Common Pleas

New Cases

Cardinal Financial Company, Fort Mill, S.C., vs. William Wiley, Salem Grange Road, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought.

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Coral Gables, Fla., vs. Matthew William Bigelow, East Liverpool Road, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Mesa, Ariz., vs. Matthew Young, Trinity Church Roa, Lisbon; repossession of leased 2022 Ford Explorer sought.

Ashley Allmon, Clark Avenue, Wellsville, and Donato Allmon, Bill Smith Road, Wellsville; dissolution sought.

Ethan Redmond, Carmel Achor Road, Rogers, vs. Garett Golladay, U.S. Route 30, Kensington; damages sought for alleged personal injury claim from 2023 traffic accident.

Erica House, Ridge Road, East Rochester, vs. Spread Eagle Tavern, Inc., care of David W. Johnson, Highland Avenue, Salem; monetary damages, back pay, reinstatement sought over August 2024 job termination and claims of alleged hostile work environment, disability discrimination and retaliation.

Docket Entries

County Treasurer vs. Kory Herron, et al.; Dale Pennsylvania Royalty LP dismissed as defendant.

County Treasurer vs. Jean Phillipson also known as Jean Pastor, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Colleen D’Amico, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Janelle Koontz, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

Numerica Credit Union vs. Sarah Nelson; $16,879 judgment granted to plaintiff.

EZ Pay Buildings, LLC vs. Arlan Bailey; $20,114 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Denise Rutan, et al. vs. Ronald Kelly, et al.; summary judgment granted to defendants against plaintiffs Denise Rutan and Danny Kelly on all causes of action.

County Treasurer vs. Allen Sanders, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.

County Treasurer vs. Thomas Taylor, et al.; payment plan completed, foreclosure complaint dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Robert Martin, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.

County Treasurer vs. Lawrence Stacey II, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Elaine Hamilton; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society vs. Richard Holt, et al.; case dismissed.

Christopher M. Corey vs. Roseland Limited Partnership, aka Roseland Ltd, doing business as Roseland Apartments, West High Street, Lisbon, et al.; case dismissed against defendants Roseland Limited Partnership, Marcy Fisher and Ralph Harrington.

Timothy Allen Potts Jr. and Brandy Potts; dissolution granted.

Jonathan McElroy vs. Darla McElroy; divorce granted.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Two drug defendants were served Tuesday with secret indictments issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury, including:

— Knight Salyers, 32, Newell, W.Va., aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Nov. 11, 2024.

— Katrina Clarke, 33, St. Clairsville, aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and misdemeanor illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on Aug. 23, 2023

— A Wellsville man accused of assaulting a jail employee in January was served Wednesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury.

Thomas Holman, 44, Hammond School Road, was charged with assault, a fifth-degree felony, for knowingly causing or attempting to cause physical harm to a man who was an employee of a local correctional facility on Jan. 22.

At the time of the incident, Holman was an inmate at the Columbiana County jail. He’s currently serving an 11-month sentence in prison for violating his probation for a protection order violation charge.

Also served in state correctional facilities with secret indictments issued by the grand jury were:

— Douglas Barnes, 44, Ravine Street, East Liverpool, fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs and misdemeanor possession of drugs for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and buprenorphine in August 2024.

— Timothy Wilson, 47, listed as homeless in Salem, aggravated possession of drugs and tampering with evidence, both third-degree felonies, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk and tampering with evidence on June 20, 2024..

Court News

LISBON — A Lisbon man accused of having a stolen gun and running from police was sentenced to nine months in prison during a recent sentencing hearing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.

Hunter Congrove, 22, state Route 45, was charged with fourth-degree felony receiving stolen property and misdemeanors of using weapons while intoxicated and resisting arrest.

He was accused of having a gun that did not belong to him while he was impaired and for running from police who had responded to a person unresponsive at the Save A Lot grocery store in Wellsville on Dec. 8, 2023.

He refused treatment and officers then noticed the barrel of a gun pointing out held between his side and his arm. He said the gun was not his and when placed in handcuffs, he took off running.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Timothy Boggs, 32, Glenn Street, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for fifth-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly attacking a woman by jumping on top of her with steel toe boots on Feb. 17 in St. Clair Township while she was pregnant. He was originally charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, but that charge was dismissed.

A preliminary hearing was set May 19 for Brandon Black, 44, Sycamore Street, New Waterford, charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly failing to return a vehicle after borrowing it on Jan. 19, 2006 in New Waterford.

