Common Pleas

NEW CASES

Michael Browning, Bentley Drive, Salem, vs. Metchiel Radan Perez, aka Metchiel Perez Badilla, aka Metchiel Perez Browning, Dasmarinas, Cavite, Phillipines; divorce sought.

Charles Bable, East Garfield Road, Petersburg, and Jennifer R. Bable, North Lincoln Avenue, Salem; dissolution sought.

James C. Justin, Timber Run Street, New Waterford, and Lisa I. Justin, Timber Run Street, New Waterford; dissolution sought.

DOCKET ENTRIES

Christina Nicole Scranton and Levi Ray Scranton; dissolution granted.

Jaykobe Andrew Johnson and Sierra Lynn Johnson; dissolution granted.

Bridge Credit Union Inc. vs. Tiffany A. Blubaugh; $18,282 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Huntington National Bank vs. Elmer J. McBane, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for Bill Smith Road, Wellsville property.

Capital One, N.A. vs. Mykayla Davis; $2,667 judgment granted to plaintiff.

NewRez LLC vs. Carly E. Ellis, et al.; case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Robert L. Martin, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

Court News

LISBON — An East Palestine man accused of attacking a woman last year was sentenced to 120 days in the county jail, with credit for 39 days served, leaving a balance of 81 days still to serve after pleading guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence.

Timothy Boggs, 33, North Pleasant Drive, entered the plea during a recent hearing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Another charge of domestic violence was dismissed.

Boggs was accused of attacking a woman by jumping on top of her with steel toe boots on Feb. 17, 2025 in St. Clair Township while she was pregnant.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Dorian Lowrey, 51, Enon Valley, Pa., was placed under community control for four years and received credit for time served in jail of 125 days for fourth-degree felony domestic violence, fifth-degree felony violation of a protection order and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and criminal trespass. Another charge of violation of a protection order was dismissed. On Aug. 20, 2025, he was accused of throwing a cell phone at a woman who had an active protection order against him, striking her in the mouth while on the property he’s prohibited from visiting. He also was accused of trespassing on another property in New Waterford and threatening to assault a man, also on Aug. 20, 2025.

— Kayla E. Macklin, 38, South Cross Street, Columbiana, was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail for violating the terms of her probation for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine on May 8, 2022. Her community control was dishonorably terminated.

— Frederick A. Kirby, 50, Chester Avenue, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine, possession of a fentanyl-related compound and aggravated possession of drugs, all fifth-degree felonies, with sentencing set for Sept. 4. Kirby possessed cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine on July 27, 2025.

— Sheila Marie Kralj, 45, Girard, was sentenced to three years community control after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine on Oct. 13, 2024.

— Patrick A. Doss, 42, Camelot Drive, Columbiana, was placed on a treatment plan for two years after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing THC on Sept. 24, 2025. A fourth-degree felony charge of aggravated trafficking in drugs was dismissed.