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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Common Pleas

New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. John Dear, Florence Street, East Liverpool; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Florence Street, East Liverpool property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Elizabeth Sweely, Ohio Avenue, Salem, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Ohio Avenue, Salem property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Piper Tunno, state Route 45, Lisbon, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Greentree Place, Lisbon property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Alice M. Weldon, East Liverpool Road, East ...

Grand Jury

LISBON — A woman accused of multiple drug charges who made false claims of displacement to secure reimbursement from Norfolk Southern over the East Palestine train derailment last year entered a guilty plea. Joey-Lynn Corfee, 35, Rose Drive, Lisbon, pleaded guilty in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to a lesser-included offense of third-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs (originally a second-degree felony), third-degree felony possession of fentanyl-related compound, and fifth degree felonies of theft, possession of cocaine and aggravated possession of drugs. A ...

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set July 18 for Nicholas Taulbee, 32, McKinley Avenue, Lisbon, charged with fifth-degree felony aggravated menacing for allegedly making threats on July 6 to shoot up the county Department of Job and Family Services building in Lisbon and threatening physical harm to a Children Services employee, which elevated the charge to a felony. A status hearing was set July 22 for Quantrel Samuel, 18, Y & O Road, East Liverpool, charged with aggravated menacing and domestic violence for allegedly threatening to light a ...