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Court News LISBON — A Washingtonville man found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2024 for felonious assault and other charges will be evaluated again to see if conditional release remains appropriate. Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton recently ordered the evaluation by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio, with a review hearing still set for June 22. David Kirby, 34, West Main Street, appeared in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court last year for a review hearing regarding the conditional release, with Bickerton noting he was still a mentally ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, an East Liverpool man charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a misdemeanor, was found incompetent and not restorable to competency, with the case against him dismissed. Larry Douglas Males, 20, St. George Street, had been charged last fall for the unlawful sexual conduct with a 15-year-old in East Liverpool, with video footage of the incident noted in an affidavit. His defense attorney requested a competency evaluation, which was conducted, with the results that he was not competent or able to be restored to ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Ronald L. Keller, 52, Summit Street, Salem, was bound over to the county grand jury for receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony, for driving a stolen vehicle in Salem on April 6 when officers conducted a traffic stop. A preliminary hearing was set May 20 for Kim Scott Weekley, 61, Hilltop Drive, Lisbon, charged with failure to verify residence address, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly failing to verify his address for the arson offender registration in February. A pretrial was set July 1 for Corbin ...

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Municipal Gregg A. Robinson, 51, Ohio Avenue, Salem, was fined $250 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served, for assault amended from domestic violence. Robinson was accused of hitting a relative in the head with a flashlight, pushing him down and striking him with his fists on July 24, 2025 in Salem Township. Thomas R. Welsh, 40, East Fourth Street, Salem, was sentenced to 120 days in jail, with credit for 67 days served, leaving a balance of 53 days still to serve in jail for assault, criminal trespass, drug paraphernalia and three ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a psychological examination by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio was ordered for Jonathan D. Cook, 42, Oak Street, Leetonia, for competency and sanity. Cook has three separate criminal cases pending, including the latest for menacing for alleging making credible threats to seriously injure or cause the death of a woman and her family by saying he would take a hatchet to them, an affidavit said. The threat occurred April 23 during a group counseling session at the Columbiana County jail where Cook has been ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set May 4 for Shawn L. Paulin Sr., 47, Van Buren Drive, Salem, charged with fourth-degree felony assault on a police officer and misdemeanors of theft, domestic violence, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. On April 23 in Perry Township, Paulin allegedly pushed a woman down onto a bed and she fell off the bed and onto the floor and then he fled. The woman said she was punched in the chest and having chest pains. Paulin was contacted and was refusing to come back to the scene, ...