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Court News LISBON — A Columbiana man accused of possessing images of child pornography has again been found competent to stand trial. Richard Braham, 27, West Park Avenue, had previously been found competent and without serious mental issues last fall, but his defense attorney Charley Kidder requested another evaluation in February, which was ordered but wasn’t completed. On April 20, Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam again ordered the evaluations be done by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio. Braham was charged last year with one count of ...

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Court News LISBON — A woman accused of abusing an infant was sentenced to 30 months in prison for endangering children, a third-degree felony. Melanie R. Leonard, 36, Glasgow Road, Lisbon, appeared for sentencing recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the case. She received credit for 75 days served in jail. Two additional counts of endangering children, one a second-degree felony and one a third-degree felony, will be dismissed. Leonard was accused of abusing an infant, resulting in serious physical harm to the child on Feb. 24, 2024 when the child was less than 2 ...

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LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Aug. 5 for Daniel Lee Shoaff, 65, North Howard Avenue, Salem, charged with public indecency expose private parts for allegedly being in a lit pavilion at Centennial Park with his pants around his ankles on May 28 in Salem, with officers advised by dispatch that surveillance video showed him touching himself, the affidavit said. A pretrial was set July 21 for Justin Michael Buckel, 34, Dakota Street, East Liverpool, charged with theft for allegedly stealing $49 worth of merchandise from Dollar General in East Liverpool ...

REAL ESTATE

Center Township Kathryn P. Pinkerton et al to Marcia Lynn Brandt, home on Sunset Drive; $210,000 Columbiana Adda M. and Matthew Bell to Zachary Witherow, home on Bittersweet Drive; $195,000 Michael Strohecker to Hunter Debee, home on East Park Avenue; $175,000 East Liverpool EBKO Properties Inc to Anthony Witherow, home on First Avenue; $26,500 Brendan Copenace to Frank Thorne, home and other residential structures on Beechwood Avenue; $25,000 Fairfield Township Kevin W. Smith et al to Manoah Joel and Grace Huber, home on Duquense Street; $72,000 Liverpool ...

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Common Pleas New Cases Jaykobe Andrew Johnson, East Liverpool, and Sierra Lynn Johnson, East Liverpool; dissolution sought Tax Ease OH V LLC, Dallas, Texas, vs. Paul John Ice, Negley, et al; foreclosure sought on Allegheny Trail, Negley, property Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, Orange, Califorinia, vs. Misty Gilbo et al; foreclosure sought on West North Avenue, East Palestine, property Brenda and David Halverstadt, Salem, vs. Estate of Stewart P. Weimer and Westfield Insurance Company, Westfield Center, Ohio; compensatory damages sought for vehicular crash Docket ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set June 10 for Ryan L. Pritt, 44, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, charged with aggravated menacing and domestic violence for allegedly threatening a man, saying he was going to kill him and his mother on May 26 in East Liverpool. A status conference/pretrial was set June 3 for John M. Corradi, 37, Midland, Pa., charged with domestic violence and aggravated menacing for allegedly being aggressive toward a woman and destroying a tire on her vehicle on March 9 in St. Clair Township. On May 17, he made statements ...