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Court News LISBON — A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to an amended charge in a sex-for-hire case. Robert Zewe Jr., 51, Erie, Pa., pleaded guilty to attempted compelling prostitution, a fourth-degree felony, amended from third-degree compelling, as well as possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution. Zewe Jr. was been accused of attempting to pay who he believed to be a 16-year-old for sexual activity and arriving for the meeting Oct. 10, 2025. Sentencing was set Oct. 29. Also in Columbiana County Common Pleas ...

CORRECTION

Aaron Perry, no age or address listed, was charged with OVI and driving under suspension following a traffic stop on North Market Street at Vista Drive at 9:09 a.m. Aug. 13. An incorrect driver was listed in a Lisbon police report in Tuesday’s edition.

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Common Pleas NEW CASES Seven Seventeen Credit Union Inc., Warren, Ohio, vs. James J. Jones Jr., East Liverpool; seeking payment of alleged defaulted loan Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Anaheim, Calif., vs. Joseph Michael Beaver et al, Wellsville; seeking payment of alleged defaulted loan of $84,064.78 Amanda M. Hopkins, Salem, to William K. Hopkins II, Salem; divorce sought Elizabeth A. Ross, Leetonia, vs. Jedidiah P. Ross, Leetonia; divorce sought DOCKET ENTRIES John Thomas, Lisbon, vs. Virginia Thomas, East Liverpool; case dismissed Columbiana County treasurer, Lisbon, vs. ...

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Municipal Court LISBON — A New York man was fined in Columbiana County Municipal Court Monday after attempting to help a federal prisoner escape incarceration with a drone. Nathan Lund, 34, Beach Avenue, Port Jefferson, New York, was sentenced to three days in jail with credit for three days served and fined $150 for criminal trespass for entering the property of the FCI Elkton Prison without permission on June 18, 2026. Lund was found outside of a U-Haul in the facilities entrance wearing a black chest rig with a hand-held control device for a large drone in an attempt to assist ...

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Common Pleas NEW CASES Arin Noel Altomare, Parkview Drive, Columbiana, and Teresa Lynn Newsome Altomare, Columbus; dissolution sought. Pamela Hough, Salem Alliance Road, Salem, vs. Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus, and West Branch Nursing Home LTD, doing business as Pleasant View North Retirement Center, Warren; one case for appeal of claim denial and one case for a refile of 2025 case. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Orange, Calif. vs. Cynthia R. Smith, also known as Cynthia R. Temple,, North Market Street, Lisbon, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for North ...

REAL ESTATE

Columbiana Travis M. and Jennifer R. Burton to Christine and Anthony Horvath, home on East Friend Street; $182,000 James Johnson to John A. and Christine K. McCamon, condo on Timberline Drive; $315,000 East Liverpool Davenda LLC to Gina E. Dunlap to Erik B. Sullivan, home on Vine Street; $86,000 Anthony V. Frank Jr. et al to Mark Clutter, home on Etruria Street; $80,000 Park Place Realty LLC to Gina E. Dunlap and Erik B. Sullivan, two-family dwelling on Pennsylvania Avenue; $71,500 Leetonia Zachary and Alissa Lehn to Caleb B. and Katherine L. Crowl, home on Walnut Street; ...