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NEW CASES
Elizabeth A. Cassidy, Middletown, vs. Betty J. Kalbes, Youngstown, and Progressive Insurance Co.; compensation for expenses incurred in a traffic crash July 10, 2025
Nicolas Patrone, New Waterford, vs. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., The Home Depot Inc., Home Express Delivery Service LLC and Temco Logistics Authority LLC; compensation sought for an allegedly faulty installation of a stove
Columbiana County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Alexadra M. Brandt, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged delinquent tax
Columbiana County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Jerry Skaggs, Beloit, The Farmers Nation Bank of Canfield, Canfield, Mariner Finance LLC, Columbus; collection sought of alleged delinquent tax
Columbiana County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. William Chamberlain, Salem, Kimberly Goodballet, Salem, and Ohio Department of Taxation, Columbus; collection sought of alleged delinquent tax
Columbiana County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Steven C. Schneider, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged delinquent tax
DOCKET ENTRIES
Columbiana County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Uria Byler, et al; payment plan complete, case dismissed
Capital One N.A. vs. Amy J. Olloman; $2,137.65 granted to plaintiff
Westlake Services LLC vs. Megan N. Minor; $21,407.68 granted to plaintiff
Beth Ann Kelly and Rodney James Kelly; dissolution granted
Charles Bable and Jennifer R. Bable; dissolution granted
Grand Jury
LISBON -- Two secret indictments out of the Columbiana County Grand Jury regarding drug possession were served Tuesday.
Ikeima D. Abercrombie, 39, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, is charged with fifth-degree felony possession of drugs for allegedly having buprenorphine on Dec. 20, 2024, having previously been convicted of drug possession in 2009.
Braxton G. Mascher, 36, state Route 154, Lisbon, is charged with fifth-degree felony possession of drugs for allegedly having amphetamine on April 5, 2026.
Municipal
LISBON -- A Salem woman has been bound over to the grand jury after allegedly threatening a police officer.
Kayla Clingerman, 40, Chalmers Avenue, Salem, was bound over to the grand jury charged with third-degree felony intimidation, and misdemeanor charges of obstructing official business and disorderly conduct for allegedly drinking multiple bottles of alcohol and falling on the ground multiple times after previously being warned to desist by officers and refusing to stand up and walk after being placed in custody, requiring she be picked up and carried to the cruiser in Salem on Sept. 25. Clingerman also allegedly threatened to kill an officer of the Salem Police Department while being transported to the Columbiana County Jail.
Shannon McCarthy, 31, Boardman Canfield Road, Boardman, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended and fined $1,000 for domestic violence and endangering children for cutting a juvenile child's knee with a retractable razor while intoxicated in Wellsville on May 22.
Breanna Ours, 26, Shadylane Drive, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 120 days suspended and credit for three days served for endangering children for permitting a juvenile to live in "deplorable" living conditions with broken crack pipes, narcotics, and used prophylactics on the floor and rotting meat, bugs and sharp broken items scattered throughout an East Liverpool residence.
Amber Cataldo, 34, Thomas Street, East Palestine, was sentenced to five days in jail and fined $250 for endangering children for failing to supervise three juveniles and permitting them to walk approximately a quarter of a mile unattended to a business in East Palestine on June 23.
Justin Burr, 33, Thomas Street, East Palestine, was sentenced to five days in jail for fined $250 for child endangering failing to supervise three juveniles and permitting them to walk approximately a quarter of a mile unattended to a business in East Palestine on June 23.
Andre Brown, 59, Federalsburg, Maryland, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served and fined $750 for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for arranging to meet with an undercover agent from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force in East Palestine for sexual activity in exchange for currency on Aug. 10, and possessing the cellular device used to arrange the criminal act at that time. A charge of open container was dismissed.
Corey McQueen, 34, Evergreen Avenue, Youngstown, was fined $150 for possession of a controlled substance for possessing five clear plastic bags containing marijuana totaling 175 grams during a traffic stop in Madison Township on July 27. A charge of possessing marijuana was dismissed.
Adam Grimm, 24, Lisbon, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 177 days suspended and credit for three days served and fined $1,115 for OVI and reasonable control.
