Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. William Kusior Jr., Brushville Road, New Waterford, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Brushville Road, New Waterford property.

Docket Entries

CSMC 2017-2 Trust vs. Tammy Owens, et al.; mediation terminated, case returned to active docket.

First National Bank of Omaha vs. Barbara Erb; $17,880 judgment granted to plaintiff, but plaintiff agrees to accept $13,500 through payment plan.

Joseph Chuck vs. Sarah Chuck; divorce granted.

Terry Roudebush vs. Stacy Roudebush; divorce granted.

Chase Courtney and Kacie Hartzell; dissolution granted.

Abbie Bardon vs. Joshua Bardon; divorce granted.

Roberta Morris vs. Aaron Morris; divorce granted.

Shannon Pyles vs. Raymond Pyles; divorce granted.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Trenton Gill, 22, New Cumberland, W.Va., was served Thursday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Oct. 13, 2023.

Court News

LISBON — A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity earlier this year for third-degree felony burglary has been ordered evaluated for continued hospitalization after violating the terms of her conditional release.

Holly Maddocks, 25, formerly of East Liverpool, is set to face a status hearing Dec. 19 in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Scott Washam. Washam recently ordered the evaluation by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio.

After being found not guilty by reason of insanity and determined to be a mentally ill person, she had been conditionally released into the community, but was recently evicted from a group home due to her behavior, prompting the prosecutor’s office to ask that she be placed in the county jail and evaluated, claiming she was a threat to herself and others.

She was taken into custody, awaiting a bed at Heartland Behavioral Health.

Maddocks was charged in 2023 with third-degree felony burglary for allegedly breaking into the home of a family friend in East Liverpool, beginning to tear up the interior and drinking the homeowner’s alcohol on May 14, 2023.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Joseph W. Ward, 33, Poland, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, with credit for 20 days served in jail, for fourth-degree felony grand theft. He was also ordered to pay restitution of $15,235 to the victim. That’s the amount of money he stole from the woman over a two-year period from Aug. 25, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2023.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against William Donald Barrett, 43, Grant Street, Lisbon, were bound over to the county grand jury for second-degree felony burglary, fifth-degree felony receiving stolen property and misdemeanor criminal trespass for allegedly breaking into a woman’s garage and vehicle in East Liverpool and taking several items on Oct. 11. Barrett allegedly possessed a stolen credit card that had been taken.

Nicholas Edwards, 35, West Eighth Street, Salem, was fined $750 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 120 days suspended and credit for 22 days served, leaving a balance of 38 days still to serve in jail for assault and criminal trespass amended from felony burglary. He was ordered to complete 80 hours of community service and to have no contact with the victim. Edwards attempted to kick in the door of a Salem residence and then hit a man who opened the door on Oct. 29.

Lorena Cope, 59, state Route 558, Leetonia, was fined $550 and sentenced to 20 days in jail, with credit for four days served, leaving a balance of 16 days to serve in jail for illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, forfeiture and driving under suspension. During a traffic stop on April 23 in Fairfield Township, Cope possessed a snort straw and a razor blade with white residue on it.

A pretrial was set March 4 for Matthew Carle, 35, Main Street, Homeworth, charged with operating a vehicle impaired first offense and two counts reasonable control.

A pretrial was set Feb. 25 for Joshua Stewart, 52, Dairy Lane, East Liverpool, charged with OVI first offense and reasonable control.

Caleb White, 20, Clarkson Road, Rogers, was fined $275 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 27 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for reasonable control amended from OVI and failure to control. His driver’s license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted, and he was ordered to complete 10 hours community service.

A pretrial was set Dec. 5 for Danny Jay Shultz, 27, Cliff Drive, Salem, charged with noncompliance.

A pretrial was set Feb. 6 for Rebecca Hawke, 19, Salineville Road West, Salineville, charged with temporary instruct permit required, stop sign and no seat belt.

A pretrial was set March 3 for Robert Thomas Bishop, 28, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, charged with failure to stop after an accident and reasonable control.

A pretrial was set Feb. 27 for Vincent Gass-Flaherty, 22, Green Lane, East Liverpool, charged with traffic control devices.