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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Feb. 25 for Robert L. Byrd III, 27, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, fourth-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanors of expired license, no license and expired license plates. Byrd was accused of allegedly assaulting a woman on July 6, 2025 in Rogers by slamming her leg in her car door, grabbing her by the throat and shoving her into her car, causing her to hit her head. He also allegedly attempted to hit her with a window ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Charles A. Slocum Jr., 34, Brookfield Avenue, Lisbon, was bound over to the county grand jury for failure to verify residence address, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly failing to update his current address with the sex offender registration as of Feb. 3. Slocum was fined $1,125 and sentenced to 50 days in jail for operating a vehicle impaired and failure to display valid sticker, along with violating the terms of his probation for a 2024 case involving charges of menacing, assault and resisting arrest. A ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set March 16 for Sean Zett, 40, Ravenna, charged with grand theft auto, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly stealing a 2024 Ford Raptor under the ruse of identifying himself under a different name and taking the vehicle for a test drive and to his mechanic on Jan. 17 from Tri-State Ford in East Liverpool. He left the business and never returned the vehicle and stopped taking phone calls. The affidavit also said he possessed a fraudulent Ohio BMV document under the other name. Jaydin Isaiah ...

REAL ESTATE

Columbiana Zachary Gaydos et al to Thomas Patterson and Emily Hubbard, home on East Park Avenue; $300,000 East Liverpool Justin and Deidre Buck to Dylan Czech, home on Crestview Drive; $164,500 East Palestine Gorby’s Holdings III LLC to Christopher D. Durick, home on Wood Street; $104,500 Elkrun Township Keith A. Bouscher to Danny W. Fowler (trustee), 9.84 acres on Roller Coaster Road; $62,000 Franklin Township Donnie and Lorina Weaver to David A. and Hillary N. Stanton, 80.497 agricultural vacant land on Emerick Road; $662,722. Salem YMG Inc to Jill Alberson, home on ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Steve E. Johnson, 40, South Lincoln Avenue, Salem, were bound over to the county grand jury for second-degree felony burglary and misdemeanors of criminal damaging and menacing for allegedly walking into another man’s residence in Salem on Jan. 3, screaming at him and threatening to beat him up. The other man was able to get him out of the house onto the front patio. The police affidavit said video footage allegedly showed the defendant being belligerent and knocking on the window of the residence. He was seen ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Michael David Bruce, 29, South Broadway Avenue, Salem, was bound over to the county grand jury for operating a vehicle impaired fourth offense and OVI refusal with prior within 20 years for allegedly driving while impaired on Jan. 4 in East Liverpool, with several prior convictions for OVI, including two in 2024 and one in 2017. A pretrial was set April 15 for Dakota Lee Powell, 30, state Route 39, Wellsville, charged with two counts of domestic violence and two counts of aggravated menacing for allegedly ...