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Court News LISBON — A jury trial has been reset for 8:30 a.m. Aug. 5 for an Illinois man charged for allegedly possessing images of child pornography after being caught in a sex-for-hire sting in 2024. Vincent John Bianconi, 36, last known address Chicago Heights, Ill., appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Scott Washam for a status hearing, while accompanied by his attorney, Lawrence Stacey II. The state was represented by county Assistant Prosecutors Jennifer Bonish and Christopher Weeda. The trial date of July 13 was continued with the new date ...

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MUNICIPAL LISBON — A Columbiana County jail inmate who allegedly escaped from East Liverpool City Hospital and a man who allegedly lied to deputies about the ride he gave him both had their cases bound over to the county grand jury. Joseph R. Adams, 48, Holliday Street, East Liverpool, waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday in county Municipal Court for escape, a second-degree felony, and vandalism, a fifth-degree felony. Adams was an inmate at the jail and was taken to the hospital while being monitored with a GPS ankle monitor, then fled on June 13, with sheriff’s deputies ...

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Court News LISBON — An East Liverpool man charged with passing bad checks had his case dismissed recently after being found still not competent and unable to be restored to competency. Shawn Peddicord, 44, Wilbert Avenue, was charged with one count of fourth-degree felony passing bad checks for allegedly attempting to defraud a man with a check written for $17,650 on Jan. 30, 2025. Peddicord had previously been found not competent, but was ordered into outpatient treatment in an attempt to restore his competency. Despite that treatment, he was found still not competent based on a ...

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Common Pleas NEW CASES Amerihome Mortgage Company, LLC, Fort Mill, S.C., vs. Tiffany Turner, Sacramento, Calif., et al.; foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property. DOCKET ENTRIES County Treasurer vs. John Collier, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Teegarden Road, Lisbon property. Christa M. Hutton vs. Dantan R. Hutton; divorce granted. County Treasurer vs. Timothy S. Harris, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for U.S. Route 62, Salem property. MARRIAGE LICENSES Bradford C. Poe, 59, Chesapeake, counselor, and Mindy J. Michael, 55, ...

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Common Pleas NEW CASES Columbiana County treasurer, Lisbon vs. Kathleen Shasteen, May Street, East Liverpool, et al; alleged $3,792.64 in delinquent taxes sought Columbiana County treasurer, Lisbon vs. James Johnson, High Street, Salineville, et al; alleged $3,985.43 in delinquent taxes sought Columbiana County treasurer, Lisbon vs. James H. Dugan, North Shore Drive, Beloit, and Cavalry SPV 1 LLC, Valhalla, N.Y.; alleged $5,370.79 in delinquent taxes sought Columbiana County treasurer, Lisbon vs. Christopher Frankovic, Columbiana Lisbon Road, Columbiana; alleged $4,088.91 in ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Amy Beth Sanor to Richard Taylor and Rebecca Clark, home on Carey Road; $265,000 Columbiana Mark A. Huston (successor) to John W. Weaver, home on Lucretia Lane; $350,000 Holly Short to Stephen W. and Jamie L. Sinn, home on Bell Avenue; $269,500 East Liverpool Imagine Your Image LLC to John and Nanci Carr, home on Thompson Avenue; $49,900 Carl and Shirley Johnson to Darlene Kane, other residential structures on West Ninth Street; $2,000 East Palestine James L. and Tina L. Freeman to Stephen Alan Worley, home on West Street; $135,000 Liverpool ...