Common Pleas

New Cases

Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Detroit, Mich., vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Richard A. Secrest, address unknown, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.

Docket Entries

Capital One vs. Ernest S. Mansell; $17,090 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Maryann N. McMahon vs. Austin L. McMahon; divorce granted.

Leah Rae Batson and Jared Batson; dissolution granted.

Grand Jury

LISBON — A Canton man involved in a crash while allegedly impaired is facing more serious charges after being served this week with a secret indictment for aggravated vehicular assault and vehicular assault.

Wilfredo Leon Ramirez, 24, was originally charged with operating a vehicle impaired first offense, no valid license and marked lanes in Columbiana County Municipal Court, but those charges were dismissed at the request of the prosecutor. The motion to dismiss cited the grand jury indictment, given the injuries sustained by the crash victim.

The grand jury issued charges of third-degree felony aggravated vehicular assault, fourth-degree felony vehicular assault and two counts of misdemeanor operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them-OVI.

The incident happened on Jan. 9 this year.

Also served with secret indictments were:

— Lance M. Morris, 39, Hilltop Drive, Lisbon, third-degree felonies of aggravated trafficking in drugs and aggravated possession of drugs, fourth-degree felonies of trafficking in cocaine and possession of cocaine and misdemeanor illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly trafficking and possessing psilocyn in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk, trafficking and possessing cocaine an amount equal or greater than five grams but less than 10 grams and possessing drug paraphernalia on Jan. 22, 2026.

— Joshua C. Hughes, 42, Creek Road, New Waterford, second-degree felonies of two counts aggravated trafficking in drugs and two counts aggravated possession of drugs, third-degree felonies of possession of a fentanyl-related compound and trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound and fifth-degree felony possession of cocaine. On Dec. 5, 2023, Hughes allegedly trafficked and possessed both methamphetamine and psilocyn in amounts equal or greater that five times bulk but less than 50 times bulk, cocaine, and fentanyl in an amount equal or greater than 50 doses but less than 100 doses.

— Michael L. Marsh, 46, Dover, aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk on May 8, 2025.

— Robert T. Manypenny, 43, state Route 164, Lisbon, fifth-degree felony possession of a fentanyl-related compound and misdemeanor possession of drugs for allegedly possessing fentanyl and xylazine on Oct. 4, 2023.

Court News

LISBON — An East Palestine man who beat a woman and threatened her will face sentencing May 18 after entering a guilty plea to two charges in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.

Taylor Scott Snyder, 35, North Market Street, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanor aggravated menacing. A felony charge of strangulation will be dismissed. Snyder was accused of beating a woman and saying he was going to kill her on Jan. 29 in East Palestine. The affidavit said he allegedly threw her around like a rag doll, biting her left ear, kicking her in the back of her neck, attempting to gouge her eye out, pulling her earrings out, punching her and putting her in a headlock.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Justin F. Lake, 29, Woodland Avenue, Salem, pleaded guilty to a lesser offense of attempted vandalism, a misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail, to be served at the same time as any sentence imposed in Jefferson County. Lake was originally charged with felony vandalism. He was ordered to pay restitution to Columbiana County of $633. He was accused of intentionally damaging a tablet device by punching it and breaking it while he was an inmate at the county jail on March 30, 2025.

— Timothy F. Gibbs, 37, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, with sentencing set for June 8. He possessed fentanyl and heroin on April 11, 2025.

— Tyler D. Weaver, 28, Spring Valley Road, Salineville, 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 Aug. 12, 2024.

— Tyler J. Corbisello, 31, 10th Street Extension, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fifth-degree felony, with sentencing set for May 18. He possessed fentanyl on Nov. 13, 2023.

— Jeffrey W. Steffel, 43, East State Street, Salem, was placed under community control for three years and ordered to serve 180 days in jail, with credit for 71 days served, and the remaining days suspended for trespassing, criminal damaging, resisting arrest and obstructing official business, all misdemeanors. He was accused of forcing his way into a Pembrooke Drive, Salem residence on June 1, 2025, breaking the door and frame, then refusing commands from a Perry Township police officer who told him to get up to exit the residence and also resisting arrest.

— Jarrell L. Sloan, 51, 14th Street, Wellsville, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, and being found in violation of his probation for a 2021 case of nonsupport of dependents, a fourth-degree felony, with credit for 168 days served in jail. He possessed cocaine on Jan. 11, 2024 and failed to pay support from Feb. 11, 2019 to Jan. 21, 2021.

— Kaden Taylor Desellem, 23, Black Road, Lisbon, was placed under community control for three years after pleading guilty to charges from two separate indictments, including improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or a school safety zone, a second-degree felony, and two counts of domestic violence, one a fourth-degree felony and one a misdemeanor. A no contact order was put in place for the victim. He was accused of firing a gun into a house during an incident March 18, 2024 in Salineville, breaking the glass in a sliding patio door while a person was still standing inside the house. The domestic violence stemmed from him punching a man in the chin on Sept. 1, 2024 in Salineville.

— Lauren Horvatovich, 36, Poland, was placed on a treatment plan for three years after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, both fifth-degree felonies, and misdemeanor possession of drugs, with credit for 49 days served in jail. She possessed cocaine, fentanyl and tramadol on May 27, 2025.