A fifth-degree felony assault charge against James Laughlin, 33, Dutchtown School Road, Rogers, was dismissed without prejudice. Laughlin had been accused of placing a corrections officer in a chokehold while he was an inmate at the county jail on April 23.

A pretrial was set May 12 for James Wicker, no age listed, Main Street, Wellsville, charged with assault for allegedly punching an employee of Dairy Queen in East Liverpool on April 30.

A pretrial was set May 12 for Jeffrey Gowen Jr., 26, Union Street, Washingtonville, charged with two counts of domestic violence for allegedly threatening to assault another man and a woman and slit their throats on Aug. 1, 2024 in Washingtonville.

David Scott Lucas, 61, Oak Street, East Liverpool, was fined $550 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 160 days suspended, leaving a balance of 20 days to serve in jail for theft, menacing and attempted breaking and entering amended from breaking and entering. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and to stay away from the victim. Lucas was accused of trying to break into an East Liverpool property and stealing some items on Jan. 16 and sending threatening messages to a woman in East Liverpool on July 20, 2024.

A pretrial was set July 3 for Misty Tice, 41, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with criminal mischief for allegedly taking items belonging to East Liverpool City Hospital while there on Dec. 29, 2024.

A pretrial was set May 12 for Jason Varley, 45, Richardson Avenue, Negley, charged with endangering children for an incident on April 29 in Rogers when he allegedly passed out drunk while a child was in his care. The child called a relative from a neighbor’s residence and the relative requested a welfare check. A deputy arrived and found the doors wide open and had to wake up Varley, who did not know the child’s location.

Nikita Bach, 39, Duke Vodrey Road, East Liverpool, was fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from theft for taking $40 from a self-checkout at the Calcutta Walmart that had been left behind by another customer on Jan. 31.

Brendan Bartlett, 33, Valley Drive, East Liverpool, was fined $400 and was given a suspended 180-day jail term for hit/skip, assured clear distance and disorderly conduct. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service. The disorderly charge stemmed from Bartlett playing loud music late at night on Oct. 7, 2024 after multiple calls for the loud music for several weeks.

Jeffrey James, 45, Seventh Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $500 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for physical control and disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence. His driver’s license was suspended for 180 days, with driving privileges granted, and he was ordered to complete 25 hours of community service. He was accused of pulled a woman’s hair toward the floor board of a vehicle on April 12 in East Liverpool.

Sentencing was set July 5 for Lloyd Neiswonger, and Diana Neiswonger, no ages listed, both Oak Street, East Liverpool, who each pleaded guilty to six counts of failure to file city income tax returns for failing to file income tax returns for East Liverpool from 2017 to 2023.

Taylor Foster, 29, North Shady Lane, East Liverpool, was fined $250 for drug paraphernalia for possessing a small metal tube for inhaling a controlled substance on Sept. 26, 2024 in East Liverpool. Foster was also sentenced to 20 days in jail, with credit for 13 days suspended, leaving a balance of seven days to serve for violating the probation for a 2024 case also for drug paraphernalia.

Olivia Redman, 19, state Route 7, Rogers, was sentenced to 60 days in jail for violating her probation for a 2024 case.

A probation violation hearing was set May 8 for Eric Mayfield, 25, East Liverpool, for four cases from 2024 for protection order violations.

A pretrial was set July 24 for Tobias Menough, 47, Lisbon Road, Salem, charged with theft and driving in violation of driving restriction for allegedly refusing to give back a key fob for a woman’s vehicle on April 11 in Salem Township

William Priester, 65, Hubbard, 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 operating a vehicle impaired and reasonable control. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service.

William Taylor, 30, McKinley Avenue, Lisbon, was fined $1,115 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 177 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for speeding and physical control amended from OVI. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and his driver’s license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.

Robert A. Williams Jr., 32, Akron, was fined $400 for possessing marijuana, speeding, marked lanes and reckless operation amended from OVI.

John Bright, 29, West Wilson Street, Salem, was fined $250 for expired tags, unauthorized plate, failure to produce license and no license.

Adam Wiles, 28, North Market Street, Lisbon, was fined $200 for driving under suspension and required lights.

Steven Lang, 42, New Castle, Pa., was fined $150 for an equipment violation amended from speeding.

Angelo Knowles, 62, Lyndhurst, was fined $150 for an equipment violation amended from assured clear distance.

Ashley Harvey, 34, Birch Road, East Liverpool, was fined $40 for an equipment violation amended from speeding.