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Court News

LISBON — A defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment in his drug possession case has been overruled.

Joshua Daniel Davidson, 32, last known address Northview Lane, Lisbon, was served in October this year with a secret indictment issued in September 2024 for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing cocaine on Jan. 15, 2023.

The motion claimed the state of Ohio failed to act diligently to get the indictment served, claiming his right to a speedy trial was violated.

Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam wrote in his judgment entry denying the motion that the record demonstrates the defendant was partially responsible for the lapse in time before the filing of the indictment and its service on him. The sheriff’s office tried to serve the indictment and was told he no longer lived at the New Waterford address on the paperwork. He had used at least three different addresses before and after the filing of the indictment.

Washam also said Davidson had not shown that the passage of time resulted in any prejudice in his case and there was no evidence that his ability to mount a defense was diminished. There was also no evidence that any of the evidence was lost or destroyed due to the passage of time.

His case remains pending.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Erikka H. Wentzel, 35, Canton, was sentenced to eight months in prison for counterfeiting, a fourth-degree felony. Wentzel was accused of a counterfeiting incident on Nov. 16, 2024.

— Sarah Ann Updyke, 45, Canton, pleaded guilty to aggravated trafficking in drugs, a third-degree felony lesser-included offense from the original second-degree felony charge, along with pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs and possessing criminal tools, both fifth-degree felonies, with specifications for forfeiture of money from a drug case. Sentencing was set for Feb. 20. Updyke trafficked and possessed methamphetamine and $43 on Dec. 28, 2023.

— Shane J. Linden, 46, Crestview Road, Leetonia, pleaded guilty to domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony, and was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, with credit for 91 days served, leaving no time to serve. Linden was accused of punching another man on Sept. 12 in Fairfield Township, with a previous domestic violence conviction on his record.

— Nicole Haynes, 37, Youngstown, was placed under community control for three years and given credit for seven days served in jail for fourth-degree felony domestic violence. She was ordered to have no contact with the victim. She was accused of getting into another woman’s face while screaming, causing her to fear for her safety on Aug. 15, 2024. She also took the victim’s phone and threw it at her, striking the victim, according to an affidavit.

— Jay A. Frantz, 36, East Chestnut Street, Lisbon, was placed under community control for three years after pleading guilty to fourth-degree felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer. Another failure to comply charge and a charge of driving under suspended were both dismissed. His driver’s license was suspended for three years. The charges stemmed from an incident April 19, 2025 when he fled from police attempting a traffic stop in Lisbon.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Brian J. Fattler, 51, U.S. Route 30, Kensington, was bound over to the county grand jury for abduction, a third-degree felony, for allegedly holding a woman down against her will and not letting her go, with a knife in his hand which he put down by her side on Sept. 21 in West Township. He was also fined $150 for driving under suspension.

Chyane Renae Brickner, 27, Midland, Pa., who was involved in a break-in at the former East Liverpool Motor Lodge and had her children with her was fined $1,150 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 165 days suspended and credit for seven days served, leaving a balance of eight days to serve in jail for misdemeanor attempted breaking entering amended from fifth-degree felony breaking and entering, theft, criminal damaging, endangering children and possessing criminal tools. She was also ordered to serve 20 days of electronically monitored house arrest. She was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to stay away from the East Liverpool Motor Lodge property. Brickner was one of several people who trespassed on the Dresden Avenue, East Liverpool property on Nov. 14 and made entry with a walkie talkie and flashlights and broke plates. Her children were also present.

A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Dec. 22 for Avery D. Lee, 40, Pritchard Avenue, Lisbon, charged with third-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanor domestic violence for allegedly putting a woman in a headlock causing her to suffocate on Feb. 26 in Lisbon. The victim was also allegedly punched, her head was slammed into the floor and she was stabbed in the left arm with a sharpened metal nail file.

A charge of fourth-degree felony domestic violence against Taylor Scott Snyder, 35, North Market Street, East Palestine, was dismissed after no probable cause was found during a preliminary hearing. A notation on the judgment entry said the alleged victim testified that no violence occurred. Snyder had been accused of domestic violence against a woman, who denied any violence between the two, saying she tried to leave and he bear hugged her from behind, restraining her from leaving until she fought herself free on Dec. 6 in East Palestine. Officers had noted his knuckles to be red and swollen and there were swollen bruises on both sides of the woman’s face. A pretrial was set March 9 for a misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint related to the Dec. 6 incident.

Timothy G. Thrasher, 29, Lincoln Avenue, Wellsville, was fined $650 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 165 days suspended and credit for 15 days served, for assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence. He was ordered to complete 30 hours community service. On June 22 in East Liverpool, he punched a woman in the side of the head twice while she was holding a child. On Aug. 31, he threw an ashtray, two pop cans and a gallon of milk at a woman’s head at a Wellsville property. He refused to speak with officers and resisted arrest.

Shaun P. Delauder, 45, West Clark Street, East Palestine, was fined $700 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for falsification, fictitious plates, driving under suspension, lights displayed and drug paraphernalia. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service. Delauder gave his brother’s personal information instead of his own during a traffic stop on Sept. 16 in East Palestine. On June 9 during a traffic stop in Madison Township, he possessed a cut straw with a white powdery substance inside, a broken burnt glass smoking bubble pipe with burnt residue and another cut straw with a white powdery substance.

A pretrial was set March 11 for Bailee Mae Daugherty, 25, Hillside Drive, East Palestine, charged with failure to remove junk vehicles for allegedly leaving a junk vehicle on her property for more than 10 days in October 2022 in East Palestine.

Cierra M. Wilson, 32, Westfield Road, East Liverpool, was fined $500 each for five counts of failure to file city income tax return, but with all the fines suspended on the condition she file all returns and make all payments when due. Wilson was accused of failing to file East Liverpool city income tax returns from 2019 through 2023.

Dierrick John Young, 20, Sprucevale Road, Rogers, was fined $150 for an attempted wildlife violation amended from wildlife violation for an incident Sept. 1 when he admitted to driving through the fields the night before at the dove hunting fields at the Highlandtown Lake Wildlife Area in Washington Township.

Robert Joseph Powell, 18, New Middletown, was fined $75 for possessing marijuana.

Jaydin Isaiah Delauder, 22, East Eighth Street, East Liverpool, was fined $615 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for two merged charges of operating a vehicle impaired and a charge of park on highway. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and his driver’s license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.

Patrick Doss, 41, Camelot Drive, Columbiana, was fined $1,115 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 170 days suspended, leaving a balance of 10 days still to serve in jail for OVI and failure to control. Another OVI charge was dismissed. His driver’s license was suspended for two years and he was ordered to complete 30 hours community service.

A pretrial was set March 4 for Ashley Renee Singhaus, 39, East Pine Street, Lisbon, charged with OVI first offense and OVI breath first offense.

A pretrial was set March 9 for Andrew J. McClellan, 46, state Route 172, Minerva, charged with driving under suspension and reasonable control.

A pretrial was set March 3 for Amanda Jackson, 28, North Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, charged with forfeiture.

Patricia Ann McEldowney, 44, Avondale Street, East Liverpool, was fined $180 for driving under suspension and expired license plate.

Anthony Tyler McKay, 19, Chester, W.Va., was fined $100 for an equipment violation amended from speeding.

Daurell Miller, 30, Youngstown, was fined $300 for driving under suspension and marked lanes.

Damian Angel Diaz, 20, Youngstown, was fined $150 for stopped school bus.

Devonte J. Starks, 36, Akron, was fined $150 for illegal plates and a red light violation.

Tonya Bebout, 49, Wells Avenue, Wellsville, was fined $150 for driving under suspension.