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LISBON — A Columbiana County Common Pleas Court judge denied a Lisbon man’s attempt to have evidence suppressed in the case against him. Curtis Gearhart, 39, South Lincoln Avenue, Lisbon, is still scheduled to face a jury trial on July 23 for a third-degree felony tampering with evidence charge. He was accused of attempting to delete the contents of his phone which had been taken into evidence by police after an overdose incident on May 7, 2023 in Lisbon. The motion to suppress filed by the defense alleged that the search warrant affidavit was deficient, but the ruling said ...

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Christy Lynn Dawson, 45, Holliday Street, East Liverpool, were bound over to the county grand jury for second-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanor domestic violence for allegedly placing her hands around a male’s neck and applying pressure, causing him to have trouble breathing on June 30 in East Liverpool. Andrew Nutt, 36, Albright Street, Columbiana, was fined $250 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 74 days suspended and credit for 16 days served for domestic violence. He was ordered to complete 20 hours ...

Grand Jury

LISBON — A Toronto man accused of assaulting another man in Yellow Creek Township after illegally entering the residence was one of 18 defendants openly indicted by the Columbiana County Grand Jury. The grand jury met for two days this week examining 52 witnesses covering 49 cases, then issuing 18 open indictments, 28 secret indictments and three no bills on Wednesday. Secret indictments aren’t revealed until the defendant is served with the paperwork. A no bill means the grand jury chose not to indict the defendant in question for the charge presented. Eugene Arcuragi, 70, ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Daniel T. Kiko (trustee) to Ralph E. and Kathryn R. Landon, .144 acres on state Route 9; $600 Columbiana Sheryl A. Helman to Kyle Edward Berardi, home on East Woodland Avenue; $199,000 Susany Development LTD to Kevin and Debra McElwain, home on Lucretia Lane; $445,725 Carol Lynn Harris to Jessica and Nathan Savon, home on North West Street; $125,000 East Liverpool Charlie T. Burgess to Morre T LLC, home on Ohio Avenue; $30,000 Charlie T. Burgess to Christopher R. Morey, home on Thompson Avenue; $80,000 Russell Dray Jr. to Regis W. Poe, home on St. George ...

Common Pleas

New Cases Randy Morrell, Garner Avenue, East Liverpool, and Janis Morrell, Lincoln Street, Salineville; dissolution sought. Tara Russell, Madison Street, Lisbon, and Jason Russell, Dyke Road, Rogers; dissolution sought. David Osborne, Buffalo Road, East Rochester, and Jessica Osborne, West Southview Street, Minerva; dissolution sought. Velocity Investments, LLC, Wall, N.J. vs. Zachary Crable, Linda Way, New Waterford; collection sought of $49,711 debt. Laura Loosli, Beaver Circle, Columbiana, et al., vs. Betty Sheely, West Salem Street, Columbiana, and United Services ...

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Vincent John Bianconi, 34, Tucson, Ariz., were bound over to the county grand jury for fourth-degree felony pandering obscenity-buy procure possess obscene material and misdemeanors of engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. Bianconi was accused of allegedly responding to an undercover ad placed by an agent on a known prostitution website and requesting a woman meet him in his semi truck for sex acts in exchange for $30, arriving at the meeting location in East Palestine on July 4 in his semi truck wearing ...