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County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. John E. Zoppelt, Longs Crossing Road, Leetonia, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Longs Crossing Road, Leetonia property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Crystal Parrish, Depot Street, Rogers, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Depot Street, Rogers property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Louis R. Horvath, et al., Roller Coaster Road, Lisbon; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Roller Coaster Road, Lisbon property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Justin Brinkley, Clark Avenue, Wellsville, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Clark Avenue, Wellsville property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Rodney Herron, Woodsdale Road, Salem, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Franklin Avenue, Salem property.
Gregory S. May, Hoffee Road, Lisbon, vs. Donna J. May, Southeast Boulevard, Salem; divorce sought.
Nichelle M. Rose, McCracken Road, Salem, vs. Chad W. Rose, Cedar Ridge, Salem; divorce sought.
Levi Plocher, Winona Road, Salem, and Carly Plocher, Winona Road, Salem; dissolution sought.
Brenda Kaye Mason, Stagecoach Road, East Liverpool, vs. Jerry A. Mason, Riverview Avenue, East Liverpool; divorce sought.
Christopher Rawlings, Hammondsville, et al. vs. Bryanna Vangiesen, Maple Street, Lisbon, and Progressive Insurance Company, Columbus; damages sought for personal injury and uninsured/underinsured motorist claims from 2025 traffic crash.
LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, S.C., vs. Ahmad Moira, Canterbury Court, Columbiana; collection sought of alleged $18,357 debt.
Clearview Federal Credit Union, Moon Township, Pa., vs. Jacob Vantilburg, Lisbon Street Extension, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $16,384 debt.
Capital One, N.A., Columbus, vs. Daniel Gryder, Globe Street, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $15,158 debt.
PNC Bank, Miamisburg, vs. Thomas Durbin, Riverside Avenue, Wellsville, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Brittany S. Hamilton vs. Steven M. Hamilton; divorce granted.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- Two defendants were served Wednesday with secret indictments issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury.
Brandon S. Gust, 28, West Washington Street, Lisbon, was charged with aggravated possession of drugs and possession of a fentanyl-related compound, both fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl on March 8, 2026.
Lisa M. Wright, 44, Struthers, was charged with four counts of nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly failing to provide support for four different children from Dec. 27, 2020 to Dec. 25, 2022.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against David Robert Boyd, 30, Cora Street, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for fifth-degree felony unauthorized use of motor vehicle for allegedly failing to return a U-Haul truck to Ace Hardware in St. Clair Township on Oct. 3 as scheduled.
A pretrial was set Dec. 7 for Charles Preston Holcomb, 48, Ambrose Street, East Liverpool, charged with dissemination of image of another person, a misdemeanor, and drug paraphernalia for allegedly selling nude photos of a woman for financial compensation on Oct. 31, 2025. The affidavit said the victim had taken the nude photos and video and shared them with the defendant, who then asked if he could sell them and split the money with her. She told him no, but then it was learned he disseminated the photos without her consent, the affidavit said. On Aug. 8, 2026, he allegedly possessed a burnt glass pipe, a tube with a cut straw inside and unknown crystal-like substance in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Oct. 26 for William W. Conrad, 19, West Main Street, East Palestine, charged with domestic violence and criminal damaging for allegedly kicking a door open while a woman was trying to hold it shut on Oct. 13 in Wellsville, causing her nails to rip off.
A pretrial was set Dec. 2 for Michelle Lynn Kerr, 44, West High Street, Lisbon, charged with domestic violence and unlawful restraint for allegedly slapping a man in the face multiple times and holding him down on Sept. 25 in Lisbon.
Daniel Edward Kubala, 36, Boardman, was fined $1,150 and given credit for one day served in jail for possessing criminal tools and for disorderly conduct amended from engaging in prostitution. He already completed the required course and was ordered to forfeit $180 to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. Kubala was accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $100, then traveled to East Palestine on Nov. 18, 2025 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Maria Rose Shelt, 32, Toledo, was fined $750 and received credit for one day served in jail for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools, with the education course already completed. Shelt was accused of posting an ad on a known prostitution website offering sex for hire for $320 per hour, working out of the Quality Inn in East Liverpool, arranging to meet a man who turned out to be an undercover agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force on March 15, 2025. She was in possession of the phone used to make the arrangements.
Britania B. Brown, 45, Aten Avenue, Wellsville, was fined $150 and sentenced to 15 days in jail, with credit for 15 days already served, leaving no time to serve for criminal trespass for trespassing at the Salineville Laundry Mat property on June 4, 2025 after previously being told to stay off of the property.
Dario Dante Valentini, 45, East Fourth Street, Salem, was fined $400 for no license amended from driving under suspension and for illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for possessing a glass pipe with burnt residue in Salem on Aug. 10.
A pretrial was set Dec. 2 for Autumn Rose Goodfellow, 30, East Sixth Street, Salem, charged with drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing burnt glass pipe with white residue during a traffic stop in Salem Township on Oct. 5.
Dana A. Musulin, 44, Taylor Road, Negley, was fined $150 and received credit for one day served in jail for drug paraphernalia for possessing a crack pipe on May 19 in East Palestine.