Courts
Common Pleas
New Cases
Columbiana County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Advanced Training Group worldwide, Lincoln Way, Lisbon; delinquent tax foreclosure sought for property located at state Route 154 and Pine Hollow Road in Lisbon.
Columbiana County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Ryan Mays, Wells Hollow Road, Wellsville; delinquent tax foreclosure sought for property located at Wells Hollow Road in Wellsville.
Nicole Nelf, Scroggs Road, Lisbon, and Ronald Nelf, Scroggs Road, Lisbon; dissolution sought.
Miranda Coss, Middle Street, Homeworth, vs. Michael Mills Middle Street, Homeworth; divorce sought.
Docket Entries
Inolex, Ind. vs Zircon Industrial Services; default judgment of $42.131 plus interest granted.
Malissisa Shannon vs. Rite-Aid of Ohio; case settled and dismissed.
Jason Wallace, Blakely Street, East Liverpool, and Teta Wallace, Mick Road, Wellsville; dissolution granted.
Columbiana County Treasurer, vs. Michael Butler; case dismissed.
Columbiana County Treasurer vs. Gary Grimes; case held in abeyance pending completion of payment plan.
Columbiana County Treasurer vs. unknown heirs and next of kin of Jimmie Carroll; case held in abeyance pending completion of payment plan.
Grand Jury
LISBON — Joseph Jolly 36, Dunn Road, who had previously been convicted of domestic violence secretly, was indicted recently by the Columbiana County Grand Jury on charges of felony-four domestic violence and felony-for strangulation. According to the indictment Jolly allegedly knowingly caused harm to a household member by strangulation on Aug. 29.
Also served secret indictments were:
— Jonathan Vinkler, 48, Petersburg, charged with conveying or attempting to convey an drug of abuse on the grounds of a county correctional facility, a felony three, on Oct. 20, 2023 and felony-five aggravated possession of drugs.
— Steven Watters, 46, Depot Road Salem, charged with fifth-degree felony failure to stop after an accident. Watters allegedly did not stop after being involved in a crash on May 25.
— Christina Springer, 30, Hibbetts Mills Road charged with possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for knowingly possessing cocaine on April 18, 2023.
— Jackie Barker, 30 Saline Street, Irondale, charged with felony-five aggravated possession of drugs for allegedly possessing amphetamine on April 18, 2023.
— Andrea Brown 47, Canton, charged with possession of a fentanyl related compound, a fifth-degree felony on Oct.2, 2023.
Court News
LISBON — In Columbiana County Common Pleas Court recently, a Lisbon man was sentenced to 12 months in a state correctional institution after violating terms of both intervention and community control. Thomas May Jr., 38, state Route 154, had previously pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony possession of LSD and two counts of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. May possessed methamphetamine and LSD on Sept. 10, 2020 and methamphetamine on July 6, 2021.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
— Joni McDole, 31, Maplewood Avenue, East Liverpool, was sentenced to two years of community control and six months in the Eastern Ohio Correctional Center for possession of cocaine, a felony five for possessing cocaine on June 16, 2022.
— Michael Hover, 33, East Third Street, Salem, was sentenced to 75 days in the county jail for fifth-degree felony receiving stolen property.
— Amanda Mead, 45, East Main Street, East Palestine, was sentenced to three years of intervention for fourth-degree felony illegal use of supplemental assistance program benefits or WIC program benefits for allegedly illegally using the benefits from July 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022.
— Anthony Baker, 39, Ravenna, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for an amended offense of attempted felonious assault, a third-degree felony. Baker was originally charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and first-degree felony aggravated burglary after he was accused of attempting to harm or harming another man by means of a knife on May 29, 2023. The aggravated burglary charge was being dismissed.