Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Rachel Ashby, Fairfield School Road, Leetonia, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for McCloskey Road, East Palestine property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Ray F. Seitz, deceased, service by publication, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Y & O Road, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Margaret Reed, deceased, service by publication, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Old state Route 344, Leetonia property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Andrew Schrack, South Street, East Palestine, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Gipner Avenue, East Liverpool property.

Jessica Cassinger, Southeast Boulevard, Salem, vs. Theodore Cassinger Jr., Leavittsburg; divorce sought.

Tanner Cope, Monroeville Heights, Salineville, v. Mikayla McCulley, Academy Street, Salineville; divorce sought.

Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Detroit, Mich., vs. Craig Beany, East Woodland Avenue, Columbiana, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Norman Bender, 51, Aten Avenue, Wellsville, was bound over to the county grand jury for having weapons while under disability and theft without consent, both third-degree felonies, for allegedly taking a firearm without the owner’s permission on April 26 in East Liverpool while prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a previous felony conviction.

James Keys Jr., 38, Vine Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for assault for pushing a woman to the ground on July 16, 2024 in East Liverpool.

A pretrial was set July 28 for Zachary Kenst, 32, Cedar Ridge Drive, Salem, charged with domestic violence and disorderly conduct-intoxication for an alleged incident on Dec. 23, 2022 when he allegedly struck a woman in the face in Salem and an alleged incident on Dec. 1, 2022 when he was allegedly intoxicated in the middle of the road in Salem.

A pretrial was set July 29 for Sheri Hartley, 55 Fairfield Avenue, Columbiana, charged with domestic violence for allegedly throwing items around the house, screaming and becoming violent during an argument on May 4 in Columbiana, allegedly holding a small knife against her own neck and then throwing the knife and a set of car keys towards another female, missing her but landing on the floor near her.

Bradley Eltringham, 38, Salineville Road, Salineville, was fined $1,000 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 143 days suspended and credit for seven days served, leaving a balance of 30 days still to serve in jail for assault, obstructing official business, menacing and falsification. He was ordered to complete 80 hours community service. A charge of disorderly conduct was dismissed. On Feb. 9, police officers saw the defendant lying on the side of the road on state Route 39 near Beadnell in Salineville. Eltringham tried to spit on officers and spit on an EMT, gave the wrong name, date of birth and social security number multiple times, made attempts to reach into his pocket and tried to fight detention and made threats to harm officers.

A pretrial was set July 28 for Patrick Joseph Dilworth III, 27, Youngstown, charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly requesting sexual conduct from an undercover agent in exchange for $160, then arriving in Salem on April 23 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

David R. Dority, 38, Canton, was fined $750 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 179 days suspended and credit for one day served, for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and an online 12-hour prostitution prevention course. Dority was accused of requesting sexual conduct for an agreed upon price of $100 from an undercover agent and then driving to Salem for the meeting on March 12.

Jason McEldowney, 38, Blakely Street, East Liverpool, was fined $150 and sentenced to 30 days in jail for obstructing official business for running from police and refusing to open the door in East Liverpool on April 20. He was also ordered to serve an additional 90 days in jail for several probation violations on 2024 cases for theft and criminal trespass, meaning he’ll be serving a total of 120 days in jail.

Blakely Cooper, 34, Ravine Street, East Liverpool, was fined $250 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for obstructing official business. She was ordered to complete 20 hours community service. Cooper gave a false name and said a man wanted on a warrant was not at the residence in East Liverpool on Nov. 2, 2024. Police found the man hiding in the bath tub.

A pretrial was set May 22 for Justin Cornell, 28, Columbia Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with criminal damaging for allegedly punching a windshield, causing damage on April 30 in East Liverpool. He was fined $100 for expired tags and assured clear distance.

A pretrial was set July 29 for Chad Wright, 42, Jackman Street, East Liverpool, charged with four counts of failure to file city income tax for allegedly failing to file East Liverpool city income tax returns from 2020 to 2023.

All charges were dismissed against Moses Zanders, 37, Pennsylvania Avenue, East Liverpool, who had been charged with failure to pay city income tax and five counts of failure to file city income tax return. He had been accused of failing to pay East Liverpool city income tax in 2019 and failing to file East Liverpool city income tax returns from 2020 to 2024.

Tammy Goodwin, 61, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, was fined $500 each for three counts of failure to file city income tax returns, with all of the fines suspended. Goodwin must file all due returns and make remittances. She failed to file East Liverpool city income tax returns in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

A pretrial was set May 15 for Laurena Boso, 31, Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon, charged with illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a glass pipe with white substance during a traffic stop on May 4 in Lisbon.

A pretrial was set July 10 for Rose Olszyk, 33, Darlington, Pa., charged with drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a cut straw with residue, commonly used to snort narcotics, during a traffic stop in East Liverpool on Nov. 15, 2024.

Brian McCaslin 48, Woodland Avenue, Salem, was fined $1,000 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 160 days suspended, leaving 10 days to serve in jail and 10 days to serve on electronically monitored house arrest, for operating a vehicle impaired second offense. His driver’s license was suspended for two years, with driving privileges granted, and he was ordered to complete 40 hours community service.

Travis Sobona, 46, Enon Valley, Pa., was fined $250 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended, leaving three days to serve for physical control. His driver’s license was suspended for one year and he was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.

A pretrial was set July 29 for Yvonna Parsons, 40, Academy Street, Salineville, charged with driving under suspension and speeding.

A pretrial was set July 15 for Loghyn Mineard, 22, Monaca, Pa., charged with driving under suspension and improper/expired registration.

Sarah Simonds, 35, Chris Avenue, Washingtonville, was fined $100 for driving under suspension.

Sukhwinder Singh, 43, Poland, was fined $50 for reasonable control.

Robin Plegge, 46, Alliance, was fined $250 for driving under suspension and headlights required.