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County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. David C. Moore, Florence Street, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Florence Street, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Warren M. Broadsword, Seventh Avenue, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Seventh Avenue, East Liverpool property.
Planet Home Lending LLC, Meriden, Conn., vs. William D. Dennison Jr., South 12th Street, Beloit, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for South 12th Street, Beloit property.
Cole H. Pittman, state Route 558, Leetonia, vs. Pearce Services LLC, Paso Robles, Calif., and Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Columbus; appeal of claim denial.
U.S. Bank National Association, Independence, vs. Abby Jo Francis, County Airport Road, Calcutta; collection sought of alleged $9,248 debt.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Shannon Hooper and Kevin Hooper; dissolution granted.
Adam W. Bailey vs. Kim E. Bailey; divorce granted.
Deborah L. Brewer and Rusty D. Brewer; dissolution granted.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- A woman wanted for a 2022 drug offense was brought back to Columbiana County from Brazonia, Texas after being served with a secret indictment Thursday.
Lori Jones, 29, Alvin, Texas, was charged with aggravated possession of drugs, a second-degree felony, in the indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury in 2023. She was accused of allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Sept. 9, 2022 in an amount equal or greater than five times bulk but less than 50 times bulk.
Court News
LISBON -- A Lisbon man who entered a guilty plea in September to multiple drug-related counts, including trafficking, possession and being part of a plot to get drugs into the Columbiana County jail was sentenced to prison for four to six years.
Adam M. Gallimore, 39, East Liverpool Road, Lisbon, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for sentencing for three different cases, with all the sentences concurrent with each other, or to be served at the same time.
A charge of second-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs resulted in the sentence of four to six years, with all other charges receiving lesser sentences. Other charges included third-degree felony complicity in the commission of an offense related to illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse into a detention facility and fifth-degree felonies of three counts possession of a fentanyl-related compound, two counts aggravated possession of drugs, two counts of possession of drugs and possession of heroin.
An aggravated trafficking in drugs charge will be dismissed.
He was accused of possessing methamphetamine in an amount equal or greater than five times bulk but less than 50 times bulk, and possessing fentanyl, xylazine and 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM), all on July 3, 2025. On June 15, 2025, he possessed methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl and possessed fentanyl again on Sept. 4, 2025.
On Dec. 23, 2025, he aided and abetted another in the commission of an offense to bring drugs into the county jail and possessed buprenorphine. The plot was a coordinated plan to drop a package of buprenorphine near the entrance of the Columbiana County Courthouse, then arrange for a third person to pick up the package while being transferred from jail to court and then back to jail.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
--Javon Dashawn Wesley, 31, was sentenced to three to four and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree felony felonious assault and fourth-degree felonies of strangulation and disrupting public services. He received credit for 221 days served in the Columbiana County jail.
According to an affidavit filed in county municipal court, on Feb. 23 this year on state Route 170 in Middleton Township, a woman said Wesley woke her up by choking her and punching her in the face, then forced her to drive him back home to Youngstown and would not let her call 911 by taking her cell phone away from her. After she dropped him off, she drove herself to East Liverpool City Hospital to be treated for injuries which included missing teeth, cuts on her lip and a swollen ear.
-- Thomas A. Hurst, 73, Sell Road, Salem, was sentenced to three to four and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to failure to provide notice of change of address, a first-degree felony, for failing to provide the sheriff's office with his change of address as required for the sex offender registration on Aug. 3, 2026. He received credit for 81 days served in jail.
-- Joshua T. Boyle, 26, West Ninth Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 120 days in jail, with credit for 108 days served, leaving a balance of 12 days still to serve in jail after pleading guilty to fifth-degree felonies of aggravated possession of drugs and possession of LSD and fourth-degree felony carrying a concealed weapon. Boyle possessed methamphetamine and LSD on Sept. 1, 2020 and had a concealed handgun on Jan. 12, 2021.
-- Cody H. Dailey, 40, Woodville Road, Leetonia, was sentenced to 10 days in the county jail and placed on probation for three years, with another 20 days of electronic monitoring, for failure to stop after an accident, a misdemeanor amended from a felony, for failing to stop after being involved in an accident on Oct. 5, 2025 which injured Cole Milsom along state Route 164 outside Lisbon. His license was suspended for three years and he paid restitution of $1,250 to the victim.
-- Dallas A. Navarro, 27, West Park Avenue, Columbiana, pleaded guilty to endangering children, a third-degree felony, for creating a substantial risk to the health or safety of a 5-year-old child by violating a duty of care, prevention or support on Aug. 16, 2025. Sentencing was set for Jan. 11.
-- Alyssa D. Shaffer, 28, Youngstown, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a fifth-degree felony, for using a vehicle without the consent of the owner from Nov. 23, 2025 to Nov. 26, 2025. The sentence was ordered served at the same time as any sentence out of Mahoning County for three separate cases.
-- Patrick A. Lattanzio, 37, North Beaver Street, Lisbon, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony obstructing official business and misdemeanor operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them-OVI, with charges of tampering with evidence and driving and suspension dismissed. Sentencing was set for Jan. 11. He was accused of concealing drug paraphernalia in his hand during a traffic stop on June 4 in Lisbon while impaired.
-- Norman W. Bender, 52, Aten Avenue, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony grand theft of a motor vehicle and misdemeanor operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them-OVI, with charges of driving under suspension and drug paraphernalia dismissed. Sentencing was set for Jan, 8. He was accused of driving away in a woman's vehicle without permission on June 16 in East Liverpool. The affidavit said she gave him a ride and when she exited the vehicle, he drove away and then he was stopped for a moving violation and she arrived on scene and reported he stole the vehicle. He was in possession of a metal smoking pipe and torch lighter also.
-- Crystal R. Hoskinson, 35, North Lundy Avenue, Salem, was sentenced to 114 days in jail, with credit for 102 days already served, leaving a balance of 12 days to serve in jail after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony. A drug paraphernalia charge was dismissed. On Nov. 28, 2025, she had a stolen registration validation sticker in her possession.