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Grand Jury LISBON — Michael Gargano, 53, Union Street, Columbiana, was served recently with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing cocaine on March 8, 2024. Common Pleas New Cases Village Capital & Investment LLC, Henderson, Nev., vs. Christina Hudson, Homestead Boulevard, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Homestead Boulevard, East Liverpool property. Docket Entries Christina Bowser vs. Shawn Bowser; divorce granted. Stephanie Hebron vs. Herbert Hebron; ...

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Common Pleas New Cases Village Capital & Investment LLC, Henderson, Nev. vs. Christina Hudson, Homestead Boulevard, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Homestead Boulevard, East Liverpool property. Docket Entries Darbi Roberts and Mark Roberts; dissolution granted. Kaitlin Waddle and Andrew Waddle; dissolution granted. Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set Jan. 6 for Joseph DeSarro II, 31, Duke Vodrey Road, East Liverpool, charged with third-degree felonies of illegal conveyance of prohibited items onto ...

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Common Pleas New Cases Rocket Mortgage, LLC, Detroit, Mich., vs. Steven Windle, England Drive, East Palestine, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought. Docket Entries Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Jennifer Bailey, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for East Friend Street, Columbiana property. Citibank vs. Connie Barrett, et al.; case dismissed. Credit Acceptance Corporation vs. Dennis Strawser; $9,187 judgment granted to plaintiff. Velocity Investments, LLC vs. Terrence Smith; $22,316 judgment granted to plaintiff. JPMorgan Chase Bank vs. Vicki Guilliams-Scott, as heir to ...

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Municipal Court LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Feb. 27 for Jose Rene Andino, 26, McDonald, Pa., charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly responding to an undercover ad placed by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force and arranging for sexual activity with a female in exchange for $240. He then traveled to East Palestine on Dec. 26 for the meeting, with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession. Joseph Long, 47, last known address East Fourth Street, Salem, was fined $100 for ...

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Grand Jury LISBON — A Tennessee man accused of having sexual contact with a child over a five-year period starting when the child was 6 years old was served Tuesday with a secret indictment for two sex-related counts. Allen Owens, 59, Riceville, was served with the paperwork in Athens, Tenn. for two counts of gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony. The charges were issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury. According to the indictment, Owens allegedly had sexual contact with the child from April 21, 2019 to Dec. 20, 2023. Also served with a secret indictment Tuesday ...

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Common Pleas New Cases Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas, vs. Edwin Chase Jr., East Main Street, Salineville, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property. Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC, St. Cloud, Minn. vs. John Bentz, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $18,283 debt. Docket Entries Huntington National Bank vs. Joseph Paumier doing business as Paumier Construction, et al.; judgment lien on Paumier’s residential property released, judgment lien on vacant lots owned by defendants retained, with judgment lien on behalf of ...