Grand Jury

LISBON — Garrett Craig, 32, Lewistown, was served Tuesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for possession of cocaine and aggravated possession of drugs, both fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly possessing cocaine and methamphetamine on Oct. 12, 2024.

Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Patrick Gilbert, state Route 7, Lisbon, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for state Route 7, Lisbon property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Donald Abbul, Alliance; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for High Street, Salineville property.

Amanda Pursley, Cedar Ridge Drive, Salem, and Charles Pursley, North Middle Street, Columbiana; dissolution sought.

Orion Blossom, LLC, doing business as Blossom Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Blossom Lane, Salem, vs. Margaret Ketchum, in her capacity as guardian for Mary Lou Adams, Sunset Drive, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged $37,805 debt.

Docket Entries

Kimberly Seiter McBride vs. David McBride; divorce granted.

Onemain Financial Group, LLC vs. Michael Burrier; case dismissed.

Riga Capital Partners LLC vs. Donald Chestnut, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for state Route 517, Lisbon property.

American Express National Bank vs. Colleen Damico; $5,079 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Leslie Pitts, et al. vs. Atlas Noble LLC, et al.; default judgment granted to plaintiff against defendant Resource Energy LLC, finding Resource Energy has no rights regarding oil/gas lease.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Daniel Thomas, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordere for Washington Street, Washingtonville property.

Court News

LISBON — A Wellsville woman who violated the terms of her probation for charges of complicity and driving under suspension was ordered to prison for an indefinite term of three to four-and-a-half years.

Indya Spann, 24, Commerce Street, Wellsville, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for a probation violation hearing, with her participation in drug court dishonorably terminated.

The indefinite term was issued for the second-degree felony of complicity in the commission of an offense, meaning she must serve a minimum of three years, then the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections can determine whether she stays longer, up to another year and a half, bringing the maximum to four and a half years.

She was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail for driving under suspension, but the term was ordered served at the same time as the prison term. She received credit for 261 days already served.

Spann was accused of being the driver for two others accused of breaking into a woman’s garage in East Liverpool and taking several items on Nov. 11, 2024.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Husam Jamal Abdelaziz, 26, Youngstown, was placed under community control for three years and ordered to serve 60 days in the Columbiana County jail as part of his sentencing for a lesser included offense of fifth-degree felony attempted promoting prostitution, which was originally third-degree felony compelling prostitution, and fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools. A charge of attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony, was dismissed. Abdelaziz was accused of responding to an undercover ad of an adult mother trafficking her 15-year-old daughter on a known prostitution website, arranging for sexual activity with the teen in exchange for $140 and arriving in East Palestine on April 15, 2023 for the meeting. He was designated a Tier I sex offender requiring him to register his address with the sheriff’s office and was ordered to self-report to the jail by Sept. 1.

— A charge of open container against Brett Goughnour, 50, Shadyside, was ordered returned to the county Municipal Court docket. The charge had been bound over for consideration by the grand jury with several other charges, including fourth-degree felony assault and misdemeanors of criminal damaging, resisting arrest and menacing. Goughnour was accused of allegedly attempting to assault a police officer while being placed into custody in the parking lot of the Wellsville McDonald’s restaurant on June 7. Police had been called to the lot for a person who appeared intoxicated sitting in his vehicle. He told officers he was intoxicated, then started making threats towards them. When he was taken out of the vehicle, he attempted to elbow an officer, then punched the other officer in the head. He was tased twice during the altercation. During the incident, Goughnour allegedly damaged an officer’s radio. He also allegedly had an open can of beer in the cupholder of his vehicle. The remainder of the charges remain bound over to the grand jury.