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NEW CASES
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. David B. Brown II, Youngstown, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Maple Lane, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Jesse Greathouse, state Route 164, Lisbon, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for state Route 164, Lisbon property.
Midfirst Bank, Oklahoma City, Okla., vs. Cory Buxton, Forbes Road, Wellsville, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Forbes Road, Wellsville property.
Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Coppell, Texas, vs. Teresa Davis, Springview Street, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Springview Street, East Liverpool property.
DOCKET ENTRIES
County Treasurer vs. Shawn A. Myers, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Burford Street, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer vs. Crystal Monigold, now known as Smith, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Dustin R. Weaver, 24, Lisbon, self employed, and Samantha N. Sarginger, 23, Salem, secretary.
Andrew M. Jackson, 46, Wellsville, service technician, and Rose N. Venci, 50, Wellsville, caterer.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- Michael Humbert, 36, Tower Road, Salem, was served recently with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for third-degree felonies of aggravated trafficking in drugs and aggravated possession of drugs for allegedly packaging for sale and possessing hydrocodone in an amount equal or greater than bulk but less than five times bulk on March 28, 2026.
Court News
LISBON -- An East Liverpool man originally charged with a felony charge of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or combination of both faced sentencing recently for two misdemeanors.
Michael D. Bruce, 30, Glenn Street, was must serve 119 days in the county jail for OVI and failure to reinstate license, both misdemeanors. A fifth-degree felony OVI was dismissed. He was fined $1,500 for the OVI plus $100 for failure to reinstate, with his license suspended for five years. The incident occurred on Jan. 4, 2026.
Also in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court:
-- James T. Cheeks Jr., 49, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony, with sentencing set for Jan. 8. He failed to pay support from Jan. 14, 2024 to Jan. 11, 2026.
Municipal
LISBON -- A man accused of beating a woman bloody over several hours on Nov. 1 in Salem made his initial appearance in Columbiana County Municipal Court on Monday, with his bond set at $150,000 cash or surety.
A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Nov. 10 for Mark R. Blair, 34, Ohio Avenue, Salem, who was charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, fourth-degree felony disruption of public services and misdemeanors of domestic violence and unlawful restraint.
Blair was accused of allegedly kicking, stomping and beating a woman over a period of several hours in the face, back and legs, causing serious physical harm and refusing to let her leave the residence on Ohio Avenue, Salem, according to a police affidavit. He allegedly took her cell phone to keep her from calling 911 for help. At some point, she was able to sneak out to a nearby residence to call for help, showing up beaten, bloodied and unclothed.
According to the affidavit, she was immediately transported to a hospital emergency room.
A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Nov. 9 for Michael Anton Howell, 48, Youngstown, charged with third-degree felonies of tampering with evidence and failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanors of obstructing official business, drug paraphernalia, no valid license, use of unauthorized plate and a turn signal violation. On Nov. 1 in Middleton Township, Howell allegedly fled from a deputy attempting a traffic stop and entered a yard and struck a tree, exiting the vehicle from the driver seat, with both the driver and passenger ordered to the ground at gunpoint. The driver was refusing to provide his personal information and was then placed in handcuffs and identified. A white object was seen going across the vehicle into a wooded area when the driver first exited the vehicle, with investigators finding a burnt pipe with white residue, a glass container with a crystal substance and a black container with nothing in it beside the other items. Inside the vehicle was a plastic bag with suspected narcotics.
A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Dec. 14 for Hargus D. Hall, 44, Cortland, charged with fifth-degree felony theft, fourth-degree felonies of theft and possessing criminal tools and misdemeanors of theft, criminal damaging and criminal trespass for allegedly stealing jewelry from the Salem Walmart on Aug. 9 and then again stealing necklaces from the jewelry section of the store on Aug. 15, valued at $3,752. On Sept. 4, he allegedly went to the Calcutta Walmart and broke the jewelry spinner lock and loaded a backpack full of jewelry. He was identified a someone allegedly committing similar crimes at other Walmart locations. The value of items stolen from the Calcutta Walmart was $8,527, with the damages to the spinner costing $394.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Corey C. Stahl, 37, Cedar Street, Salem, charged with domestic violence, obstructing official business and resisting arrest for allegedly being intoxicated and shoving a woman in Salem on Nov. 1, then refusing to follow orders of a police officer and refusing to place his hands behind his back, walking away and pulling away from officers. The affidavit said he allegedly shoved the woman three times, got in her face and grabbed her by the shoulder.
Andrew Guy Quimby, 22, Commerce Street, Wellsville, was fined $250 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 176 days suspended and credit for one day served, leaving three days still to serve for domestic violence, with 30 hours community service ordered. He was ordered to stay away from the victim. Quimby was accused of kicking a woman in the back and chasing her through the house on July 1 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Jan. 4 for Brandi Sue Buchanan, 41, Seventh Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with two counts of assault for allegedly head butting a man in his mouth area during an argument and punching him in the left side of his face and then striking a juvenile who tried to intervene in the face, pulling her hair and ripping a large chunk out, all on Oct. 31 in Liverpool Township.
