Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set March 4 for Johnathon R. Easterday, 35, Aten Avenue, Wellsville, charged with third-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly pushing a woman in the chest during an argument on Jan. 29 in Wellsville, with the woman falling into a glass box.

Devonte J. Bickley, 24, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, was fined $250 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 56 days suspended and credit for 34 days served, for assault. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to have no contact with the victim. Bickley was accused of grabbing a woman by the throat and pushing her to the ground then proceeding to try and punch her multiple times on Dec. 17, 2025 in Center Township.

Douglas D. Freed, 45, Hadley Road, East Palestine, was fined $250 and sentenced to 100 days in jail, with 99 days suspended and credit for one day served, for aggravated menacing and obstructing official business. Two other counts of aggravated menacing were dismissed. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service, possess no firearms, ammunition or weapons and to have no contact with the victims. Freed was accused of threatening to kill all the household members at a Fairfield Township residence and burn the house down on Aug. 18, 2025, calling the family with the threats. He also waved a machete at a man when leaving his home on Hadley Road, East Palestine and started calling him and make threats of shooting him and bashing his skull in, an affidavit said. When deputies arrived at his home to take him into custody, Freed allegedly refused to leave the home and sent children out the front door and said he wouldn’t be coming out. After making several announcements over the PA system of the patrol vehicle, deputies took him into custody.

Ryan Eugene Williams, 44, Allison Street, East Liverpool, was fined $150 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 15 days suspended and credit for 11 days served, leaving a balance of four days to serve in jail for menacing. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service, possess no firearms, ammunition or weapons, and to stay away from the victim. He was accused of telling another man to let him stay at his house in East Liverpool on Feb. 12 or he would kill him and burn his house down.

A pretrial was set May 6 for Ryan L. Mowery, 39, Youngstown, charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for money, arriving in East Palestine on Feb. 23 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

Annie Karim, 58, New Franklin, was fined $150 for lighted lights.

Court News

LISBON — A man already sentenced to prison in January was sentenced to six months in prison for a fifth-degree felony vandalism charge, to be served at the same time as the 18 months he already received.

Timothy Moore Jr., 28, Campbell, pleaded guilty to the vandalism charge in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for damaging a tablet on Oct. 6, 2025. A charge of misdemeanor criminal damaging for the same incident was dismissed.

The previous case involved third-degree felony failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, with a tampering with evidence charge dismissed. His driver’s license was suspended for 10 years. Moore was accused of fleeing from an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper attempting a traffic stop on Aug. 2, 2025 in Elkrun Township, reaching speeds of more than 100 mph before ending on a deadend on Pennsylvania Avenue Extension in East Liverpool.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Donald Weyand V, 57, Monaca Street, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to a lesser-included charge of third-degree felony burglary, originally a second-degree felony, and misdemeanor theft, with sentencing set for April 24. A criminal damaging charge will be dismissed. Weyand was accused of stealing a speaker from a residence on Minerva Street in East Liverpool after forcing entry and damaging the rear entry door and frame on July 19, 2025.

— Joseph W. Perez, 43, Youngstown, was placed under community control for two years for obstructing justice, a fifth-degree felony lesser-included offense, with credit for 79 days served in jail. He was originally indicted for fourth-degree felony promoting prostitution for allegedly having an interest in an enterprise involving a woman to facilitate engagement in sexual activity on July 27, 2025 in East Palestine.

— Benjamin Parsons, 49, Massillon, was placed on an intervention plan for two years after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on April 26, 2024.