Common Pleas

NEW CASES

Westlake Services, LLC, Los Angeles, Calif., vs. Lori Johnson, West Fifth Street, Salem, et al.; collection sought of alleged $16,092 debt.

Jon E. Kirkbride, Canton, vs. Dynamic Structures Inc., Clearcreek Oilfield Solutions, state Route 7, New Waterford, and Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus; appeal of claim denial.

Colette E. Mascher, Walnut Grove Lane, New Waterford, vs. Braxton Mascher, c/o Traci Mascher, Pinewood Drive, New Waterford; divorce sought.

ODK Capital, LLC, South Jordan, Utah, vs. Columbiana Nutrition LLC, Canton, and Ivan Adu Poku, Windjammer Drive, Columbiana; collection sought of alleged $20,668 debt.

Autovest, LLC, Cincinnati, vs. Tamie Dixie Lee Westover, Clarks Mill Road, Hammondsville; collection sought of alleged $15,042 debt.

DOCKET ENTRIES

City of East Palestine vs. Pam McCormick; $4,930 judgment granted to city for unpaid income tax, with payments to be made of $288 per month.

Hanmi Bank vs. Envelope I, Inc., et al.; $221,145 judgment granted to plaintiff against Sharon L. Pidgeon.

Jessica M. Hanlon vs. Chad E. Hanlon Sr.; divorce granted.

Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs. Lewis B. Andric, et al.; stay vacated, case reactivated.

Christopher Crooms vs. Leonard Hruby, et al.; case settled and dismissed.

Pamela Boratyn, director of Ohio Department of Transportation, vs. unknown heirs, etc. of George W. Ward Sr., deceased, et al.; TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc. dismissed as defendant.

Mariner Finance LLC vs. Robert V. Selmon Sr.; $20,765 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Joseph E. Sheely vs. Home Depot, et al.; stipulated protective order issued related to discovery documents in case.

Seven Seventeen Credit Union, Inc. vs. Larry W. Glenn Jr.; $14,417 judgment granted to plaintiff, plus interest of $1,634.

Bank of America, N.A. vs. Walter A. Persing; $26,603 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Canton School Employees Federal Credit Union vs. Lindsay M. Hale and Roger Lee Hale; $18,769 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Capital One, N.A. vs. Adam Kelly; $22,095 judgment granted to plaintiff.

County Treasurer vs. Betty Dorris; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Ohio Luxury Builders LLC, et al.; case stayed.

Fifth Third Bank, N.A. vs. Timothy Jones, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for Teegarden Road, Lisbon property.

James M. Morgan vs. Kayla M. Morgan; divorce granted.

County Treasurer vs. Raymond Franklin Shahan Jr., et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed for two separate parcels.

County Treasurer vs. Raymond W. Koch, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

Kyle Kowalkowski vs. Clarissa Kowalkowski; divorce granted.

Brenda L. Pidgeon vs. Michael J. Pidgeon; legal separation granted.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Pershae M. Moreland, 33, last known address South Street, East Palestine, was served Tuesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury in 2018 for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, with a forfeiture specification for allegedly possessing THC and $250 on Feb. 1, 2017.

Court News

LISBON — An East Liverpool man accused of having sexual contact with a child, starting when the child was 6 and continuing until the child was 15 years old, entered a guilty plea to one count of gross sexual imposition.

Shawn M. McKinnon, 31, Minerva Street, East Liverpool, will face sentencing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court on Aug. 24 for the third-degree felony charge. Seven counts of third-degree felony gross sexual imposition and one count of fourth-degree felony gross sexual imposition will be dismissed.

The eight counts stemmed from sexual contact with the child from Feb. 4, 2013 to Feb. 3, 2020, with the fourth-degree felony stemming from sexual contact beginning Feb. 4, 2020 to Oct. 31, 2022.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Willie Lashurn Hill Jr., 19, Struthers, pleaded guilty to two counts of complicity in the commission of an offense, both fourth-degree felonies, and receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony, with sentencing set for Aug. 6. Hill was accused of aiding and abetting another in the theft of a motor vehicle and for possessing a stolen license plate on Jan. 26, 2025.

— Robyn Wornoff, 37, Garfield Heights, was placed under an intervention plan for 18 months after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on June 17, 2025.

— Taylor Vidmar, 31, Monaca, Pa., was placed on an intervention plan for two years after pleading guilty to theft and unauthorized use of computer, cable or telecommunications property, both fifth-degree felonies, for depriving Walmart of $2,227 from Feb. 7, 2020 to March 20, 2020.

— Katrina J. Clarke, 34, Moore Road, East Liverpool, was placed under community control after violating the terms of her treatment plan, which was terminated, for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and illegal possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor, for possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on Aug. 23, 2023.

— Mary G. Hamilton, 36, Lisa Lane, Lisbon, was sentenced to 120 days in the county jail, with credit for 68 days, leaving 52 days still to serve after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on Sept. 27, 2025.

— A Wellsville man convicted of trying to hit a woman with a vehicle during a domestic in 2024 was sentenced to 12 months in prison for violating the terms of his probation. Tyler J. Corbisello, 31, 10th Street Extension, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for a probation revocation hearing due to violating the terms of his community control, also known as probation, which was then dishonorably terminated.

