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LISBON -- A Leetonia man accused of allegedly swinging a linked metal chain at the head of a sheriff's deputy after an incident at the downtown courthouse in Lisbon was one of 13 defendants openly indicted by the Columbiana County Grand Jury.
Shane L. Linden, 47, Crestview Road, was charged with felonious assault, a first-degree felony, and misdemeanors of resisting arrest and obstructing official business for allegedly swinging a linked metal chain at a sheriff deputy's head and being tased on North Market Street, then refusing to put his hands behind his back and resisting arrest, all after the Oct. incident at the courthouse.
According to the affidavit, Linden had been escorted out of Common Pleas Court and the courthouse after demanding to see a judge. While walking out, he allegedly told a deputy to take off his badge so they could fight and then turned around and left quickly.
A deputy located him in front of the Eastern Ohio Correction Center, which is north of the courthouse and Lisbon Village Hall, and started questioning him about the incident, then Linden took off running and the deputy pursued him. That's when Linden allegedly turned around swinging a linked metal chain at the deputy's head, then was tased and resisted officers.
The county grand jury met for two days and issued 13 open indictments and 23 secret indictments on Wednesday.
Other defendants issued open indictments included:
-- William R. Payton, 21, Bouquet Street, East Liverpool, felonious assault, a second-degree felony, fourth-degree felonies of strangulation and two counts domestic violence and misdemeanors of obstructing official business and resisting arrest. Payton allegedly threatened to kill a woman and went after her with a kitchen knife at a Middleton Township property on Aug. 10 and then was accused of trying to harm the same woman again on Aug. 15, with a previous domestic violence conviction on his record, and then also fleeing from deputies who came to arrest him on an active warrant at a Negley property and then becoming physically resistive.
-- Zachary Shawn Rexroad, 26, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, fourth-degree felony strangulation, fifth-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanors of unlawful restraint and criminal trespass for allegedly pulling a woman from the couch where she fell on the floor, then got on top of her and began strangling her by the neck to the point she could not breathe and unlawfully restrained her on Oct. 7 at an apartment in East Liverpool. Affidavits said the domestic violence charge was elevated to a felony because the defendant allegedly knew the victim was pregnant. He had been trespassed from the property in July.
-- Kayla R. Mennell, 30, last known address Grant Street, Rogers, three counts fourth-degree felony assault and misdemeanors of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct for allegedly kicking two East Liverpool police officers while being placed under arrest for disorderly conduct after being found drunk trying to get into an apartment and not lowering her voice when warned several times on Sept. 8, according to a police affidavit. After being taken to East Liverpool City Hospital when she bashed her head in the cruiser several times after her arrest, she allegedly spit into the mouth of a fire department employee.
-- Thomas Eugene Powell, 30, Dewey Avenue, East Liverpool, second-degree felony burglary and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and criminal damaging for allegedly entering a home unwelcome and in an aggressive manner, knocking down blinds, throwing water on a homeowner, raising a fist and threatening him on Aug. 26 in East Liverpool. He also allegedly ripped off a curtain from the porch deck, knocked curtains off of the glass door and slammed a pottery dish to the ground, shattering it.
-- Scott Eric Kopras, 34, Bradshaw Avenue, East Liverpool, third-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanors of assault and unlawful restraint for allegedly assaulting a woman and strangling her in East Liverpool on Sept. 22. According to the police affidavit, the woman was in the parking lot of East Liverpool City Hospital and afraid to go inside after the defendant allegedly slapped her in the eye and started punching her with his fist, then grabbed her by the throat and began to strangle her. She said she couldn't breathe as she begged him to stop, he let her go briefly and then started punching her in the head until she was covered in blood, the affidavit said. She allegedly felt that she was not allowed to leave.
-- David Robert Boyd, 30, Cora Street, East Liverpool, fifth-degree felony unauthorized use of vehicle for allegedly failing to return a U-Haul truck to Ace Hardware in St. Clair Township on Oct. 4.
-- Joseph D. Haynes, 46, North Pearl Street, Columbiana, fourth-degree felony disrupting public service and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing, assault and criminal trespass. On May 2 in Salem, Haynes allegedly came to a woman's residence after previously being trespassed from the home, allegedly threw her to the ground, spit in her face and pulled her hair, causing harm to her back, neck and face. He also allegedly took her cell phone and threw it in an attempt to stop her from calling for help.
-- Kayla Denise Clingerman, 40, listed as homeless, formerly Salem, misdemeanors of aggravated menacing, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct for allegedly threatening a police officer after being transported to the Columbiana County jail, County Home Road, Lisbon on Sept. 26 for a disorderly incident in Salem on Sept. 25.
-- Davilynn Tasea Mitchell, 35, Youngstown, trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly trespassing in an attached garage at a residence in St. Clair Township on Sept. 15.
-- Michael B. Delp, 49, East Eighth Street, Salem, third-degree felony tampering with evidence and misdemeanors of illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension for allegedly smashing a glass pipe with burnt residue and eating a baggie of white powder during a traffic stop on July 27 in Salem.
-- Kevin Wayne Short, 53, last known address Desellem Road, Lisbon, two counts of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them-OVI, a third-degree felony, for a traffic stop on Aug. 28 when he was allegedly impaired in Lisbon, with a record that included a felony OVI conviction.
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.