A. Mercer, plaintiffs to be reimbursed $5,779.
Sandy Capehart as Trustee for Sonnenberg Mutual Insurance Co., et al., vs. Irina Marie Sprankle, et al., defendant ordered to pay plaintiff $8,503 plus interest.
County Treasurer vs. Brian S. Bates, et al., property on Center Road, Homeworth, sold to MTA Property Holdings LLC for $17,500.
Marriage Licenses
Craig Michael Leasure, 43, Salem, driver, and Amber R. Agnew, 32, Salem, direct service provider.
Nicholas Ward Althouse, 27, Winona, Medic, USN, and Elizabeth Ashley Uhrinec, 31, Norfolk, Va., American sign language interpreter.
Dylan Michael Boyuk, 25, Lisbon, lineman, and Ashley Lynn First, 22, Lisbon, custodian.
Court News
LISBON - In Common Pleas Court, Michael W.S. Gunn, 50, Fawcett Street, East Liverpool, stipulated to violating the terms of his community control from a failure to verify residence address charge. Gunn was sentenced to nine months in prison with his community control dishonorably terminated. The charge was for failing to disclose his address in January and February of 2018 as he was required to do as after a prior conviction for gross sexual imposition in 2010.
A no bill of indictment was issued against Joshua Allen Keener, 30, Anderson Avenue, Wellsville, dismissing charges against him of aggravated burglary and criminal damaging.
Municipal
LISBON -- A Dec. 30 preliminary hearing and pretrial was set for in county Municipal Court for Mark Fraser, 48, Youngstown, charged with assault on a peace officer, obstructing official business and resisting arrest for allegedly taking a swing at a deputy's head after yelling that he was not going back to prison during a traffic stop on Thursday.
Matthew James McFarland, 37, Warren, was bound over to the grand jury on charges of promoting prostitution-transporting across state lines sex for hire, promoting prostitution - supervise/managing prostitution and possessing criminal tools. McFarland allegedly made arrangements with an undercover agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force who was offering to buy sex for hire, then reportedly drove a woman to Salem to meet the agent where he was taken into custody on Wednesday.
A Dec. 30 preliminary hearing was set for Charles A. Richards, 28, Main Street, Wellsville, charged with burglary for allegedly unlawfully trespassed into the home of Jessica Cross from inside a shared laundry room with the neighbor on Sunday, taking $85.
Jeffrey A. Falk, 46, Alice Street, East Palestine, was bound over to the grand jury on a possession of cocaine charge for drugs allegedly found in his possession during a traffic stop on Jan. 29 in East Palestine.
A Dec. 30 preliminary hearing and pretrial was set for Tina Marie Benzing, 48, Boardman, charged with tampering with evidence, engaging in prostitution, possession of criminal tools and drug paraphernalia. On Friday, Benzing allegedly responded to an ad for someone looking for sex with a female, agreeing to do so in exchange for $200 and narcotics. When she was arrested she allegedly attempted to hide crack cocaine by removing it from a concealed location and eating it.
A Dec. 27 preliminary hearing was set for Madelyn M. Hairston, 35, North Street, Beloit, charged with having weapons while under a disability and domestic violence for allegedly having a loaded handgun in a hole in the dash while she is currently indicted for violent crimes and allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old child at her home by hitting him with the bathroom door and biting his arm.
Thomas G. Glaab, 52, New Brighton, Pa., was fined $500 and required 20 hours community service for possession of criminal tools and disorderly conduct amended from engaging in prostitution for attempting to hire an undercover agent for sex in exchange for $80.
A Dec. 30 pretrial was set for Kristopher I. Anstine, 29, Salem-Alliance Road, Salem, charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly threatening to shoot someone whom he believed had stolen items from Barnett's Drive Thru, attempting to get him to stop.
A Feb. 22 pretrial was set for Scott Henry Stich, New Castle, Pa., charged with engaging in prostitution, resisting arrest and possession of criminal tools for allegedly making arrangements to travel to meet a woman for sexual activity in exchange for $80 to $100 and then fleeing on foot to try to avoid being caught by an agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force in East Palestine on Friday.
A Feb. 24 pretrial was set for Shawn D. Ramsey Sr., 44, Walnut Ridge Road, Salineville, cited with OVI first offense and marked lanes.
A Feb. 22 pretrial was set for Christipher Zelonka, 18, Sixth Street, Wellsville, charged with assault for allegedly, along with two children, assaulting a 16-year-old boy.
Samantha Thomas, 36, Canton, was fined $1,025, had her license suspended for a year, required to attend a three-day counseling program and ordered 40 hours community service for OVI first offense and speeding.
A Feb. 10 pretrial was set for Michael A. Westover, 34, Clarkson Road, Rogers, cited with OVI first offense, driving under suspension, a tail lights violation, possession of drug abuse instruments and unauthorized use of motor vehicles for allegedly taking a truck belonging to his father.
Jeffrey D. Davis, 46, state Route 164, Lisbon, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $250 for resisting arrest for pulling away twice from police taking him into custody on Dec. 7.
Dustin M. Andrews, 23, Pinewood Drive, New Waterford, was credited with eight days served, sentenced to an additional 112 in jail and fined $350 for fleeing and eluding. An obstructing official business charge was dismissed. Andrews fled from Columbiana police southbound on state Route 7 from state Route 14 about 45 miles at unsafe speeds on Nov. 16.
