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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 ...

Court News

LISBON — A Boardman area contractor sentenced to 90 days in jail as part of his three years of community control for three counts of theft was denied early release from lockup. John Bartos, 41, Youngstown, had a motion for early release filed by his attorney and also submitted a letter to Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam. Washam found that the jail term accomplished the purpose of felony sentencing to protect the public and punish the defendant. He also found the defendant is being rehabilitated, writing in his ruling that “through his letter to me it is ...

Court News

LISBON — An East Liverpool man accused of trafficking and possessing cocaine as a major drug offender pleaded guilty as charged, but with the prosecution agreeing to dismiss the major drug offender specification. James Keys Jr., 38, College Street, entered the guilty pleas to first-degree felonies of trafficking in cocaine and possession of cocaine, each with two specifications for forfeiture of money in a drug case. Sentencing was set for Sept. 16 in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. According to a felony plea agreement, the state will be recommending a prison sentence of ...