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Municipal LISBON – In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Sept. 23 for Leslie A. Cole, 62, East Pershing Street, Salem, charged with two counts of assault and one count of criminal damaging for allegedly shoving a juvenile off of a picnic table at Centennial Park and slapping another juvenile in the arm and shoulder, causing damage to the juvenile’s cell phone by smacking the juvenile, causing the cell phone to fall and crack on the pavement on Sept. 14 in Salem. A pretrial was set Sept. 23 for Bryan L. Cooper, 44, Lowmiller Road, Minerva, charged with domestic ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Sandra Hollabaugh et al to Richard N. Miller et al, 14.171 acres timber land on Whitacre Road; $18,275 Sandra Hollabaugh et al to Richard N. Miller et al, 17.363-acre farm on Whitacre Road; $44,267 Center Township Charles S. and Tina M. Clark Jr. to Sabrina and William Bolton, mobile home on Hilltop Drive; $34,700 Columbiana Joshua and Tammy Dickey to Jarred Kalina and Kendall Mackenzie, home on Hawkins Lane; $375,000 Hanover Township Rebecca S. Franks to Deer Valley Farm LLC, 129.279-acre farm on McCann Road and 40.067 agricultural vacant land on Rochester ...

Salineville man appeals consecutive sentences

LISBON — A Salineville man recently sentenced to 44 months in prison filed an appeal recently in the Seventh District Court of Appeals to challenge the consecutive sentences. Scott M. Haines, 52, state Route 164, who fled from deputies after threatening another man in the Spring Valley Road area in 2020, was sentenced to consecutive sentences of 36 months for fleeing and making threats and eight months for nonsupport of dependents from 2020 to 2022, for a total of 44 months in prison. His trial defense attorney, Joe King, filed the appeals on his behalf, but requested appellate ...

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Grand Jury LISBON — Pamela S. Risbeck, 50, Trinity Church Road, Lisbon, was served Thursday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for fourth-degree felony theft from a person in a protected class, fifth-degree felony receiving stolen property and misdemeanor misuse of credit cards for allegedly stealing $1,585 from a man, possessing his stolen debit card and misusing his credit card from Oct. 11, 2025 to Oct. 14, 2025. Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Kyrin Michael McLaughlin, 28, Rose Drive, Lisbon, was bound ...

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Common Pleas NEW CASES Michael J. Poynter, Kingsridge Road, East Liverpool, vs. Edith J. Poynter, Aten Avenue Extension, Wellsville; divorce sought. Alex Cook, Crestview Road, New Waterford, vs. Courtney Cook, Youngstown; divorce sought. Servis One, Inc. doing business as BSU Financial Services, Bethesda, Md., vs. Scott E. Arter, West High Street, Lisbon, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property. Capital One, N.A., Columbus, vs. Travis B. Wright, Rosetta Drive, Negley; collection sought of alleged $26,771 debt. Bonds Therapeutics, LLC doing business as ...

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COMMON PLEAS NEW CASES Katherine Joy, Youngstown, vs. Steven Brian Joy, Moore Street, East Liverpool; divorce sought. Keith Nathaniel Richards, Andover, vs. Marcie Mcmarnei/Mcmannis/Butera, Albright Avenue, Columbiana; damages sought for alleged claim of emotional distress. DOCKET ENTRIES Troy Capital, LLC vs. David R. Pagani; 2010 judgment of $15,423 granted to plaintiff revived. Velocity Investments, LLC vs. Brittany Logan; $40,728 judgment granted to plaintiff. Salem Community Hospital vs. Sandra Smith; $23,185 judgment granted to plaintiff. Selene Finance, L.P. vs. ...