Court News

LISBON — A Youngstown man who attacked another man with a knife last year was sentenced to at least three years in prison to a possible four and a half years in prison for felonious assault.

Grant Michael Goodballet, 27, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the second-degree felony charge. He entered a guilty plea to the charge in April. A third-degree felony charge of intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a criminal case will be dismissed.

Goodballet attacked the other man with a knife on Aug. 23, 2025 in East Liverpool and had issued a threat against the victim on Sept. 21, 2025. An affidavit said the victim was standing near a burn barrel on Bank Street, East Liverpool when he heard his attacker coming towards him, turned around and saw him running towards him while swinging two knives.

During the attack, the victim suffered a cut to his wrist and multiple knife wounds to his arms, neck, back and shoulder. In September 2025, Goodballet was accused of calling a woman and telling her the victim needed to tell police that he lied and to drop the charges or he’d kill him and his kids.

Goodballet received credit for 222 days already served in jail.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Tyler J. Corbisello, 31, 10th Street Extension, Wellsville, was sentenced to seven months in prison for possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fifth-degree felony, with credit for 34 days served in jail. Corbisello possessed fentanyl on Nov. 13, 2023.

— Sterling Anthony Henry, 27, Youngstown, withdrew a motion to suppress and pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony obstructing official business amended from third-degree felony having weapons while under disability, with a misdemeanor obstructing official business charge to be dismissed. Sentencing was set for July 16. He possessed a loaded handgun when police took him into custody at the site of an East Liverpool property where the Columbiana County Drug Task Force was executing a search warrant on Oct. 15, 2024. Officers had taken him to the ground and a knife was found in his pocket, then he was seated on the ground and started messing with his waist band when an officer noticed the handle of a handgun under his leg. He was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a previous conviction.

— George E. Faulkner Jr., 39, state Route 14, East Palestine, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felonies of receiving stolen property and fraudulent actions concerning a VIN, and fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools. A misdemeanor criminal damaging charge will be dismissed. Sentencing was set for July 20. Faulkner possessed a stolen Jeep in Perry Township on July 24, 2025. A police affidavit said an officer noticed a recently painted blue Jeep matching a white Jeep that was reported stolen with a Pennsylvania plate parked in front of a Prospect Street, Salem apartment. The officer confirmed the vehicle was stolen and observed the vin to be covered with tape. The keys to the vehicle were found in the defendant’s pants pocket.

— Donald W. Lewis, 47, state Route 45, Lisbon, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony failure to provide notice of change of address, a lesser-included offense from the original second-degree felony charge, for failing to report moving on Sept. 25, 2025 for the sex offender registration. Sentencing was set July 20.

— Lindsay K. Buzzard, 38, Fisher Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fifth-degree felony, and illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility, a third-degree felony, for possessing fentanyl and trying to bring drugs onto a detention facility property on Aug. 8, 2024. Sentencing was set for Aug. 6.

— Jeffrey W. Burgos II, 35, Wellington, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony, with sentencing set for July 20. He possessed methamphetamine on May 13, 2025.

— Brady Carpenter, 18, Sherman Street, Lisbon, was placed under community control for 12 months after pleading guilty to prosecutor’s information for a misdemeanor charge of telephone harassment. A jail sentence of 180 days was suspended. Carpenter was harassing someone via electronic device on Feb. 3, 2026.

–Romello Shamone Edison, 27, West Sixth Street, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer for allegedly failing to move over for emergency lights on state Route 39 and fleeing from police who attempted a traffic stop, accelerating and losing control, with the vehicle sliding sideways and coming to rest in an empty gravel lot on Nov. 2, 2025 in East Liverpool. Sentencing was set for July 24.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Carly A. Brunie, 35, Roosevelt Avenue, Salem, was served Tuesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for second-degree felonies of aggravated trafficking in drugs and aggravated possession of drugs and fifth-degree felonies of possession of heroin, possession of a fentanyl-related compound and two counts of possession of drugs for allegedly preparing for sale and possessing methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than five times bulk but less than 50 times bulk and for possessing heroin, fentanyl, xylazine and tramadol, all on Oct. 20, 2024.

Common Pleas

NEW CASES

Brandi A. Hartman, Cadmus Street, East Liverpool, vs. Nicholas Hartman, Hammond Park Drive, Wellsville; divorce sought.

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Coral Gables, Fla., vs. Bradley Smith, Winston Salem, N.C., et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.

Kimberly J. Jones, Negley, vs. William Howard Jones, Johns Avenue, East Liverpool; divorce sought.

American Express National Bank, Independence, vs. Sean Barker, Stanley Drive, Beloit; collection sought of alleged $7,946 debt.

Capital One, N.A., Independence, vs. Kaycee D. Caldrone, state Route 45, Wellsville; collection sought of alleged $4,717 debt.

Capital One, N.A., Independence, vs. Kyle Sammons, Heritage Drive, Beloit; collection sought of alleged $1,521 debt.

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Buffalo, N.Y., vs. Suzanne A. Diekmann, West Main Street, Washingtonville, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Colorado Springs, Colo., vs. David Wolfe, Miller Road, Leetonia, et al.; collection sought of alleged $11,569 debt.

Randy A. Dean and Jeri Renee Dean, individually and as husband and wife, state Route 45, Lisbon, vs. Robert Blaze Wagner, Erie, Pa. and Erie Insurance Company, Erie, Pa.; damages sought for alleged personal injury/insurance claim from 2024 traffic crash.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. vs. Valerie McGrath, aka Valerie Felton; $24,096 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Village of Salineville vs. Kevin W. Stacy; $4,928 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Village of Salineville vs. Darla K. White; $5,639 judgment granted to plaintiff.

