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Municipal LISBON—A New Waterford man faces potential felony charges for allegedly breaking into a woman’s home and fleeing from officers at high speeds. In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing and pretrial were set April 6 for Ryan Kost, 28, New Waterford, charged with second-degree felony kidnapping and burglary, fourth-degree felony failure to comply, and a misdemeanor charge of theft for allegedly ripping out the screen of a side window and entering a woman’s home without permission, grabbing her and dragging her into another room in the house before ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Brian C. Pike, 41, Pittsburgh, Pa., were bound over to the county grand jury for failure to comply/fleeing, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanors of driving under suspension and use of unauthorized plate for allegedly fleeing from an attempted traffic stop on state Route 11 in Elkrun Township on Jan. 23, leading a trooper on a high speed chase for several miles, then crashing and fleeing on foot and being taken into custody. A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set April 1 for Marcus Lee White, 43, Mulberry ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Julia A. Wack to Zachary and Christyn Miller, home on Slater Road; $258,000 Marian J. Earley (trustee) to Allegheny Wesleyan College, home and other residential structures on Burtview Place; $270,000 Columbiana Larry B. Stevens to Rickey and Dona Dawson, home on Bell Avenue; $270,000 East Liverpool Connie M. Neal to Andrew M. and Leah C. Balser, other residential structures on Anderson Boulevard; $35,000 First Choice Property Acquisition to Jacob M. Russell, 12.391 acres agricultural vacant land on Kingsridge Road; $41,500 Conor J. Faloon to Logan A. Ford ...

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Court News LISBON — A Columbiana man accused of possessing images of child pornography was ordered evaluated again for current competency and sanity at the time of the offenses. Richard Braham, 27, West Park Avenue, had previously been found competent and without serious mental issues in the fall, but his defense attorney Charley Kidder requested another evaluation last month. Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam ordered the evaluations be done by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio and set a new status hearing for April 16. A trial date of Feb. 13 ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, charges of engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools were dismissed against Olusegun G. Atoyebi, 40, last known address listed as Clive, Iowa, who’s in federal custody on an alleged immigration-related federal offense. Atoyebi had been accused of allegedly responding to an undercover ad placed by a Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force agent on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $100, then arrived in East Palestine on Nov. 30, 2025 for the meeting ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set April 1 for Donald Clair Nesselrode, 59, Smithfield Street, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly striking a woman in the ribs with a closed fist three times in East Liverpool on March 23. A pretrial was set March 30 for Bryan Douglas Adams, 41, Columbus, charged with theft and assault for allegedly punching a woman in the face and taking her phone on March 8 in Wellsville. Skyiler Russell Crowe, 18, East Clark Street, East Palestine, was fined $750 and given a suspended 90-day jail ...