Court News

In Columbiana County Common Pleas Court:

— Sakeem J. Griffin, 26, Cincinnati, was placed under community control for six months, non-reporting, after pleading guilty to a lesser-included offense of theft, a misdemeanor. Griffin was originally charged with grand theft, a fourth-degree felony, for stealing $11,697 over a period from April 29, 2024 to June 28, 2024 from TG Realty. Griffin was ordered to make restitution of $11,697.

— Cagney Allen Springer, 37, Penn Avenue, East Liverpool, was sentenced to seven days in jail, with credit for seven days served, leaving no time to serve after pleading guilty to lesser-included offenses of attempted breaking and entering and attempted theft from a person in a protected class, both misdemeanors. He was originally charged with fifth-degree felonies of breaking and entering and theft from a person in protected class for trespassing in an unoccupied structure on Minerva Street, East Liverpool and taking a refrigerator and stove on Jan. 16, 2025.

— Courtney M. Delauder, 28, Columbus, was placed under community control for three years and sentenced to 38 days in jail, with credit for 38 days served, for fourth-degree felony attempted intimidation, a lesser offense of the original charge of third-degree felony intimidation of an attorney, victim or witness in a criminal case. Delauder was accused of attempting by force or threat of force to influence, intimidate, or hinder the victim of a crime or delinquent act in the filing or prosecution of criminal charges on Sept. 18, 2025.

— Todd Dean, 46, Aetna Street, Salem, was placed under community control for two years and ordered to serve up to six months at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on June 7, 2024.

— Angela D. Nalley, 47, Mulberry Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 120 days in jail, with credit for 27 days served, leaving a balance of 93 days still to serve for violating the terms of her probation for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony. Her community control was dishonorably terminated. She possessed cocaine on Nov. 17, 2022.

— Fredrick D. Carter, 36, last known address Conneaut, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of a lesser offense of attempted aggravated possession of drugs, a misdemeanor which was originally aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and ordered to forfeit $265. The jail term was ordered served at the same time with the two-year prison term he’s already serving for a Cuyahoga County case of attempted felonious assault. Carter possessed methamphetamine, $265 and a drug commonly known as bath salts on June 27, 2020.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Justin D. Gunther, 45, Midland, Pa., was served Thursday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for third-degree felony possession of a fentanyl-related compound, fourth-degree felony possession of heroin and fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs for allegedly possessing 5 to 10 grams of fentanyl, 1 to 5 grams of heroin and possessing methamphetamine, all on March 20, 2025.

Common Pleas

NEW CASES

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Terry L. Miller, Whinnery Road, Hanoverton; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Whinnery Road, Hanoverton property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. LJO Global LLC, Mount Pleasant, S.C.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Andrews Avenue, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Brock A. Naughton, Lisbon Street, Leetonia, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Stoy Street and Lisbon Street, Leetonia property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Roger D. Shroades, Chester, W.Va., et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Poplar Road, East Liverpool property.

Taylor R. Yuhanick, North Vine Street, Columbiana, vs. Scott J. Yuhanick, North Vine Street, Columbiana; divorce sought.

Wilmington Trust, Coppell, Texas, vs. Pha Consulting Group LLC, Allen Avenue, Columbiana, et al.; money and foreclosure sought for Allen Avenue, Columbiana property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Charlotte M. French, Virginia Avenue, Minerva, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Virginia Avenue, Minerva property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Loretta Pshsniak, no address listed, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for West Fourth Street, Salem property.

Amy Lynn Demarest, Forsyth Place, East Liverpool, and David Aaron Demarest, Forsyth Place, East Liverpool; dissolution sought.

DOCKET ENTRIES

Leah C. Piesciuk and Nicholas C. Piesciuk; dissolution granted.

Accelerated Inventory Management LLC vs. Jeremy Martin; $17,752 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Brian Noble vs. East Liverpool City Health District, Board of Health, et al.; case dismissed.

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC vs. Jonathan D. Cook, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for Oak Street, Leetonia property.

Sarah E. Beech and Brian Beech; dissolution granted.

County Treasurer vs. Evergreen Living LLC, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Mahoning Avenue, Alliance property.

County Treasurer vs. Rhonda Phillips, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.

County Treasurer vs. Rebecca Lynn Paulos; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for North Shore Drive, Beloit property.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Christopher Allan Dorsey, 45, Erie Street, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for fifth-degree felony violation of a protection order for allegedly walking through a protected person’s yard on May 27 in East Liverpool, seen on camera walking through the yard to take a picture of a vehicle and then walking back through the yard. Another charge of violation of a protection order, a misdemeanor, was dismissed

A case against John Carl Reinhart, 54, East Clark Street, East Palestine, was bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly hitting a woman in the face and putting his hands over her throat on May 27 in East Palestine.

A status conference hearing was set Aug. 10 and a court trial was set Aug. 26 for Amanda M. Kiger, 52, Center Street, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly striking a man in the face with her knee on April 4 in East Liverpool.

John M. Corradi, 37, Midland, Pa., was fined $700 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 165 days suspended and credit for eight days served, leaving a balance of seven days still to serve in jail, with 40 hours community service ordered for domestic violence and aggravated menacing for being aggressive toward a woman and destroying a tire on her vehicle on March 9 in St. Clair Township. On May 17, he made statements about coming to burn the woman’s house down in St. Clair Township.

Zachary S. Rexroad, 26, Minerva Street, East Liverpool, was fined $550 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 178 days suspended and credit for two days served, for assault, unlawful restraint and obstructing official business amended from disruption of public services, with 20 hours community service ordered. Rexroad was ordered to have no contact with the victim. He screamed at a woman, grabbed the phone from her hand when she was going to call 911, then slammed her to the floor and pinned her down when she attempted to get the phone back on May 18 in East Liverpool. Once she was able to get up, he wouldn’t let her leave and she locked herself in a room, opening the window to yell for help.

Matthew Christopher Ward, 38, Michigan Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $200 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with credit for 10 days served, leaving 20 days still to serve in jail for aggravated menacing and theft for stealing medical supplies from Trinity Professional Group in East Liverpool on May 22 and making threats against police officers for allegedly taking his medication a few days before that.