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Common Pleas New Cases Capital One, Columbus, vs. Karen McMillin, state Route 7, Rogers, et al.; collection sought of alleged $35,771 debt. Marie Keller, Miller Road, Leetonia, and Kenneth Keller, Miller Road, Leetonia; dissolution sought. Westlake Services, LLC, Los Angeles, Calif., vs. Vanessa Burnside, West Wilson Street, Salem; collection sought of alleged $10,014 debt. Village of Salineville, care of Regional Income Tax Agency, East Main Street, Salineville, vs. Anthony Gowin, McGavern Road, Salineville; collection sought of alleged income tax owed to Salineville for ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a former promoter for the Fraternal Order of Police Quaker Lodge #88, Richard Csernik, 64, Youngstown, was fined $250 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for unauthorized use of property amended from theft for presenting the FOP with false records to receive a payment last year. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to make restitution of $1,200 to the FOP Quaker Lodge #88 within 90 days. According to a Salem police affidavit, Csernik worked as a promoter for the FOP Quaker Lodge #88 for many years, but ...

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Court News LISBON — A woman accused of alleged assault and a charge for spitting at a doctor and police officer was ordered evaluated for competency to stand trial. A defense attorney for Jaime Rickerd, 37, Ravine Street, East Liverpool, filed a motion for a competency evaluation which was granted by Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton. Bickerton ordered Rickerd evaluated by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio. Charges of fourth-degree felony assault and harassment with a bodily substance, a fifth-degree felony, remain pending against Rickerd ...

Lisbon man gets at least 10 years in child porn case

LISBON — A Lisbon man accused of multiple felony counts related to his possession of nude images of children was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison. Matthew Spack, 38, state Route 172, appeared Friday in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for sentencing before Judge Megan Bickerton, who ordered consecutive sentences for each count, bringing the total to 10 to 11 years in prison since two counts warranted indefinite sentences of two to three years each for pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person, a second-degree felony. Bickerton sentenced him to six months ...

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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Sept. 9 for David Robert Boyd, 29, Louisville, Ky., charged with possessing criminal tools and solicitation for allegedly offering sexual activity for a fee by texting a tow truck driver who had provided vehicle service to him on June 1 at Sheetz in Calcutta. The tow truck driver had provided time updates for the service with his cell phone via text messages. After leaving the call for service, Boyd texted the driver videos of a sexual nature along with photos offering sexual activity for $60. The tow truck ...

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Municipal LISBON — A Ravenna man accused of arranging a sex for hire meeting with an undercover agent got caught in traffic at the Salem Super Cruise when he tried to drive away from the meeting spot Thursday after seeing police coming his way. Erick Stewart, 34, appeared for arraignment Friday morning in Columbiana County Municipal Court on misdemeanor charges of engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools and obstructing official business. A pretrial was set June 12. An affidavit by the undercover agent said Stewart requested sexual conduct for an agreed upon price of ...