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Grand Jury LISBON — A Wellsville man accused of throwing a woman at a coffee table was one of 10 defendants openly indicted by the Columbiana County Grand Jury this week. Dale Kenneth Lefebvre, 55, Wells Hollow Road, was charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, for allegedly grabbing a woman and throwing her at a coffee table after an argument, causing a deep cut to her forehead when her head hit the corner of the table on Jan. 1 in Yellow Creek Township. The grand jury met for two days, examining 39 witnesses, covering 39 cases, issuing 10 open indictments and 29 ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set March 11 for Devon Gage Lockhart, 23, West Ninth Street, East Liverpool, charged with fourth-degree felony receiving stolen property and misdemeanor discharge firearm. Also on March 11, he’s facing probable cause hearings for allegedly violating the terms of his probation for a 2023 case of criminal mischief and a 2023 case of theft. On March 3 during a traffic stop in East Liverpool, Lockhart was a passenger and a stolen firearm out of Akron was found under his seat. He allegedly took ...

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Municipal A pretrial was set May 6 for Ryan Scott Roberts, 44, McDonald Street, East Liverpool, charged with theft for allegedly skip scanning at the self checkout and leaving without paying for 33 items valued at $243 at the Calcutta Walmart on Feb. 25. A court trial was set April 6 for Derek James Thompson, 31, Chester Avenue, Wellsville, charged with obstructing official business and criminal trespass. On April 10, 2025, he allegedly began to run when patrol cars approached a home in East Liverpool to execute a search warrant. On May 1, 2025, he allegedly trespassed in a ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Grant Chidester, 31, Pittsburgh, Pa., were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution for allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website of an adult woman and a minor girl and arranging for sexual activity with both, including the minor, for $160, then traveling to East Palestine on Dec. 12 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set March 9 for Amy Lynn Crummitt, 52, Lincoln Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and misdemeanor assault for allegedly striking an employee of Berdine’s Bar in the head with a beer bottle after being refused service on Feb. 25 and also punching a man in the face three to four times after being told to leave the bar. A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set March 9 for Darrien J. Greenlee, 32, North Market Street, Lisbon, charged with harassment ...

REAL ESTATE

Center Township Danielle Dressell (successor) to James M. Soloman, home on Lisbon Dungannon Road; $79,300 James M. Soloman to Danielle A. Dressell, home on Lisbon Dungannon Road; $79,300 Rebecca I. Tolson et al to Lucas D. Tolson, home on Freeman Road; $78,600 Columbiana Southern Region Industrial to DSG Rentals LLC, 27.71 acres on state Route 14; $151,100 East Liverpool Karen L. Zehnder to Mark S. and David G. Zehnder, home on Fairmont Street; $25,500 Ashley K. Burns to Erwinator LLC, home on Fairview Street; $13,700 Brian M. and Bethany N. Hall to Jeremie M. Landfried, ...