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LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set July 15 for Dakota McCluskey, 32, state Route 644, Kensington, charged with two counts of fourth-degree felony burglary and three counts of misdemeanor criminal trespass for alleged incidents on July 6 in Perry Township. McCluskey allegedly entered a West Pidgeon Road home when the resident was there and then when police were looking for him, he allegedly entered an attached garage at a Hearthside Drive home while that resident was there. The trespass charges stem from him trespassing on properties on ...

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LISBON — An East Liverpool man accused of causing harm to a child last year pleaded guilty recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to third-degree felony endangering children. Michael Conzett, 27, Wilbert Avenue, will face sentencing on Sept. 17. A charge of assault will be dismissed. The indictment alleged that he created a risk of harm or safety to a then 3-year-old child by violating a duty of care, protection and support on March 28, 2023. Also in Common Pleas Court: — Angela Walsh, 43, LaCroft Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felonies of ...

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New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Brian Devore, state Route 154, Lisbon, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for state Route 154, Lisbon property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Julie Ann Ingledue, McCracken Road, Salem, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for McCracken Road, Salem property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Brooke Evans, now known as Common, West Main Street, Leetonia, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for West Main Street, Leetonia property. Courtney Gilbert, state Route 164, Leetonia, and David Gilbert, state ...

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LISBON — A New Castle man accused in a sex-for-hire case entered a guilty plea in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court, with sentencing set for Sept. 12. Larry E. Smith, 40, New Castle, Pa., pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony attempted compelling prostitution, amended from third-degree felony compelling prostitution, and also pleaded guilty to fourth-degree felony attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Charges of importuning and possessing criminal tools will be dismissed. Smith was accused of answering an undercover ad posted on a known prostitution website of an adult ...

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set July 15 for Thomas Adair Watkins, 52, East North Avenue, East Palestine, charged with fifth-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanors of domestic violence and prohibitions concerning companion animals for an alleged incident on July 3 in East Palestine. Watkins allegedly had an argument with a woman and kicked everyone out of the house when she wasn’t there, with her dog left behind. When she arrived, he allegedly made obscene comments to her, then dragged the dog out of the kennel by its neck, ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Elizabeth E. Farmer to Brandon M. Rohrer, home on Slater Road; $130,000 Damascus Methodist Church to Ryan A. Timpe, home on Valley Road; $194,000 Evan W. Santee to Cavallo Minerals LLC and Cardinal Land, mineral deed on 33.809 acres on Georgetown Road; $152,346 Russell T. and Pamela S. Kiko Jr. to Wyatt R. Kiko, 1.637 acres on Winona Road; $70,000 Center Township Kenneth Schwer to Brock A. Baddeley, home on Lisbon Dungannon Road; $2,000 Columbiana Robert and Roberta Melczak to Ronnie Eugene and Patricia Ann Boyd, home on Fairfield School Road; $220,000 East ...