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Court News In Columbiana County Common Pleas Court: — Sakeem J. Griffin, 26, Cincinnati, was placed under community control for six months, non-reporting, after pleading guilty to a lesser-included offense of theft, a misdemeanor. Griffin was originally charged with grand theft, a fourth-degree felony, for stealing $11,697 over a period from April 29, 2024 to June 28, 2024 from TG Realty. Griffin was ordered to make restitution of $11,697. — Cagney Allen Springer, 37, Penn Avenue, East Liverpool, was sentenced to seven days in jail, with credit for seven days served, leaving no ...

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Butler Township Michael P. and Jessica L. Dorney to Brian Edward and Lois Todd, home on Woodsend Drive; $760,000 Gary Eichler to Patrick R. and Marisah D. Braham, home on state Route 9; $300,000 Columbiana Property Renovations of Allia to Logan Garrett Cope, home on Fairfield School Road; $160,000 East Liverpool Hayden Wright to Alan E. Barnes Rentals LLC, home and other residential structures on St. George Street; $35,000 Fairfield Township Quinton and Sharon Steiner to Jason J. Vaparides, home on Miller Road; $335,000 Quinton and Sharon Steiner to Jason J. Vaparides, ...

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Court News LISBON — Two men caught in sex-for-hire stings in East Palestine entered guilty pleas recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Randy T. McCauley, 40, Canton, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution for allegedly responding to an undercover familial ad on a known prostitution website of an adult female and a minor female and arranging for sexual activity with both females in exchange for $260, then arriving in East Palestine on Nov. 28, 2025 for the meeting ...

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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 ...