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County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Sharon S. Imler, Virginia Avenue, Minerva; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Virginia Avenue, Minerva property.
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Colorado Springs, Colo., vs. Brandon J. Hurst, West Washington Street, Lisbon, et al.; collection sought of alleged $6,701 debt.
Capital One, N.A., Independence, vs. Ronald Duncan, Hawkins Lane, Columbiana; collection sought of alleged $41,187 debt.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Cristina Manos vs. Clewell's Landing Camp LLC, et al.; case dismissed.
Walter L. Smith Jr. vs. Ohio Valley Waste Service, Inc., et al.; case settled and dismissed.
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA vs. Amanda Fraser; case dismissed.
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC vs. Anna Engelhart, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for West Ninth Street, Salem property.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Daniel W. Levendosky, et al.; foreclosure complaint dismissed.
DNF Associates LLC vs. Alicia Mayle; $1,832 judgment granted to plaintiff.
Synchrony Bank vs. Kelly Niswonger; $16,890 judgment granted to plaintiff.
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC vs. Joshua Proya, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for Columbia Street, Leetonia property.
NewRez LLC vs. Albert Shultz, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for West Main Street, Leetonia property.
Capital One, N.A. vs. Dakota M. Maple; $3,286 judgment granted to plaintiff.
County Treasurer vs Shaun Clark, et al.; payment plan completed, foreclosure case dismissed.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Oct. 26 for John E. Seddon IV, 41, South Lincoln Avenue, Salem, charged with third-degree felony intimidation and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and menacing. His bond was set at $20,000 cash or surety. On Oct. 15, Seddon allegedly was pounding on another man's door at a Salem residence and threatening to physically harm him and slash his tires. Police learned that on Oct. 14, he had made multiple threats against the victim that he was going to kill him. When police arrived on Oct. 15, the defendant was allegedly found behind the residence actively huffing a can of keyboard duster, which a police officer took off of him, then he allegedly threatened to kill the police officer.
A preliminary hearing was set Oct. 26 for Justin A. Gibbs, 39, Cleveland Street, Salem, charged with domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly punching a juvenile on his right ear and left cheek during a domestic in Salem on Oct. 15, with the charge a felony due to a prior conviction
A preliminary hearing was set Nov. 2 for Autumn Sue Mays, 36, Michigan Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with obstructing justice, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly lying to police about whether a man wanted on a felony warrant was at her East Liverpool residence on Oct. 9.
A preliminary hearing was set Oct. 26 fort Rodger L. Haney, 47, Johnstown, Pa., charged with theft, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly stealing two rings from an East Liverpool residence, with a detective learning he allegedly took the rings to a jewelry store in exchange for cash, with the cost of both rings being $800 and $250.
A pretrial was set Oct. 28 for Shane Michael Jones, 33, Youngstown, charged with assault and criminal trespass for allegedly failing to leave the property at Refractory Resources in East Palestine after being told to leave and then returning later to the plant and pushing and striking a woman in the face by his hand, which was in a cast on Aug. 20.
A pretrial was set Oct. 28 for John M. Bright, 31, West Wilson Street, Salem, charged with domestic violence for allegedly wrestling a woman to the ground to get a phone off of her when she was attempting to call police on Oct. 12 in Salem. She went outside and got the phone back off of him, then he attempted to get back inside the house and she contacted police.
A pretrial was set Oct. 28 for Erick Shamond Littleton, 44, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with menacing by stalking for allegedly following a woman from Dollar Tree and then running at her trying to grab her before she was able to run away on Oct. 14 in East Liverpool. She did not know him and believed he was going to hurt her.
A pretrial was set Dec. 8 for Ray L. Guy, 38, and Amanda A. Guy, 36, both Boyce Avenue, Wellsville, and both charged with one count each of cruelty to companion animals and two counts each of abandoning animals, all misdemeanors. According to the affidavit filed by East Liverpool city housing inspector Amy Grossen, the defendants were owners of two dogs at a property on Florence Street, East Liverpool on July 4, 2025 when city refuse employees reported two dogs at the condemned property. The property had been condemned the week prior to that. According to the affidavit, Grossen found the dogs locked inside the house and in distress, scratching windows to get out, with empty feeding dishes and feces/urine in every room and evidence the dogs had opened cupboards scattering dry food packages and searching through garbage containers. The dogs showed signs of severe dehydration and ravished the plates when given food and water.
Drew Alan Vermeire, 68, Youngstown, was fined $1,150 and given credit for one day served for possessing criminal tools and for disorderly conduct amended from engaging in prostitution. He already completed the required educational course and agreed to forfeit $135 to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. He was originally accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $120, then traveling to Unity Township for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession, along with $135.
Kacandra I. Seddon, 45, last known address North 16th Street, Sebring, was ordered taken into custody for a competency evaluation to be completed for cases related to violating a temporary protection order, possession of drug paraphernalia, and two counts of criminal trespass. During her arrest for an active warrant on Oct. 14, she allegedly possessed three plastic bags with crystal-like residue and a glass pipe with burnt residue. On June 3, she attempted to gain access to a property that doesn't belong to her on Depot Road, Lisbon, then was trespassing on the property again on June 10. Seddon allegedly approached and knocked on a protected person's front door on July 8 on Depot Road, Lisbon.