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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 ...

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Common Pleas New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Kenley G. Cunningham, Hess Road, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Hess Road, East Liverpool property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Dorothy Jane Nutter, Newgarden Avenue, Salem; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Newgarden Avenue, Salem property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Pam Zagotti, Rose Avenue, Salem, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Rose Avenue, Salem property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Thomas P. Ashdown, Trustee of the Thomas P. Ashdown ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set Feb. 17 for Charles A. Slocum Jr., 34, Brookfield Avenue, Lisbon, charged with failure to verify residence address, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly failing to verify his address with the sheriff’s office on Jan. 14 as required for the sex offender registration. A pretrial was set Feb. 23 for Steven J. Cappitte, 41, Southeast Boulevard, Salem, charged with domestic violence and obstructing official business for allegedly slamming the door shut several times and fleeing the Salem residence as ...

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Municipal LISBON—A Salem man served a day in jail and was fined $150 for entering a business with a knife. Carl Cranston, 46, McCracken Road, Salem, was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 29 days suspended and credit for one day served, ordered to have no contact with the involved business and fined $150 for menacing, amended from aggravated menacing for entering a bar with an approximately 5-to-6-inch knife and walking toward a man in Salem on Aug. 16. Denver Jeffrey, 28, Cranseville Road, Greenville, Pa.,was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 180 days suspended, 40 hours of ...

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Municipal Carl Gooding, 44, Putnam Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to seven days in jail with credit for seven days served and fined $150 for possessing drug paraphernalia for having a burnt glass meth pipe in his backpack when he was taken into custody for an outstanding warrant in East Liverpool on Oct. 10. Jennetta Maldonado, 45, Union Avenue, Alliance, was sentenced to 30 days in jailed with 30 days suspended, 50 hours of community service, fined $150, and ordered to pay $717.72 restitution to and have no contact with the victim for disorderly conduct amended from criminal ...