THE COURTS
LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Aug. 5 for Daniel Lee Shoaff, 65, North Howard Avenue, Salem, charged with public indecency expose private parts for allegedly being in a lit pavilion at Centennial Park with his pants around his ankles on May 28 in Salem, with officers advised by dispatch that surveillance video showed him touching himself, the affidavit said.
A pretrial was set July 21 for Justin Michael Buckel, 34, Dakota Street, East Liverpool, charged with theft for allegedly stealing $49 worth of merchandise from Dollar General in East Liverpool on May 13, including a dog leash, drinks, wings and Gain. He’s also facing a pretrial on July 21 for operating a vehicle impaired, driving under suspension and failure to display valid sticker.
A pretrial was set June 22 for Erica J. Sprankle, 412, Aliquippa, Pa., charged with possession of drug abuse instrument and drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a burnt glass pipe and other illegal narcotics and seven syringes during a traffic stop on May 28 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set July 29 for Billie J. Cope, 46, Goshen Road, Salem, charged with OVI first offense and a stop sign violation.
Phaline E. McMillen, 18, Hartley Road, Alliance, was fined $200 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for complicity to criminal damaging, with a charge of contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child dismissed. She must complete 20 hours community service. McMillen drove her car with multiple juveniles in it to Buck Road to cause damage to multiple vehicles on March 7.
The sentence against Timothy S. Clavin, 59, Poland, was ordered executed after his petition for Supreme Court of Ohio jurisdiction was denied. His case had been stayed pending appeal including after the Seventh District Court of Appeals upheld his conviction. Clavin had been fined $750 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for requesting sexual activity from an undercover agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force in exchange for $140, then traveling to Salem for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession. He lost the appeal of the court’s ruling against his previous motion to dismiss the case. As part of the sentence, he was also ordered to complete 20 hours community service and a prostitution prevention course.
Joshua Vance Baisden, 43, Fresno, was fined $850 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools and drug paraphernalia for responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman for two hours for $280, then traveling to East Palestine on March 21 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements and a meth pipe.
A pretrial was set July 28 for David J. Grimm, 51, New Castle, Pa., 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 for $140, then traveling to East Palestine on May 26 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Victo Manuel Diaz De Montes Oca, 34, Painesville, received no fine and received credit for 16 days served in jail for criminal trespass for throwing illegal contraband onto the grounds of the federal prison in Elkton while trespassing on prison land on May 9.
Jacob Caleb Cameron, 20, New Cumberland, W.Va., was fined $200 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 29 days suspended and credit for one day served, for drug paraphernalia and open container. On June 3, 2025, he possessed a rolled up paper with suspected narcotics in East Liverpool and had an open container on May 26 in St. Clair Township.
Christopher Dorsey, 45, last known address Erie Street, East Liverpool, was fined $500, with $400 of the fine suspended, and sentenced to three days in jail with credit for three days served, leaving no time to serve for a housing code violation. The judgment entry said he must comply with housing department orders and the house at 1281 Erie Street, East Liverpool shall remain unoccupied until further order of the court. The property was condemned in October 2025 and Dorsey removed the condemned placard on Oct. 7, 2025.
Bryan Faust, 20, East Euclid Avenue, Salem, was ordered to pay costs only for littering for throwing quikcrete into the trash with some going on the ground at a park in Salem on May 11.
A pretrial was set June 1 for Ryan S. Romigh, 32, Tower Road, Salem, charged with criminal damaging for allegedly pouring sugar into the gas tank of another man’s car on May 25 in Butler Township.
A charge of prevention of authorized hunting against Michael Walter Gasaway, 45, Black Road, Lisbon, was dismissed. Gasaway had been accused of interfering with a hunter’s hunt by releasing his dogs and riding his ATV in the area on Nov. 22, 2025.
A pretrial was set June 3 for Tyler Howell, 28, New Cumberland, W.Va., charged with operating a vehicle impaired, no license, turn signal violation, endangering children and drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a rolled up paper with suspected narcotics during a traffic stop May 26 in East Liverpool with a child in the vehicle.
Matthew D. Kern, 44, state Route 344, Leetonia, was fined $1,550 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 165 days suspended, leaving 15 days to serve in jail for OVI amended from a third offense to a second offense and for failure to control. He was ordered to serve 30 days electronically monitored house arrest and must complete 30 hours community service.
