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POLICE

Salem — Brian Spencer II, 20, Salem, was cited for driving under suspension after his vehicle was observed driving recklessly in the parking lot of a business in the 2900 block of East State Street at 11:23 p.m. Sunday. — Officers spoke with a man at the police department at 7:05 p.m. Sunday about being threatened. The man advised his son-in-law had approached him and began threatening him and showed officers a recording he had made of the conversation. The man did not want to pursue charges but wanted the incident to be documented and the son-in-law to be instructed not to ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Salem man accused of drug charges was sentenced to 12 months in prison during a sentencing hearing in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Jerry L. Malone II, 45, West Fifth Street, was charged with aggravated possession of drugs and two counts possession of drugs, all fifth-degree felonies. He also received a mandatory $5,000 fine. Malone possessed methamphetamine, alprazolam and clonazepam on July 23, 2024. The prison term was ordered served at the same time as a six-month term he received recently for another case for possession of drugs for possessing ...

THE COURTS

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 ...

POLICE

Highway Patrol — David Foster, 58, Alliance, was cited for failure to control following a one-vehicle crash on state Route 644 in Franklin Township at 5:37 p.m. June 8 in which he was southeastbound and drove off the right side of the roadway, striking a guardrail. No injuries were reported. — Samuel Joseph Bryan, 35, East Liverpool, was cited for right of way when turning left following a two-vehicle crash on Lisbon Road at Sue Drive in Center Township at 8:06 a.m. June 10 in which he was northbound and failed to yield while turning left, pulling into the path of a southbound ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON - In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Aug. 12 for Kimberly D. Lamb, 41, Salem Unity Road, Salem, charged with theft for allegedly failing to pay for $100 worth of items from the Salem Walmart on May 27. Michael J. Murphy, 48, Amarillo Avenue, Negley, was fined $1,100 and sentenced to five days in jail for failure to comply, obstructing official business and two merged charges of operating a vehicle impaired. A turn signal violation was dismissed. His license was suspended for two years, with 40 hours community service ordered. He was also ordered ...