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Grand Jury LISBON — Defendants accused in sex for hire cases, and for domestic violence, protection order violations and assault were among the 11 open indictments issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury late Tuesday afternoon. The grand jury met for one day and examined 38 witnesses in 38 cases, issuing the 11 open indictments and 27 secret indictments. Secret indictments do not become public until the defendant has been served. Open indictments issued included: — Amos M. Wallace, 49, Youngstown, fourth-degree felony assault and misdemeanors of resisting arrest, two ...

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Court News LISBON —An East Liverpool man who failed to report a change in his address for the sex offender registration was sentenced to 36 months in prison, to be served at the same time as another sentence he received earlier this year. Davon Moats, 22, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool, had been scheduled for a jury trial in two separate cases recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court when he instead entered a guilty plea to failure to provide notice of change of address and having weapons under disability, both third-degree felonies. Besides the 36 months for the failure ...

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Common Pleas New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Rachel Ashby, Fairfield School Road, Leetonia, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for McCloskey Road, East Palestine property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Ray F. Seitz, deceased, service by publication, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Y & O Road, East Liverpool property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Margaret Reed, deceased, service by publication, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Old state Route 344, Leetonia ...

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Common Pleas New Cases James Armeni Sr., Shady Lane, Salem, et al. vs. Don Tilton doing business as D L Tilton Contracting; monetary damages sought for alleged claims of breach of contract, breach of express and implied warranties, fraud and misrepresentation, violation of Ohio Home Construction Service Suppliers Act related to home addition project. Teala Linger, Fifth Avenue, East Liverpool, vs. Homer Linger Jr., Lisbon; divorce sought. Grand Jury LISBON — A Salem man was served Thursday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for a complicity ...

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Common Pleas New Cases Cardinal Financial Company, Fort Mill, S.C., vs. William Wiley, Salem Grange Road, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought. Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Coral Gables, Fla., vs. Matthew William Bigelow, East Liverpool Road, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought. Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Mesa, Ariz., vs. Matthew Young, Trinity Church Roa, Lisbon; repossession of leased 2022 Ford Explorer sought. Ashley Allmon, Clark Avenue, Wellsville, and Donato Allmon, Bill Smith Road, Wellsville; dissolution sought. Ethan Redmond, Carmel Achor ...

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Court News LISBON — The sentencing entry for a Wellsville man sentenced to six and a half years in prison for charges related to a 2023 crash which injured four people has been corrected to reflect a license suspension of 33 years. Thomas Trevor, 73, Fife Coal Road, appeared for sentencing recently before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam. The original entry listed the total driver’s license suspension as 35 years, but it was actually 33 years. He was also fined $375 and ordered to pay $1,800 restitution to Sally Lykens, one of the victims in the accident, ...