THE COURTS

March 14, 2026

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set April 8 for Travis B. Ferguson, 39, 10th Street Extension, Wellsville, charged with fourth-degree felony passing bad checks for allegedly issuing a bad check for $1,018 to Quaker City Septic in Leetonia on Sept. 16, 2025. A pretrial was set May 27 for Thomas Randall Hughes II, 38, state Route 154, Negley, charged with theft for allegedly attempting to scan 32-cent stickers for all of his items at the Calcutta Walmart, trying to take 11 items valued at $243 on Jan. 24. A sentencing hearing was ...

THE COURTS

March 13, 2026

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a Salineville woman has been bound over to the grand jury for allegedly having a knife out at the Utica Shale Academy. Britania B. Brown, 44, Haiti Road, is charged with illegal conveyance or possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone, a fifth-degree felony. Salineville police officers were called to the Utica Shale school on East Main Street, Salineville on Jan. 14 for a report of a woman with a knife and found Brown a few blocks away at BK Beverage. A police affidavit said she admitted to having a knife open ...

THE COURTS

March 12, 2026

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set March 30 for Matthew Scott Howard, 39, Annesley Road, East Liverpool, charged with fifth-degree felony improper handling firearms in a motor vehicle and misdemeanors of operating a vehicle impaired first offense and OVI refusal with prior within 20 years. Howard allegedly had a loaded 9mm handgun in a holster near the handlebars of his motorcycle during a traffic stop while allegedly impaired on March 9 in Elkrun Township. A pretrial was set May 27 for Christina M. Falconer, 49, Bower ...

THE COURTS

March 11, 2026

Court News LISBON — An East Liverpool man accused of multiple drug counts entered a guilty plea to all charges and was sentenced to nine months in prison. Nathan E. Elkins, 37, Dresden Avenue, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony tampering with evidence, fifth-degree felonies of possessing criminal tools, possession of heroin, possession of a fentanyl-related compound, two counts aggravated possession of drugs and two counts possession of drugs and misdemeanor obstructing official business for concealing narcotics in a partially hollowed out rubberized male private part tied to ...

THE COURTS

March 10, 2026

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against David Q. Rhodes, 53, Creek Road, New Waterford, were bound over to the county grand jury for fourth-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanor domestic violence for allegedly grabbing a woman by the neck, causing her to have a hard time breathing, and throwing her to the ground during a domestic on Feb. 25 in Unity Township. Cases against Darrien J. Greenlee, 32, North Market Street, Lisbon, were bound over to the county grand jury for harassment with a bodily substance, a fifth-degree felony, and misdemeanors ...

THE COURTS

March 9, 2026

Court News LISBON — A Salineville man indicted for failure to fulfill violent offender database duties had his case dismissed by the prosecution due to the inability to provide documentation that he was notified in writing of his registration obligations or right to challenge them. Christopher Crooms, 37, Summit Drive, was charged with the fifth-degree felony for allegedly failing to notify the sheriff’s office of changing his address as of April 1, 2025 for the violent offender registry. The defense filed a motion in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to vacate the ...