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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.
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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.
Onemain Financial Group Inc. vs. Shayne M. Welling; case dismissed.
Onemain Financial Group Inc. vs. William D. Smith Jr.; case dismissed.
Thomas Oliver, et al. vs. Jared Gore, et al.; case settled and dismissed.
Elizabeth Anne Anchondo vs. Juan Garcia Anchondo; divorce granted.
County Treasurer vs. Shine Town LLC, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.
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.
Court News
LISBON -- A man accused of holding a woman against her will, punching her multiple times in the face and holding a knife to her throat was ordered to prison for two to three years.
Jessy Paul Lee, 36, last known address Crawford Avenue, Wellsville, appeared for a sentencing hearing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court recently for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, third-degree felony abduction and fourth-degree felony grand theft of a motor vehicle. A first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery will be dismissed.
He received credit for 243 days served in jail.
The assault occurred while he and the victim were traveling in a vehicle in East Liverpool on Feb. 17.
An affidavit filed in county Municipal Court said Lee had shown up at the woman's residence and asked for a ride, and once in the vehicle told her to drive where he told her to and not to do anything stupid. She claimed she needed gas and stopped at Sheetz in Calcutta and video surveillance showed him trying to stop her from going inside, then following her to the women's bathroom, forcing her out a side door and walking her back to the vehicle, threatening her if she didn't comply. After the assault, when she fled, he drove off with her vehicle.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
-- Christopher Allen Stevens, 37, Moore Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for third-degree felony attempted aggravated arson, a lesser-included offense of the original second-degree felony charge of aggravated arson, fifth-degree felony obstructing official business and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and inducing panic. A misdemeanor charge of arson will be dismissed. He received credit for 190 days already served in jail and must register as an arson offender.
According to an affidavit filed in county Municipal Court, he made threats to harm a woman and burn the apartment down on April 8, then was in the process of setting fire to the occupied building on Walnut Street, East Liverpool, with two occupied apartments and first responders in the hallway. The affidavit said he was refusing to exit the building and barricaded the door.
-- Ronnie Jackson, 69, Rose Drive, Lisbon, was ordered to prison for nine months for violating the terms of his probation for aggravated assault, a fourth-degree felony, for choking a woman and knocking her to the ground on Nov. 20, 2025. He received credit for 114 days served in jail.
-- Joshua J. Fayak, 44, Steubenville, was placed into drug court and ordered to serve a term at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center until the program is complete after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, with credit for 119 days served in jail. He possessed cocaine on March 22, 2024.
-- Michael R. Craig, 47, Allison Street, East Palestine, was ordered to serve 346 days in the county jail, with credit for 166 days already served, for violating the terms of his probation for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. He possessed tramadol on July 5, 2022.
-- Michael L. Reinhold, 31, Ravine Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 81 days in the county jail, but received credit for 81 days already served in jail, leaving no time to serve after pleading guilty to domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony. A charge of obstructing official business will be dismissed. He attempted to harm a woman on Aug. 13.
-- Robert L. Byrd Jr., 46, Canton, was placed under community control for three years after pleading guilty to nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony, for failing to pay support from Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 28, 2025.
-- Nicholas O'Hanlon, 28, Crestview Drive, East Liverpool, was placed under community control for 36 months for three counts of possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine on Nov. 11, 2025, Jan. 9, 2026 and April 2, 2026.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Mark Allen Douglas, 42, Henry Avenue, East Liverpool, were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony domestic violence, obstructing official business and unlawful restraint for allegedly striking a woman, giving her a black eye and possibly a broken nose, locking her in the house and not letting her leave and then lying to police about whether she was inside the East Liverpool residence, all on Oct. 27.
A preliminary hearing was set Nov. 10 for Richard L. Randolph Jr., 42, Orchard Grove, East Liverpool, charged with fifth-degree felony violation of a protection order for allegedly harassing a protected person via text messages on April 6, 2026 in Columbiana County.
A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Nov. 10 for Trevor K. Heiney, 37, Youngstown, charged with fifth-degree felony breaking and entering and misdemeanor obstructing official business for allegedly breaking into a Wellsville property and running from police on Sept. 14.
Adam Wiles, 30, North Market Street, Lisbon, was fined $500 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 179 days suspended and credit for one day served, for assault amended from domestic violence, with 20 hours community service ordered. He was accused of striking a woman in the face on Oct. 18 in Lisbon.
Chelsea Rose Baker, 36, Laura Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $300 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with credit for eight days served, leaving a balance of 22 days still to serve for making false alarms and disorderly conduct. The disorderly charge involved an incident in East Liverpool on Aug. 19 when she also called East Liverpool police to report a man stole her credit card and used it at Tri State Cab on Aug. 18. The investigation revealed that she used her card at Tri State Cab on Aug. 17 and 19, with no unauthorized charges occurring. She reported an offense that did not occur.
Gregory B. Weingart, 30, Butler, Pa., was fined $580 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 179 days suspended and credit for one day served, for aggravated menacing, failure to control amended from failure stop after accident, reasonable control and no seat belt, with 40 hours community service ordered. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim. Weingart pointed a firearm at a woman and then cocked the firearm while still pointing it at her and holding her down on July 19 in Salem
A pretrial was set Jan. 6 for John R. Graham, 43, North Georgetown, charged with assault and theft for allegedly removing the keys from a man's vehicle and throwing them in a parking lot and then pushing the man as he attempted to retrieve his keys on Aug. 24 in Knox Township.
Sophia J. McDonald, 19, Valley Road, Salem, was fined $150 and given credit for one day served in jail for disorderly conduct amended from assault for slapping a man and grabbing him by the neck and striking him with a piece of fencing on July 9 in Butler Township.