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Capital One, N.A., Richmond, Va., vs. Velma R. Nemeth, Darner Road, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged $16,738 debt.
Grange Indemnity Insurance Company, Columbus, vs. David E. Campbell, Park Way, East Liverpool; collection sought of $6,987 paid to insured for 2024 traffic crash.
American Express National Bank, Independence, vs. Vitalii Sivokhin, Fisher Road, Calcutta; collection sought of alleged $10,557 debt.
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Fort Washington, Pa., vs. Josalyn Crookston, Dyke Road, Negley, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.
Guaranteed Rate, Inc., Fort Mill, S.C., vs. Cynthia Kinest, Staunton Avenue, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property.
Midland Credit Management, Inc., San Diego, Calif., vs. Cassandra Ramage, U.S. Route 30, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged $22,118 debt.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Zachary Foster vs. Dominica Foster; divorce granted.
Capital One, N.A. vs. Collin Witt; case stayed due to bankruptcy filing.
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC vs. Jennifer Galanis, et al.; case stayed for loss mitigation.
Huntington National Bank vs. Shelly Downey, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for W Street, East Palestine property.
American Express National Bank vs. Corey Shofroth; $11,418 judgment granted to plaintiff.
Harley Davidson Credit Corp vs. Gary F. McCabe; case dismissed.
Rocket Mortgage, LLC vs. Michael A. Woodburn Jr., et al.; foreclosure case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Elizabeth Morris, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed, with taxes for two parcels paid and those parcels dismissed from complaint.
County Treasurer vs. Michael Anthony Kane; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Pearl Street, Leetonia property.
County Treasurer vs. Billy Rodney Gaddis, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.
County Treasurer vs. Benjamin Evans, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- Debra K. Hamilton, 64, Lake Park Boulevard, Alliance, was served Monday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Sept. 28, 2024.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Herbert J. Jones, 38, last known address Michigan Avenue, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for fifth-degree felony breaking and entering for allegedly breaking into East End Lumber in East Liverpool on Aug. 25, 2025, with police talking to him next to a pile of stacked lumber from inside the business, which had been tossed out of the business by someone from inside, then identifying him a few days later via security camera as the person who had been inside the business without permission after business hours. He was fined $300 and received credit for 21 days served in jail for misdemeanors of obstructing official business and resisting arrest for trying to hide from officers trying to serve him with a warrant on Oct. 9 in East Liverpool and resisting arrest.
A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Nov. 9 for Joseph M. Kloos, 37, Stookesberry Road, Lisbon, charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and misdemeanors of domestic violence and criminal damaging for allegedly pointing a firearm at another man and threatening to kill him on Oct. 18 in Center Township, with the firearm recovered and found loaded and chambered. Then on Nov. 2, he allegedly tore up the home where he resides in Center Township, with a fan and picture frame both damaged.
A preliminary hearing was set Nov. 10 for Timothy M. Mazziotta, 63, Massillon, charged with failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly fleeing from Perry Township officers attempting a traffic stop, blowing through intersections and almost striking multiple vehicles before being boxed in on East State Street, Salem on Nov. 2.
A pretrial was set Jan. 13 for Norman L. Rudder, 55, Aten Avenue Extended, Wellsville, charged with sexual imposition, a misdemeanor, for allegedly having sexual contact with a 15-year-old juvenile on Nov. 1, 2025, with video provided to Wellsville officers showing him touching the teen.
Anthony Phillip Cook, 62, last known address Peach Alley, East Liverpool, was fined $1,350 and sentenced to 120 days in jail, with credit for 47 days served, leaving a balance of 73 days still to serve in jail for a multitude of charges, including misdemeanor theft amended from fourth-degree felony theft, misdemeanor aggravated trespassing amended from fifth-degree felony breaking and entering, misdemeanor possessing criminal tools amended from a fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools and misdemeanors of obstructing official business, menacing, criminal damaging, two counts of theft, and two counts criminal trespass. On Sept. 17, he broke into a construction site on West Fifth Street in East Liverpool, using a ladder to gain access to the building and taking items, including a garbage container, and damaging copper wiring fixtures to the AC unit. On Sept. 14, he ignored commands by East Liverpool police to stop walking when approached and then started running. On Sept. 13, he was sleeping on the ground on a property in East Liverpool which had no trespassing signs. He threatened an East Liverpool property owner on Sept. 4 after being told to get off the property and then on Sept. 5, he stole a candy vending machine from St. Clair Laundry Room in East Liverpool and trespassed at another East Liverpool property where he was found sleeping.
A status conference hearing was set Dec. 16 and a court trial was set Jan. 4 for Homer Earl Williams, 66, last known address Mulberry Street, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly threatening to punch a woman in the face during a domestic on Oct. 16 in East Liverpool, with two prior domestic violence convictions on his record.
A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Amanda M. Kiger, 53, last known address Center Street, East Liverpool, charged with six counts of failure to file city income tax return for allegedly failing to file East Liverpool city income tax returns from 2021 through 2026. She was fined $755 for driving under suspension, no license, no seat belt and failure to signal.
Autumn Mays, 36, Michigan Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $250 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for falsification amended from obstructing official business, with 40 hours community service ordered. She harbored a man wanted under a warrant by police and told officers he wasn't at the residence on Oct. 9.
Joseph R. Bradford, 48, Main Street, Salem, was fined $250 and sentenced to three days in jail for obstructing official business after he failed to disclose to Leetonia police officers that another woman high on drugs was in the passenger seat of his truck parked in the back of the house on Columbia Street, Leetonia where a woman was found deceased on Aug. 20.
Donald R. Cross, 78, West 14th Street, Salem, was fined $150 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for theft and ordered to stay out of the Salem Walmart. Cross placed items in a Walmart bag and did not scan the items or pay for them, with the items totaling $57.73 at the Salem Walmart on Sept. 23.
Matthew J. Crowl, 48, East Third Street, Salem, was fined $250 and received credit for two days served in jail for criminal trespass for entering a property on West State Street on April 21 after he had previously been trespassed from the property.
Cynthia Denise Morris, 68, Midway Lane, East Liverpool, was fined $100 for criminal damaging for an incident at the Goodwill store in Calcutta when clothing was damaged on Sept. 28, with the two items totaling $9.98. She was ordered to pay restitution of $9.98 to Goodwill.
Vanessa S. Bates, 34, North Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, was fined $150 for drug paraphernalia for possessing a pipe with burnt residue and a bag with a white crystal-like substance during a traffic stop on Sept. 2 in Salem.
A charge of exterior protection against Michelle L. Daugherty, 56, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, was dismissed for allegedly failing to maintain the roof and roof drainage of a house in East Liverpool on May 15.
A charge of maximum permissible height of weeds against Philip Pridemore, 75, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, was dismissed for allegedly failing to cut weeds at an East Liverpool property on June 15.
A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Jamel Lee Chatman, 31, Ohio Avenue Rear, East Liverpool, charged with operating a vehicle impaired second offense, OVI breath second offense, no valid license and a headlights violation.
Angus Howard Cope, 23, Mechanicstown Road, Kensington, 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 physical control amended from OVI, with an additional OVI charge and marked lanes dismissed. His license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted, and ordered to complete 20 hours community service.
Angie Elaine Lopez, 50, Youngstown, was fined $565 and sentenced to 180 days in the county jail, with 177 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for OVI. A charge of marked lanes was dismissed. Her license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted, and she was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.
Joseph S. Skrinjar, 60, state Route 518, Lisbon, was fined $1,215 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 177 days suspended and $500 of the fine suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for OVI and lighted lights. His license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted, with 40 hours community service ordered.