Ronald E. Harper, 33, Foxwood Lane, New Waterford, was fined $300, credited with two days in jail and required 20 hours community service for endangering children and drug abuse instruments for leaving a hypodermic inside an orange drink can and a meth pipe on a nightstand along with a crystal-like substance in a Ziplock baggie that tested positive for meth about 10 feet from where his girlfriend's small children slept.
Todd A. Kolodziej, 48, Aliquippa, Pa., was sentenced to five days in jail and fined $300 for resisting arrest and obstructing official business for misspelling his name and giving a false Social Security number, then attempting to evade police by sprinting away near Speedway in Salem on Dec. 15.
Kyle A. Anstine, 27, Marlboro Avenue, Alliance, was fined $250, credited with 15 days in jail and required 20 hours community service for carrying a concealed weapon for a set of metal knuckles found in his pocket on Oct. 20 by deputies.
Lance Morris, 35, Hilltop Drive, Lisbon, was fined $250, credited with eight days served and required 20 hours community service for criminal trespassing for being on a Lisa Lane property where Jamie Pastore and Desiree Ingledue Pastore live, without their permission while they were incarcerated on Dec. 13.
William S. McMillan, 28, West State Street, Salem, was fined $200, credited with 10 days in jail and required 20 hours community service for obstructing official business for continuing to yell and trying to incite things when deputies told him to stay away from the others and stop interfering on Dec. 10. A disorderly conduct citation was dismissed.
A Feb. 24 pretrial was set for Jordan Hakeem Brooks, 25, Clarkson Road, Rogers, cited with OVI first offense, speeding and a seat belt violation.
A Feb. 28 pretrial was set for Erin A. Taggert, 27, West Perry Street, Salem, charged with obstructing official business and criminal trespassing for allegedly on Dec. 13 for returning to the Lisa Lane, Lisbon, property where she was previously told not to be and lying to deputies about whether she had been there.
A Feb. 22 pretrial was set for Ryan C. Adkins, 35, Chestnut Street, Leetonia, charged with wrongful entrustment.
Olivia Grace Wagner, 22, Depot Road, Lisbon, was fined $290 for loud exhaust, possession of marijuana paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.
Kara L. Grate, 32, McCracken Road, Salem, was fined $250 for theft for not scanning $40 in items at Walmart on April 9.
A Dec. 30 pretrial was set for Eric M. Greathouse, 29, South Lincoln Avenue, Salem, charged with violating a temporary protection order for allegedly having a friend text Victoria Solomon that he misses her, but he cannot talk to her or he will have to go back to jail.
A Jan. 25 pretrial was set for Michael G. Kuhlen, 38, state Route 558, Leetonia, charged with OVI second offense, failure to control and a seat belt violation.
Andrew Petersen IV, 40, Rollercoaster Road, Lisbon, was fined $230 for failure to control, a seat belt violation and no license amended from driving under suspension. A speeding citation was dismissed.
Ethan F. Romito, 18, Pueblo Lane, Columbiana, was fined $150 for lighted lights required amended from reckless operation.
A Feb. 28 pretrial was set for Amber Fleece, 26, Youngstown, cited with driving under FRA suspension.
Jeremiah Ledford, 32, Canton, was fined $130 for failure to display a valid sticker and driving under suspension.
Jordan Matt Pietrandrea, 18, Beaver Falls, Pa., was fined $100 for possession of marijuana paraphernalia.
EL Municipal
EAST LIVERPOOL -- A Dec. 23 pretrial was set in East Liverpool Municipal Court for David G. Warrick, 61, Echo Dell Road, cited with driving under suspension and improper registration, as well as charged with domestic violence for allegedly kicking open a door, which hit his girlfriend, Florence Delbridge, in the face on Friday. Warrick's bond is set at $20,000 cash or surety.
Corrie A. Duncan, 33, Reynolds Street, pleaded no contest to failure to file income tax return and failure to pay income taxes and was fined $1,000 with $950 suspended provided Duncan pay income tax returns when due.
Citations of two counts of four counts of failure to file income tax return against Crystal S. Rosenberg, Avondale Street, were dismissed without prejudice.
A Jan. 24 pretrial was set for John J. Brandle Jr., 58, Fisher Avenue, cited with failure to file income tax return and failure to pay income taxes.
A Jan. 12 pretrial was set for Augustina M. Newman, 48, Jennings Avenue, cited with driving under suspension and a stop sign violation.
A Feb. 10 pretrial was set for Ashley J. Ross, 34, West Clark Street, East Palestine, cited with no license.
A March 4 pretrial was set for Richard H. Stoddard III, 52, Lincoln Avenue, cited with driving under suspension and failure to signal.
A March 4 pretrial was set for Paul L. Beaver, 32, Orchard Street, cited with improper registration.
Four people failed to appear: Michael Westover, 34, Clarkson Road, Rogers, driving under suspension citation; Kylee Coutts, 32, Tiltonsville, speeding; Quamirr L. Woodley, 28, 16 School Road, Wellsville, a traffic control device violation; and Ryan A. Jones, Boyd Street, East Liverpool, expired tags citation.