Randy Joe Cox, 45, Canfield, was fined $750 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. He must complete an educational course. He responded to a familial undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with the females in exchange for $140, then traveled to East Palestine for the meeting on Dec. 30, 2025 and had the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Jerry Teter, 68, Elkins, W.Va., was fined $750 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools, with an educational course ordered. Teter responded to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with a woman for $140, traveling to East Palestine on Feb. 13 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Herbert Walter Lockhart, 38, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $150 and sentenced to 20 days in jail, with credit for one day served, leaving 19 days still to serve for obstructing official business for hiding from police under a blanket in a pile of clothes after police gave warnings for him to make himself known in St. Clair Township on May 25.
A pretrial was set July 22 for Richard T. Williams, 39, 15th Street, Wellsville, charged with possession of a schedule 4 substance, menacing and restricted tinted glass for allegedly possessing 10 blue alprazolam pills during a traffic stop on May 23 in Liverpool Township. On April 12 in Wellsville, he allegedly yelling threats at a man from his vehicle.
A pretrial was set Aug. 4 for Meadow M. Anderson, 18, Cleveland Street, Salem, charged with theft for allegedly stealing $80 worth of items from the Salem Walmart on May 22.
A pretrial was set July 21 for Curtis Franklin Hunt, 32, Shadylane Drive, East Liverpool, charged with obstructing official business for allegedly lying to East Liverpool police concerning an accident, claiming the unknown driver got out and fled when he actually knew who the driver was on Feb. 27.
A pretrial was set Aug. 3 for Anthony C. Rump, 65, Olmsted Falls, charged with illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a bag with a white crystal like substance during a traffic stop on May 22 in Salem.
Seaton I. Ruffner, 42, Ohio Avenue, Salem, was fined $50 and sentenced to seven days in jail, with credit for two days served, leaving five days still to serve for disorderly conduct. He was seen in one of the Salem city parks with a bottle of whiskey and was told he can’t drink in the park, then refused to provide officers with his current address, saying it was the county jail on May 24.
Christy S. Keglor, 51, Lake Milton, was fined $300 and sentenced to three days in jail, with credit for three days served, leaving no time to serve for theft, possessing criminal tools and criminal trespass for a 2014 case of theft from the Calcutta Walmart.
Gloria E. Lykens, 36, Walnut Street, Rogers, was fined $250 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 170 days suspended and credit for one day served, leaving nine days still to serve in jail for theft. She must complete 40 hours community service and pay restitution of $210 to Gorby’s Grocery. Lykens stole a total of $210 on Nov. 11, 12, 15 and 16, 2025 from the business and was a former employee.
A pretrial was set July 20 for Mark L. Stokes, 33, Meadville, Pa., charged with disorderly conduct engaging in a physical altercation with multiple people in the Flying Pig bar in Salem on May 23
A pretrial was set July 29 for Jeffrey Wade Ketchum, 64, Crawford Road, Wellsville, charged with criminal damaging for allegedly damaging his neighbor’s security camera on March 30 in Yellow Creek Township.
A motion hearing was set July 7 for Ryan S. Romigh, 32, Gamble Road, Lisbon, charged with illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension for allegedly possessing a pipe with residue during a traffic stop Dec. 22, 2025 in Salem
A pretrial was set July 21 for William Brown, 50, Vine Street, East Liverpool, charged with five counts of failure to file city income tax return for allegedly failing to file an East Liverpool city income tax return and failed to remit payment from 2019 through 2023.
A pretrial was set July 28 for Nevaeh L. Weidner, 22, Canfield, charged with underage consumption for having an open container of alcoholic beverage during a traffic stop on June 11, 2024 in Columbiana.
Payton Carter Robey, 20, Lincoln Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $100 for two counts of possession of marijuana for possessing two partially burnt marijuana cigarettes on May 8 during a traffic stop in Madison Township.
A pretrial was set Aug. 3 for Amanda E. Wright, 40, Riley Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a smoking pipe with burnt white crystal residue, two metal spoons with burn marks and one torch during a traffic stop on May 22 in Middleton Township.
A pretrial was set July 22 for Juanita C. Birch, 45, St. John Street, East Liverpool, charged with operating a vehicle impaired first offense, driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and reasonable control.
A status conference hearing was set June 22 and a jury trial was set July 30 for Charles R. Macmillan, 52, Cockle Road, Salem, charged with OVI first offense and reasonable control.
