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Rebecca Anderson, Park Avenue, East Palestine, and Kevin Anderson, Phoenix, Ariz.; dissolution sought.
Tommy McMillen, North Canton, vs. Kristen McMillen, Hartley Road, Alliance; divorce sought.
Donna Laurence and Amos Laurence, both Belmont Avenue, East Liverpool, vs. Nathaniel Brier, Beaver Falls; personal injury claim from 2021 traffic accident.
David Kastor, Fink Road, Kensington, vs. Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Columbus, and Community Action Agency of Columbiana County, Lincole Place, Lisbon; appeal of claim denial.
Mathie Supply, Inc., North Canton, vs. Blythe Construction, LLC, Massillon, et al.; collection sought of $21,599 alleged debt for materials for construction project in Lisbon.
Seven Seventeen Credit Union, Inc., Warren, vs. Christine Jones, Pritchard Avenue, Lisbon; collection sought of debt for $13,910 plus $1,432 interest.
Gerald Joy, Carrollton, vs. David Cope, Hill Street, Lisbon; personal injury claim from 2021 traffic accident.
Docket Entries
Fred Schuster, et al. vs. Hughes General Contracting Inc., et al.; $52,114 judgment granted to plaintiffs.
County Treasurer vs Raymond Shahan Jr., et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Stephen Drive, Minerva property.
County Treasurer vs. John C. Stewart, et al.; States Resources Corp. dismissed as defendant.
Ashley Smith Riggs vs. Andrew Riggs; divorce granted.
Shaun Poole and Vanessa Poole; dissolution granted.
Michael Druschel vs. Ashley Druschel; divorce granted.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set May 11 for John B. Roberts, 39, Goodlettsville, Tenn, charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly making threats via video on social media that he was coming to shoot up the little town of East Liverpool and people at a residence on Thompson Park Road. Bond was set at $7,500 cash or surety and he was ordered to have no contact with anyone at the property on Thompson Park Road, East Liverpool. The case stemmed from 2021.
Keith Dennis, 42, Main Street, Wellsville, was fined $250 and sentenced to 30 days in jail for violation of a protection order, with the jail term to be served at the same time as another case. Dennis violated the terms of a protection order on April 15 by calling a woman from the county jail.
A pretrial was set Aug. 3 for David Vincent, 53, Ambrose Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with assault for allegedly punching another man during an argument May 1 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set July 24 for Leland Wolfe, North Jackson, charged with engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools and obstructing official business for allegedly responding to an undercover ad of two females on a known prostitution website, arranging for sexual activity with the two females in exchange for $240 and traveling on May 3 to East Palestine for the meeting. When he was approached by police, he refused to roll down his window completely or exit the vehicle and had to be physically removed.
A preliminary hearing was set May 11 for Joy Conn, 27, Canton, charged with receiving stolen property, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly being in possession of a stolen vehicle on April 30 in Hanoverton.
A pretrial was set Aug. 3 for Christopher Sanders, 39, Ravenna, charged with engaging in prostitution and engaging in criminal tools for allegedly responding to an undercover ad of an adult mother and daughter on a known prostitution website, arranging for sexual activity with the two females in exchange for $100 and traveling on April 30 to East Palestine for the meeting.
Brandon Phillips, 21, South Egypt Road, Salem, was fined $300 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with credit for six days served, for obstructing official business and criminal trespass for entering a vacant residence with a dog on East Fourth Street, Salem on April 28 and failing to obey commands from police after barricading himself in an upstairs bedroom, with police using O.C. spray on him.
A pretrial was set May 11 for Cody Allen Oiler, 26, Grove Alley, East Liverpool, charged with assault for allegedly being the primary aggressor in a fight in East Liverpool on May 4. Bond was set at $7,500 and he was ordered to have no contact with the victim.
Nathan Elkins, 34, Milbourne, East Liverpool, was fined $300 and sentenced to 20 days in jail for falsification and drug paraphernalia, with the jail time also for violating his probation on a charge of obstructing official business. Elkins possessed a glass vile and plastic bags with residue and gave a different name than his own to police during a traffic stop April 19 in St. Clair Township. Another charge of obstructing official business was dismissed.