A pretrial was set Oct. 14 for Barry Cooper, 70, U.S. Route 30, Lisbon, charged with domestic violence for allegedly grabbing a woman by the arm and pushing her into a shelf, shoving his face against her own and her glasses in Lisbon on Sept. 21. He also allegedly pulled up behind her vehicle in his truck when she attempted to leave and pushed her vehicle with his own before cutting her off when she attempted to leave.
A pretrial was set Dec. 1 for Keven Morrison, 57, East Third Street, East Liverpool, charged with two exterior protection violations, a housing code violation, and falsification for allegedly failing to remediate an East Liverpool property in a state of disrepair in a timely fashion despite verbal and written orders to do so. Issues including but not limited to a dilapidated garage, missing parts of the roof, damaged soffit and fascia, missing and broken windows, missing gutters and downspouts, and ivy growing on wooden clapboards. Morrison also allegedly led city officials to believe he was the registered owner of the property by providing them with a false identity in May of 2026.
A pretrial was set Nov. 24 for Louis Reynolds, 40, Silliman Street, New Waterford, charged with an open container for allegedly possessing an open container of alcohol during a traffic stop in Middleton Township on Sept. 16.
A pretrial was set Nov. 30 for Billy Childers, 18, Calabash, North Carolina, charged with OVI, driving without a license, and a turn signal violation.
A pretrial was set Nov. 23 for Jessica Rodriguez, 47, Menifee, California, charged with reckless operation, OVI, failure to produce license, traffic control devices, and prohibited U-turn.
A pretrial was set Nov. 30 for Jody Deweese, 18, Sunset Beach, North Carolina, charged with OVI and wrongful entrustment.
A pretrial was set Nov. 30 for Scott Freese, 46, Union Street, Rayland, charged with OVI and reasonable control.
Mark Anthony Bryan, 25, Sharpsville, Pa., was fined $1,150 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 179 days suspended and credit for one day served for possessing criminal tools and disorderly conduct amended from engaging in prostitution, with 30 hours community service ordered. He was ordered to complete a prostitution prevention course. Bryan responded to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual acts with a woman in exchange for money paid via the Cash App, then arrived in East Palestine on June 17 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Christina M. Penn, 41, Warren Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $250 and given credit for five days served in jail for obstructing official business for giving false information to Liverpool Township police during a traffic stop on Dec. 28, 2024, including false names, social security numbers and dates of birth.
A pretrial was set Oct. 21 for Danny J. Shultz, 29, Cliff Drive, Salem, charged with obstructing official business for allegedly claiming he wasn't in a vehicle a police cruiser had pulled behind after it left a suspected drug location. The occupants of the vehicle had pulled behind a residence and parked and then left on foot walking. Both the man and woman denied being in the vehicle or leaving it behind a residence on March 30, 2026.
A pretrial was set Nov. 18 for Blake K. Solmen, 26, Newgarden Avenue, Salem, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing at the Foundry in Salem on Oct. 3 after previously being trespassed from the bar.
Thomas Randall Hughes II, 38, state Route 154, Negley, was fined $500 for criminal mischief amended from theft for taking 11 items totaling $243 from the Calcutta Walmart, attempting to scan 32-cent stickers for all of his items on Jan. 24, 2026.
Heather E Walsh, 40, Youngstown, was fined $250 and received credit for one day served in jail for disorderly conduct amended from menacing for threatening to beat a woman on May 19 in East Liverpool.
Ariel L. Durham, 37, state Route 45, Lisbon, received credit for 26 days served in jail for criminal trespass for trespassing on a Salem property on Sept. 7.
Thomas J. Brown, 21, Chester, W.Va., was fined $550 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program for physical control amended from operating a vehicle impaired and a turn signal violation, with 20 hours community service ordered.
Josue Nahum Tinoco Cribas, 39, East Third Street, Salem, was fined $565 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program for physical control amended from OVI, with 20 hours community service ordered. His license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.
Jamaine Delvin Finney, 35, Ohio Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $900 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 84 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, with three days still to serve in jail for OVI and no license. A charge of marked lanes was dismissed. Finney also must serve 45 days of electronically monitored house arrest and complete 20 hours community service.
A pretrial was set Nov. 18 for Thomas Wesley Barrett, 36, Canton, charged with OVI, OVI blood and no turn signal.
A pretrial was set Dec. 2 for George Joseph Lamp III, 50, Wintersville, charged with OVI, one way traffic and open container.
Samuel E. Albright,, 42, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with OVI and driving under suspension.