A pretrial was set Nov. 23 for Jamie P. Tice Jr., 25, Malone Road, Salineville, charged with obstructing official business, drug paraphernalia and criminal trespass for allegedly banging on the door of a Salem residence and yelling at the residents and sending one of them a text threatening to break the door down on Oct 21 after being trespassed from the property in September. On Nov. 2, he started to run away when police approached him with a warrant in Salem.
A pretrial was set Jan. 4 for Judy Murphy, 54, Clark Avenue, Wellsville, charged with theft for allegedly stealing multiple items from Southern Local High School on Sept. 3, with security footage of her removing the property.
Christopher Depew, 35, Rose Drive, Lisbon, was fined $150 and sentenced to one day in jail for theft for stealing two snuff containers from Dollar General in Lisbon on Oct. 9.
Kenneth R. Young, 56, Akron, was fined $400 for drug paraphernalia, driving under suspension and a tail lights violation. He possessed a glass smoking device with burn marks during a traffic stop in May 2023 in Salem Township.
Terry J. Bicksler, 45, Front Street, New Waterford, was fined $50 for disorderly conduct amended from criminal trespass for trespassing on a East Main Street, New Waterford property on Oct. 1, 2022 after being evicted.
A disorderly conduct charge against Kirk R. Bloss, 67, Alliance, was dismissed. He was accused of allegedly sending a letter to a protected person on Oct. 24, 2025 in Butler Township.
Richard R. Vecchio, 64, state Route 164, Lisbon, received credit for 16 days served in jail for violating his probation for two 2025 cases for disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.
Kira Elaine Dunn, 40, Birch Road, East Liverpool was fined $200 and given credit for seven days already served in jail for criminal damaging, possession of drug abuse instrument, drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension. Dunn was accused of smashing a man's cell phone and placing it in the trash on March 12, 2025 in St. Clair Township. On April 16, 2025 in St. Clair Township, during a traffic stop, police found a hypodermic needle, several baggies and a scale with white powder residue on it and bottle caps containing suspected methamphetamine.
Jacob L. Kerr, 26, Fair Avenue, Salem, was fined $150 and given credit for two days served in jail for disorderly conduct for stumbling down the sidewalk after previously warned to get a ride and not walk in public intoxicated on Nov. 1 in Salem.
Nathanael Clayton Martens, 33, Littleton, Colo., was fined $565 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for operating a vehicle impaired, with 20 hours community service ordered. A charge of failure to display valid sticker was dismissed. His license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.
A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Joseph Robert Abram, 32, Fawcett Street, East Liverpool, charged with OVI and right of way/stop sign violation.
A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Ryan Mathew Hoschar, 29, Lisbon Road, Salem, charged with OVI third offense, OVI with refusal and reasonable control for a July 10 traffic stop and OVI second offense and marked lanes for a July 9 traffic stop.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Charles Lewis, 44, Dresden Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with criminal trespass and two counts of domestic violence. The charges of domestic violence stem from an incident on Oct. 6 when Lewis allegedly threatening to kill a woman in East Liverpool before returning later and beating on the door of their residence demanding to be let inside. The charge of criminal trespass stems from an incident on Oct. 20 when Lewis is alleged to have entered an East Liverpool property he had previously been notified he was trespassed from.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Kaleb Still Well, 21, Morgan Street, Irondale, charged with assault, resisting arrest and criminal trespass for allegedly striking a man in the face multiple times before fleeing the scene, entering another person's work van without permission and refusing the exit the vehicle when ordered and attempting to flee from officers on foot in Wellsville on Wednesday.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Jaime Rickerd, 39, Seventh Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with resisting arrest and domestic violence for allegedly threatening multiple times to assault and kill a woman and attempting to walk away from officers when told she was being arrested and pulled away from and pushed officers when they attempted to place her in handcuffs in East Liverpool on Thursday.
A pretrial was set Dec. 7 for Timothy Patrick, 42, Jefferson Street, Jefferson, charged with interference with custody and obstructing official business for allegedly hiding from officers in a bedroom while they executed a search warrant, refusing to come out when instructed and disobeying several orders from officers, and harboring and aiding a juvenile with an arrest warrant who they did not have custodial rights of in hiding in Wellsville on Wednesday.
A pretrial was set Dec. 7 for Kelly Reed, 37, Sunset Drive, Wellsville, charged with interference with custody and obstructing official business for allegedly hiding from officers in a bedroom while they executed a search warrant, refusing to come out when instructed and disobeying several orders from officers, and harboring and aiding a juvenile they did not have custodial rights of in hiding in Wellsville on Wednesday.
A pretrial was set Nov. 4 for Meghan McElroy, 33, Maple Hill Road, Salineville, charged with obstructing official business and resisting arrest for allegedly fleeing from officers on foot and pulling away from officers when placed under arrest for an outstanding warrant in Washington Township on Thursday.
A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Elmo Endicott Jr., 57, West Pine Lake Road, Salem, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly entering a property he had previously been trespassed from and dumping two steel rolls on the property sometime between Oct. 1 and Oct. 29 in Perry Township.
A pretrial was set Jan 4 for Chelseas Possage, 30, Dilworth Road, East Liverpool, charged with OVI and failure to display a valid sticker.
A pretrial was set Jan. 4 for Jade Duvall, 22, South Pricetown Road, Berlin Center, charged with OVI.