County Treasurer vs. Elijah W. Alexander Jr., et al.; TotalEnergies E & P, Inc. dismissed as defendant.

DOCKET ENTRIES

County Treasurer vs. Riverview Equity LLC, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Homewood Avenue, East Liverpool property.

Village of Salineville vs. Courtland E. Kellogg, et al.; $5,439 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Jene-Ann Beaver vs. Paul Lee Beaver Jr.; divorce granted.

County Treasurer vs. Antony A. Buffone, et al.; case stayed.

County Treasurer vs. Lawrence C. Cline, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

Seven Seventeen Credit Union, Inc. vs. Robert P. Simons; $21,426 judgment granted to plaintiff, plus $3,437 interest.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Robert W. Hum III, 31, Columbiana, apprentice in meat department, and Gina Maria Tucci, 28, Canfield, busser/dishwasher.

Peyton R.M. Hall, 24, Washington, Pa., wrestling coach, and Hannah C. Clunk, 27, Washington, Pa., sales.

Christopher R. Herubin, 27, Salem, store manager, and Caitlin M. Kane, 28, Salem, police officer.

Benjamin G. Sell, 29, Hanoverton, U.S. Naval officer., and Sydney M. Young, 22, Salem, nursing student.

Donald A. Baughman Jr., 59, Columbiana, woodworker, and Becky L. Perkins, 60, Columbiana, supervisor.

Shane D. Allen, 36, Salem, maintenance, and Brittany N. Adams, 29, Salem, LPN.

Jacob K. Fox, 22, Columbiana, home health aide, and Brooke E. Frye, 22, Leetonia, assistant manager.

Andrew L. Gibbs, 36, Wellsville, firefighter/paramedic, and Amber L. Quinn, 36, Wellsville, registered nurse.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Devon M. Barrett, 21, Cricket Lane, East Liverpool, were bound over to the county grand jury for fifth-degree felonies of two counts harassment with a bodily substance and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing, assault and disorderly conduct for allegedly attacking another man during an incident at the Foundry in Salem on April 12 while visibly intoxicated, screaming and refusing to desist his disorderly behavior of fighting. After being placed in a police cruiser, he allegedly had blood in his mouth and vomited and then began spitting at a police officer twice.

A case against Shauntrice Krystle Carter, 32, Oakland Avenue, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for harassment by an inmate, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly spitting at a police officer after being told she was being pink-slipped or forced to go to a hospital for mental health reasons on May 16 in East Liverpool.

Cases against Hayden M. Wright, 36, Railroad Street, East Liverpool, were bound over to the county grand jury for first-degree felony aggravated burglary and misdemeanor assault for allegedly being one of the suspects who showed up at a man’s house in Wellsville on May 7 and sawed through his door to break in to evict him from his home, then once inside, they were allegedly punching him and holding a power saw around his head and neck.

Charges of felonious assault, resisting arrest and domestic violence against Taylor Allen Holzer, 31, Neely Manor, East Palestine, were dismissed, with the prosecutor noting an indictment was issued for the indictment. Holzer was accused of punching a woman in the face during a domestic Jan. 14 in East Palestine, then resisting arrest and punching a police officer in the face.

A preliminary hearing was set June 1 for Wilbert E. Faulk, 67, Minerva Street, East Liverpool, charged with third-degree felony violate temporary protection order and fourth-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly striking a woman in the face while there was a protection order in place on May 22 in East Liverpool.

A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set June 3 for Zachary Shawn Rexroad, 26, Bloomingdale, charged with fourth-degree felony disruption of public services and misdemeanors of assault and unlawful restraint for allegedly screaming at a woman and grabbing the phone from her to prevent her from calling 911, then when she tried to get it back, slamming her to the floor and pinning her down on May 18 in East Liverpool.

Morgan A. Cameron, 22, High Street, Kensington, was fined $300 and given a suspended 90-day jail term and 20 hours community service for assault. Cameron must stay away from the victim. Cameron threw a can of root beer at the victim while passing by him in a car on March 2 in Hanoverton.

Robert Leon Gailey, 51, New Cumberland, W.Va., was fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from assault at the request of the prosecutor. The alleged victim failed to appear. Gailey was originally accused of throwing a broken glass cake holder at the victim and pulling her hair on June 19, 2025 in East Liverpool.

Christopher Allan Dorsey, 45, Erie Street, East Liverpool, was fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from violation of a protection order for an incident in East Liverpool on July 1m 2025 when he attempted to damage a protected person’s vehicle.

A pretrial was set Aug. 3 for Symone K. Flowers, 29, Maple Street, Lisbon, charged with theft for allegedly stealing a beverage from a man’s car in Lisbon on May 6.

A pretrial was set June 15 for James W. Yacobucci, 65, Canton, charged with receiving stolen property for allegedly possessing a stolen side-by-side on April 8 in West Township.

Patricia Lynn Fullerton, 43, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $150 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served, for obstructing official business. She must complete 40 hours community service. She lied to officers, claiming a man they were looking for wasn’t in the St. Clair Township residence and then they found him hiding under a blanket on May 25.

A pretrial was set June 3 for Matthew Christopher Ward, 38, Michigan Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with aggravated menacing and theft for allegedly threatening to kill a police officer at Trinity Professional Group in East Liverpool on May 22 over officers taking his medication a few days before that. He also allegedly stole some medical supplies from Trinity Professional Group, including band aids, gauze pads, gloves and training equipment.