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County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Jerry L. Thayer, Bayard Road, Minerva, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Bayard Road, Minerva property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Robert Gilbert, state Route 45, Lisbon; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for state Route 45, Lisbon property.
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Buffalo, N.Y., vs. Laurie A. Swift, Hill Boulevard, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.
Tiffany R. Ritchey, East Plain Street, Minerva, and Joshua T. Ritchey, Coldsnow Road, Minerva; dissolution sought.
Richard P. McFall, Alliance, vs. Sakibul I. Sakib, Alliance; divorce sought.
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Orange, Calif., vs. Donald L. Morris, Main Street, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Main Street, East Liverpool property.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Cheryl L. Caparuolo vs. Joseph E. Caparuolo; divorce granted.
U.S. Bank National Association vs. Geoffrey C. Malcomson, et al.; $21,486 judgment granted to plaintiff, with execution limited to payment plan for $15,040.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- Jessica L. Cross, 45, Butcher Road, Leetonia, was served Tuesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for second-degree felonies of aggravated trafficking in drugs and aggravated possession of drugs and a misdemeanor of illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly preparing for sale and possessing methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than five times bulk, but less than 50 times bulk and possessing drug paraphernalia on April 2.
Also served with a secret indictment was Susan Pritt, 42, Main Street, Wellsville, charged with aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Oct. 17, 2025.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Rusty Ray Altman, 53, Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon, was bound over to the county grand jury for fourth-degree felony burglary for allegedly entering another home on Cream Ridge Road, Lisbon while the victims were sleeping on Oct. 21. The affidavit said the victims awoke and allegedly found Altman inside their residence holding a long-handled ratchet tool.
A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Nov. 4 for Mark Allen Douglas, 42, Henry Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with third-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanors of obstructing official business and unlawful restraint for allegedly locking a woman in a house in East Liverpool on Oct. 27 and not letting her leave and when police arrived for a welfare check, he told police she was not there after a neighbor said she was and he was refusing to let her speak to her. During the investigation, police learned that he allegedly struck the woman in the face, giving her a black eye and possibly a broken nose. With two previous misdemeanor domestic violence convictions on his record, the domestic violence charge was elevated to a felony.
Jason D. Rowland, 50, Summit Street, Lisbon, was fined $500 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 130 days suspended and credit for 41 days served, leaving a balance of nine days to serve in jail for domestic violence for striking a woman in the face and pulling her by her necklace on Sept. 18 in Lisbon. He must complete 20 hours community service and stay away from the victim.
A pretrial was set Dec. 14 for Caleb Michael Walker, 25, Cannons Mill Road, East Liverpool, charged with assault, three counts of aggravated menacing and three counts of menacing for allegedly throwing a punch at another man's head on May 24 in East Liverpool and then on July 6 in East Liverpool, he allegedly attempted to strike a man and woman while they were crossing the road to their home and also made threats of fighting, shooting and causing harm to everyone at the home, with three victims total.
A status conference hearing was set Jan. 25 and a jury trial was set Feb. 4 for Virginia Rae Thomas, 55, Stooksberry Road, Lisbon, charged with assault for allegedly putting laxatives into a man's food and spreading insulation in his bed in an attempt to cause him physical harm on May 4 in Lisbon.
Nancy L. Anderson, 58, Sunrise Drive, Lisbon, was fined $250 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for disorderly conduct amended from aggravated menacing, with 20 hours community service ordered. She was ordered to have no contact with the juvenile victim. Anderson was accused of trying to run over a 12-year-old child in a GMC Acadia in a grass alley behind a Hanover Township residence on May 30 after her grandchild was hit with a wiffle ball by the child victim.
John M. Bright, 31, West Wilson Street, Salem, was fined $150 and given credit for two days served in jail for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence for 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.
James Hobert Rhodes, 46, Aliquippa, Pa., was fined $1,000 for possessing criminal tools, with a charge of engaging in prostitution dismissed. He was ordered to forfeit $160 to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. Rhodes was accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for money, arriving in East Palestine on Jan. 2, 2025 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Daniel Joseph Alexander, 58, Bellaire, was fined $1,000 and given credit for one day served in jail for possessing criminal tools and for disorderly conduct amended from engaging in prostitution, with the required education course completed and $140 ordered forfeited to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. He was accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $140, then traveling to East Palestine on April 21 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Michael R. White, 51, Canfield, was fined $400 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 88 days suspended and credit for two days served, for obstructing official business and disorderly conduct amended from resisting arrest, with 40 hours community service ordered. On May 29 in Columbiana, he was accused of causing a disturbance, yelling at a woman, striking the side of a vehicle, and refusing lawful orders and telling the woman not to say anything when police were there investigating.
Isaac F. Hickman, 21, Southeast Boulevard, Salem, was fined $500 and given credit for one day served in jail for criminal trespass amended from obstructing official business and for public indecency for trespassing in a woman's garage on Cedar Ridge in Salem and urinating on the back patio of the location on Aug. 28.
Erick Shamond Littleton, 44, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $200 and given credit for 14 days served in jail for menacing by stalking for 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.
Danny J. Shultz, 29, Cliff Drive, Salem, was fined $250 and given credit for 13 days served in jail for obstructing official business for 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. 4 for Andrea L. Gibson, 48, Youngstown, charged with theft for allegedly stealing $238 from a man's shoe on June 15 in East Rochester in West Township.
Jennifer Hunt, 33, East Sixth Street, Salem, was fined $150 for drug paraphernalia for possessing a glass pipe with burnt residue inside during a traffic stop on Aug. 12 in Wellsville.
Two counts of disorderly conduct against Mark Robert Smith, 40, Foulks Drive, East Liverpool, were dismissed for alleged incidents Sept. 22 in St. Clair Township.
David M. McHenry, 43, Avondale Street, East Liverpool, was fined $150 for failure to file tax return for failing to file sales tax returns for months of January 2026 through August 2026 at Hat Foundry and Appalachian Print and Merch in East Liverpool on Oct. 1.
Kirstein M. Koran, 24, Alliance, was ordered to serve four days in jail for violating the terms of her probation for a 2025 case of criminal trespass.
Cody Pfouts, 30, West Pershing Street, Salem, was fined $1,115 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 177 days suspended, and with $500 of the fine suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for operating a vehicle impaired and improper backing. His license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted. Another OVI charge was dismissed.
Tamela Lara, 66, Globe Street, East Liverpool, was fined $600 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. A charge of failure to control was dismissed. Her license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.
Melissa A. Myler, 50, Toronto, was fined $615 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 and for left of center. Another OVI and a speeding charge were dismissed. Her license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted, and 20 hours community service ordered.
A pretrial was set Nov. 25 for Michael Wilson, 39, Warren, charged with OVI. A driving under suspension charge was dismissed.
A motion hearing was set Nov. 30 for Joseph Marc Kloos, 37, Stookesberry Road, Lisbon, charged with OVI, OVI blood and reasonable control.
A pretrial was set Dec. 14 for Bryan Gaugh, 40, South 13th Street, Sebring, charged with OVI and failure to display valid sticker.