LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Ryan Pritt, 42, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for domestic violence and strangulation, both third-degree felonies for allegedly assaulting and strangling a juvenile victim, who had scratches on both sides of his neck and blood coming from a wound on his leg on April 19 in East Liverpool

A case against Austin Bussey, 25, New Springfield, was bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and fifth-degree felony obstructing official business for allegedly fleeing on a motorcycle from Columbiana police attempting a traffic stop on April 26 in Columbiana. The motorcycle was found abandoned and he later turned himself in. He was fined $200 for driving under suspension and reckless operation.

A pretrial was set May 13 for Ryan Butler, 38, Desellem Road, Lisbon, charged with assault, endangering children, aggravated menacing and criminal damaging for allegedly grabbing a man from behind by his neck and starting to choke him, then punching him several times and kicking him twice on March 6 on a Spillway Road, Lisbon property. A deputy sheriff’s affidavit said Butler initially had on a black ski mask, but it came off during the incident. The affidavit also said this happened while the victim was holding a 4-year-old child, causing him to push the child into the arms of a 13-year-old child witness. The defendant allegedly threatened the victim and also backed into the victim’s vehicle.

Ashden Owens, 22, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, was fined $350 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 160 days suspended, leaving 20 days to serve in jail for assault, amended from domestic violence. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service. A restitution hearing was set for July 23. Owens struck a woman twice in the face and punched her three times in the abdomen during a domestic on Oct. 23, 2023 in East Liverpool.

John Scott Townsend, 36, New Brighton, Pa., was fined $150 for disorderly conduct, amended from obstructing official business. Charges of engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools were dismissed at the request of the prosecutor due to the failure of the state to have the defendant’s phone forensically examined. The phone shall be released to him. Townsend had been accused in a sex for hire sting after responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a female in exchange for $140, then traveling to East Palestine on Feb. 3, 2023 for the meeting.

Clarence England, 65, St. Petersburg, Fla., was fined $150 and sentenced to one day in jail, with credit for one day served, for disorderly conduct for being intoxicated in the area of state Route 170, Calcutta, acting belligerent and trying to walk away from officers on May 6.

A pretrial was set July 23 for Bill McFarland, 53, Fairfield Avenue, Columbiana, charged with menacing for allegedly kicking a door and threatening a man that he was going to end up in a funeral home and he was going to kill him on April 27 in Columbiana.

Jeremy Fristik, 36, Park Avenue, East Palestine, was fined $300 and sentenced to five days in jail, with credit for two days served, leaving three days left to serve, for obstructing official business and resisting arrest for refusing to come out of a Salem residence and then fighting and struggling with officers taking him into custody for an active warrant on Feb. 19.

A pretrial was set July 2 for Shannelle Romano, 27, Riverview Street, East Liverpool, charged with two counts of return and payment of tax for allegedly failing to include payment with an East Liverpool city income tax return on April 15, 2022 and failing to file an East Liverpool city income tax return on April 15, 2023. Romano was also fined $300 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended, leaving one day to serve for theft. She was ordered to complete 60 hours community service and to stay out of Walmart in Columbiana County. Romano was caught stealing Nov. 9, 2023 while working at the Calcutta Walmart where she was drinking beverages in coolers near her register without paying for them and skipped scanning 30 items totaling $126.

A pretrial was set July 1 for Terry Musser, 53, Salem Grange Road, Salem, charged with speeding.

Searrah Nichole Powell, 22, Clark Avenue, Wellsville, waived extradition as a fugitive from justice from Pennsylvania for a charge of aggravated assault from August 2023. She had been taken into custody after a traffic stop in East Liverpool on April 26.

Kevin Yoho, 46, North 16th Street, Sebring, was fined $150 for drug paraphernalia. A charge of possessing marijuana was dismissed. Yoho possessed plastic straws with white powder residue, a digital scale and a broken glass smoking pipe with burnt residue on Oct. 2, 2023 during a traffic stop in Center Township.

Penny Collins, 51, Seigler Road, Salineville, was fined $1,080 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 110 days suspended, leaving 30 days to spend in jail and 40 days on electronically monitored house arrest, for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs third offense, speeding and no seat belt. A charge of OVI refusal was dismissed. Her driver’s license was suspended for three years, with driving privileges granted. She was ordered to complete 40 hours community service.

A court trial was set May 14 for Derek Rhodes, 49, West Salem Alliance Road, Salem, charged with OVI first offense, OVI refusal with prior within 20 years, driving under suspension and improper/expired registration.

Tyler Brown, 23, Cleveland Street, Salem, was fined $1,025 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for OVI, marked lanes and no license. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and his driver’s license was suspended for one year.

A pretrial was set July 9 for Richard McIlvain, 64, Ball Avenue, Wellsville, charged with OVI first offense, OVI breath first offense and reasonable control.

Charlotte Eichler, 50, Mechanicstown, was fined $925 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended, and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for OVI and reasonable control Her driver’s license was suspended for one year and she was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.

Sabrina Cline, 21, Gardendale Street, East Liverpool, was fined $80 for no license and no seat belt, with no fine issued for charges of expired registration and deposit litter, garbage, trash or junk on adjacent property on alley.

A pretrial was set July 1 for James Soker, 57, Girard, charged with reasonable control.

A pretrial was set July 23 for Douglas Stiffler, 21, West 10th Street, Salem, charged with speeding.

A pretrial was set July 25 for Jennifer Stratton, 32, South Lincoln Avenue, Salem, charged with driving while texting.

A pretrial was set July 9 for Jason Seidle, 39, Warren, charged with driving onto roadway from place other than roadway.

A pretrial was set July 29 for James Vincent Hall, 36, Burgettstown, Pa., charged with speeding.

Jennifer Crews, 46, Cunningham Road, Salem, was ordered to pay costs for an amended speeding charge.

Hayden Harris, 21, North Avenue, East Palestine, was fined $50 for an equipment violation, amended from speeding.