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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 ...

REAL ESTATE

Columbiana JL Contracting & Remodeling LLC to Jason L. Bacha, home on Sunset Court and other residential structures on West Street; $300,000 Cindy and James Hotchkiss to It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere LLC, home on Duquesne Street; $135,000 East Liverpool Adkins Rental Properties LLC to Kyle J. Wilbert, two-family dwelling on West Ninth Street; $76,800 Eugene J. Rogers Jr. to Gerald L. Crabtree, home on Center Street; $30,500 James K. Grimm et al to James K. Grimm, home on Globe Street; $18,400 East Palestine Gorby’s Holdings II LLC to DSL East Palestine LLC, small ...

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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 ...