Julene Day, 42, South Cross Street, Columbiana, was fined $300 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for attempted drug possession, amended from felony drug abuse. She was ordered to serve 20 hours community service. The charge stemmed from a traffic stop Nov. 5, 2022 in Columbiana.
An extradition hearing was set May 15 for Megan Stepansky, 41, West Pershing Street, Salem, charged with being a fugitive from justice for a felony probation violation in Virginia.
Bryant Allen, 32, Anderson Boulevard, East Liverpool, was fined $700 and sentenced to one day in jail, with credit for one day served, for possession of drug abuse instrument, possession of marijuana, driving under suspension and use of unauthorized plate. Allen possessed a syringe and marijuana during a traffic stop on May 31, 2020 in St. Clair Township.
Jason Joy, 48, state Route 45, Wellsville, was fined $875 and sentenced to 180 days in jail for physical control, amended from operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs. His driver's license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.
Darren Ketchum, 48, state Route 154, Lisbon, was fined $150 for failure to display, amended from driving under suspension.
Nevin Householder, 27, Toronto, was fined $190 for speeding and no license.
Anthony Blancato II, 26, High Street, Leetonia, was fined $150 for speeding.
Robert Bowyer, 54, Moore Road, East Liverpool, was fined $400 for driving under suspension and drug paraphernalia for having a cut plastic straw during a traffic stop on April 23 in St. Clair Township.
Brandon Pullen, 39, Charlotte, N.C., was fined $150 for unsafe vehicle, amended from assured clear distance.
Steven Mango, 34, South Union Avenue, Salem, was fined $150 for reckless operation, amended from fleeing, with a charge of unsafe vehicle dismissed.
Charges of marked lanes, drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana were dismissed against Kathleen Barnes, 35, Dewey Avenue, East Liverpool.
Randy Newberry, 64, Morris Road, Lisbon, was fined $250 for no license and expired registration.
Erica Rohm, 30, Lakemore, was fined $75 for marijuana paraphernalia.
A pretrial was set July 27 for Melinda Sue Schroeder, state Route 170, East Palestine, charged with hit skip/leaving the scene, improper backing, improper/expired registration and two counts driving under suspension.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- An Alliance man was served Wednesday with a secret indictment for a felony weapons charge issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury.
Harley Faulkner, 29, South Seneca Avenue, was indicted for possession of a deadly weapon while under detention for allegedly having a razor blade while he was incarcerated at the county jail on Oct. 26, 2022.
Also served with secret indictments were:
-- Zachary Tice, 29, Cleveland Avenue, East Liverpool, fifth-degree felony possession of fentanyl-related compound for allegedly possessing fentanyl-related compound on April 18, 2022.
-- Michael Berry Jr., 41, New Castle, Pa., fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Dec. 11, 2020.
-- Philippe Fritzke, 55, North Canton, fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on April 20, 2022.
-- Sam Detoro, 30, Poland, fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on June 29, 2022.
Court News
LISBON -- A woman accused of taking drugs into a correctional facility was sentenced to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility.
Amber Cox entered the plea to the third-degree felony during a recent hearing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the incident that occurred Nov. 21, 2021. She received credit for 17 days already served.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
-- Anthony Gregory, 36, Plymouth Place, Salem, was sentenced to nine months in prison, with credit for two days served, for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs or both, a fourth-degree felony. He was fined $1,350 and his license was suspended for 10 years. The charge stemmed from an OVI on March 12, 2022, with Gregory having three or more previous OVI convictions.
-- Andrew Shafer, 44, Shady Lane, Lisbon, was sentenced to a term at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center, with credit for seven days served, to be followed by three years probation, for two counts violating a protection order, a fifth-degree felony. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim. The violations occurred on May 10 and May 11, both in 2022.
-- Chelsea Baker, 32, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, was ordered to jail for 50 days, with credit for 44 days served, for violating her probation for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, from possessing buprenorphine in July 2019.
-- Kenneth White, 59, Canton, was placed on probation for 24 months after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing hydrocodone on Oct. 20, 2021.
-- Bethany Devine, 31, High Street, Leetonia, was ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center for violating the terms of his probation for complicity in the commission of an offense, a fifth-degree felony. The charge stemmed from Devine acting as lookout when someone else stole a license plate on June 27, 2020.