Charges against Corbisello included third-degree felony strangulation, fifth-degree felony attempted vehicular assault (lesser offense of felonious assault, a second-degree felony) and misdemeanor domestic violence for trying to physically harm the woman with a vehicle, striking her multiple times on the back of her head and choking her during a physical altercation March 3, 2024 in Salineville.

The prison sentence was ordered served at the same time as the seven-month term he received recently for a fifth-degree felony of possession of a fentanyl-related compound for possessing fentanyl in 2023.

— Benny Ray Miley Jr., 36, Cleveland, pleaded guilty to lesser offenses of third-degree felony attempted aggravated possession of drugs and attempted possession of a fentanyl-related compound, third-degree felony possession of cocaine, fifth-degree felony possession of drugs and a forfeiture specification, with sentencing set for Aug. 27. Miley was originally charged with second-degree felonies of aggravated possession of drugs, trafficking in a fentanyl-related and possession of a fentanyl-related compound. Four trafficking charges and a charge of operating a vehicle with a hidden compartment used to transport a controlled substance will be dismissed.

The indictment said that on June 25, 2025, Miley allegedly trafficked and possessed methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than five times bulk but less than 50 times bulk, both fentanyl and cocaine in amounts equal or greater than 10 grams but less than 20 grams, and xylazine. The indictment also included specifications for forfeiture of money from a drug case for $775 Miley allegedly possessed and the charge for allegedly having a hidden compartment in the vehicle.

— Megan J. Gregg, 36, 20th Street, Wellsville, was placed under community control for five years and ordered to make restitution of $28,011 after pleading guilty to illegal use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or WIC program benefits, a third-degree felony. The illegal use happened between Nov. 13, 2020 and May 31, 2025.

— Michael N. Young, 45, Ravine Street, East Liverpool, was placed under community control for 18 months after pleading guilty to a lesser offense of attempted unauthorized use of a vehicle, a misdemeanor originally a felony. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 117 days suspended and credit for 63 days served, leaving no time to serve. On April 20, 2024, he used a car without consent of the owner.

— Taylor Stevie Nichole Thrasher, 27, Main Street, Wellsville, was sentenced to six months in prison, with credit for one day served, after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony for possessing cocaine on Sept. 1, 2024.

— Patrick J. Dilworth III, 39, New Springfield, was sentenced to nine months in prison for a lesser-included offense of attempted compelling prostitution, a fourth-degree felony, and possessing criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony. The original charge was compelling prostitution, a third-degree felony. He was designated a Tier II sex offender with a requirement for registration. He was accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website of a juvenile female being portrayed as a foster child runaway and arranging to have sexual activity with her in exchange for $140, then traveling to East Palestine on Nov. 19, 2025 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

— Robert A. Gephart II, 40, Ashtabula, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser-included offense of attempted compelling prostitution, originally third-degree felony compelling prostitution, and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a fourth-degree felony. Charges of importuning and possessing criminal tools will be dismissed and he was designated a Tier II sex offender with a registration requirement. The prison term was ordered served consecutive to any sentence out of Ashtabula County.

— A man accused of pushing a woman in the chest during an incident in January was sentenced in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to nine months in prison. Johnathon R. Easterday, 36, Aten Avenue, Wellsville, appeared for sentencing Friday on a third-degree felony charge of domestic violence. He received credit for 92 days served in jail.

Earlier this spring, he pleaded guilty to the charge for pushing a woman in the chest, which caused her to fall into a glass box in Wellsville on Jan. 29, with two or more domestic violence convictions on his record.

— Eric E. McVicker, 46, Warren, entered a guilty plea to misdemeanors of domestic violence and aggravated menacing, with sentencing set for July 27. A charge of third-degree felony stangulation will be dismissed. McVicker was accused of threatening, hitting and strangling a woman in East Palestine on Aug. 15, 2025.

— Michael Heverly, 41, Depot Road, Salem, was ordered evaluated by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio for current competency at the request of his defense counsel. Heverly had been scheduled for sentencing June 1 when the evaluation was requested and then ordered by Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam. Heverly pleaded guilty in March to charges from two separate incidents in 2024, including three counts of aggravated possession of drugs and two counts possession of drugs, all fifth-degree felonies, third-degree felony having weapons while under disability and specifications for forfeiture of money from a drug case. Charges for possession of a fentanyl-related compound and defacing identification marks of a firearm were expected to be dismissed. On Jan. 31, 2024, he was accused of possessing fentanyl in an amount equal or greater than 10 grams, but less than 20 grams, along with methamphetamine, hydrocodone, alprazolam and $91. He also possessed a gun when he was prohibited from having one due to a previous conviction and identification marks on the gun were defaced. On May 26, 2024, he possessed methamphetamine, buprenorphine and $342. A status hearing/sentencing was set for Aug. 6, pending the outcome of the evaluation.

— Aubrey N. Trayvick, 29, Hofmeiser Road, Petersburg, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, a third-degree felony, and aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, with sentencing set for June 22. A charge of trafficking in cocaine will be dismissed. Trayvick possessed hydrocodone and 10 to 20 grams of cocaine on Feb. 19, 2025.

— Sarah L. Hudson, 38, Youngstown, was sentenced to 130 days in the county jail, with credit for 115 days served, leaving 15 days still to serve for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing lisdexamfetamine on March 15, 2024.