Breaking News
Court News

THE COURTS

6 min read

Common Pleas

NEW CASES

Jenna Smith, Hillcrest Road, Wellsville, vs. Jacob A. Smith, Zanesville; divorce sought.

Kevin M. Arnold, Wood Street, East Palestine, vs. Jessica Arnold, Boardman; divorce sought.

Dominic S. Pagani, East Fifth Street, Salem, vs. Cassandra P. Pagani, East Fifth Street, Salem; divorce sought.

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Buffalo, N.Y., vs. Tyler Doskocil, Jennings Avenue, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.

Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Dallas, Texas, vs. Michael A. Woodburn Jr., Mohican Trail, Negley, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Mohican Trail, Negley property.

DOCKET ENTRIES

Midfirst Bank vs. Jack Smalley, et al.; case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Erin N. McGuire, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Stanford M. Osborne, 44, Lisbon, self-employed, and Elizabeth B. Pruden, 39, Lisbon, customer service associate.

James E. Fisher, 58, Minerva, teacher, and Erica L. Lautzenheiser, 51, Minerva, estimator.

Simon M. Byler Jr., 28,, East Palestine, construction, and Mary H. Schlabach, 22, East Palestine, unemployed.

Samuel M. Nest, 28, Wellsville, pump tech, and Samantha L. Bosworth, 25, Wellsville, unemployed.

Connor J. McPherson, 23, Enon Valley, Pa., construction inspector, and Zoe J.E. Bohn, 22, Enon Valley, Pa., unemployed.

Logan G. Gruber, 34, Lisbon, writer, and Jessica D. Sickelsmith, 41, Lisbon, customer service/shipping.

Aaron T. Davis, 24, Beloit, sports contractor, and Emma L. Egli, 23, Beloit, teacher.

Hunter S. Oliver, 25, Columbiana, maintenance technician, and Autumn Y. Heninger-Friedrich, 23, Lisbon, registered nurse.

Jestin T. Barr, 36, Minerva, butcher, and Maria E. Allen, 30, Minerva, multi-modality tech.

Grand Jury

LISBON -- A Wellsville man accused of fleeing from police was served recently with a secret indictment for a felony charge.

Jaymin K. Jackson, 25, Campground Road, was charged with failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, a third-degree felony, for allegedly fleeing from police on June 5, 2026.

Also served with secret indictments were:

-- Pete S. Davis, 52, Butcher Road, Leetonia, aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanor illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk on April 2, 2026.

-- Tristan J. Taylor, 34, Steubenville, aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing amphetamine on June 13, 2026.

Municipal Court

LISBON -- A Youngstown man is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly breaking into a Lisbon residence and assaulting an occupant.

A pretrial and preliminary hearing were set Oct. 26 for Robert Endres, 37, Markest Street, Youngstown, charged with first-degree felony aggravated burglary, second-degree felony felonious assault, third-degree felony strangulation, and misdemeanor charges of aggravated menacing, telecommunications harassment, and two counts of assault. The felony charges, and charges of aggravated menacing and harassment stem from an incident on Oct. 15 when Endres allegedly entered a Lisbon residence by force through the basement door and assaulted a man in his kitchen by punching him multiple times with both hands and choking him causing injuries to the victim's right eye area, right arm and elbow, and the left front side of his neck. Prior to the alleged entry and assault, Endres is alleged to have texted a woman multiple times after being instructed to stop and sending threatening text messages stating that the "sheriff's got 20 minutes to put out a fire call" and "when you smell fire don't run out back." The charges of assault stem from an incident on May 10 when Endres allegedly struck a woman and her juvenile son in Lisbon.

Elizabeth Stamp, 62, Market Street, Lisbon, was sentenced to one day in jail with credit for one day already served and fined $100 for domestic violence amended from assault for striking a man in the arm in Lisbon on June 16.

Amanda Asher, 36, Market Street, Salineville, was sentenced to one day in jail with credit for one day served and fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from assault for pushing a man into his front door, damaging the door frame and causing abrasions to his left elbow in Salineville on Aug. 3.

Les Crowe, 53, Southeast Boulevard, Salem, was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two days served and fined $100 for disorderly conduct for being intoxicated in public and stumbling down the sidewalk in the 600 block of Franklin Avenue on Sept. 14, 2025.

Izaiah Gladson, 19, Creek Road, New Waterford, was sentenced to one day in jail with credit for one day served and fined $75 for disorderly conducted amended from assault for grabbing a woman by the hair and striking her in the face three times in New Waterford on Aug. 15.

Patrick Griffith, 45, Arist Street, Warren, was sentenced to three days in jail and fined $200 for possession of drug abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia for possessing a syringe containing clear fluid and a burned 11/32 socket with chore boy packed in one side during a traffic stop in East Liverpool on Dec. 8, 2025.

Nevan Lee, 23, state Route 170, East Palestine, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served and fined $600 for OVI. A charge of failure to control and OVI breath were dismissed.

A preliminary hearing and pretrial were set Oct. 26 for Stepfahn Anthony, 41, Grant Street, East Liverpool, charged with aggravated menacing, a fifth-degree felony, two counts of domestic violence, three counts of obstructing official business, and disorderly conduct. The charges of aggravated menacing, one count of domestic violence and one count of obstruction stem from an incident on Oct. 16 in Center Township when Anthony allegedly engaged in a physical altercation with a woman leaving her with injuries on her face and blood on her clothing and allegedly would not let her leave the residence, provided officers with a false identity, refused to exit a residence when ordered and threatened to physically harm officers while being transported to the Columbiana County Jail. The second counts of domestic violence and disorderly conduct stem from an incident in East Palestine on July 2, 2025, when Anthony allegedly shoved a woman, grabbed her and dragged her around by the hair and put his hands around her neck and head leaving red marks and scratches, and hid from officers behind a chair with a blanket covering him. The charge of disorderly conduct and the third count of obstruction stems from an incident in East Palestine on March 8, 2025, when he allegedly growled at customers in a business and lied to officers about his identity multiple times.

Starting at /week.