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POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 500 block of Franklin Street at 7:14 a.m. Monday for a person with a possible warrant. Officers located the person Kevin Curtis, 31, Salem, who had an active warrant out of Columbiana County, and he was taken into custody and transported to the Columbiana County Jail. — Officers responded to the 300 block of East Sixth Street at 2:13 a.m. Monday for a reported domestic in progress. The caller advised that there was screaming coming from the residence. Officers found that a disagreement had taken place between the two, but nothing physical had ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — A Lisbon man is facing felony charges for charges related to possessing obscene material of minor children. William Kiehl, 66, West Spruce Street, is charged with second-degree felony pandering obscenity involving a minor and fifth-degree felony minor in nudity-oriented material/performance. A preliminary hearing has been set July 28 in Columbiana County Municipal Court. Kiehl allegedly uploaded an image of an adult performing a sex act on a child appearing to be under the age of 5 on April 10 and when questioned admitted to uploading the image as well as other ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Leslie Road, Madison Township, reported at 4:55 p.m. Friday that her neighbor was on her property taking pictures. A deputy spoke with the neighbor and advised her to stay off of the woman’s property, per the woman. — A woman on Guy Road, Madison Township reported at 4:32 p.m. Friday that her uncle was on her property. A deputy spoke with both of them and they were advised this was a civil matter due to both claiming it’s family property. — Deputies stood by at a residence on state Route 45, Center Township, with a staff member from the ...

Municipal Court

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set July 24 for Jared Malmsberry, 31, Thomas Road, Lisbon, charged with domestic violence and weapons while intoxicated for allegedly pointing a gun at the victim, the dog and television and then discharging a round into the ceiling after drinking and arguing on July 17 at a residence on East Liverpool Road in St. Clair Township. Elliott McMurray, 35, Empire Street, Leetonia, was fined $450 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for misdemeanor fleeing and eluding amended from a felony, disorderly conduct ...

Common Pleas Court

New Cases Friend Hoskinson, Vernia Street, East Liverpool, vs. Elizabeth Hoskinson, Creek Road, New Waterford; divorce sought. PNC Bank, Independence, vs. Donald Hays, state Route 558, Leetonia; collection sought of alleged $10,060 debt. Truist Bank, Lumberton, N.C., vs. Columbiana Nutrition LLC, South Main Street, Columbiana, et al.; collection sought of alleged $19,644 debt. Itria Ventures LLC, New York, N.Y. vs. Coverall Landscape LLC, care/of Gary Colian Jr., Salem Alliance Road, Salem, et al.; collection sought of alleged $19,182 debt. Docket Entries County Treasurer vs. ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Douglas H. and Joyce L. Covert to Jeffrey C. and Shannon J. Weber, home on Winona Road; $435,000 Sevakeen Country Club to Sevakeen Country Club, home on Ridge Road; $92,000 Center Township Robert P. and Shirley A. Crosser to Edward J. and Catherine R. Deville II, 12.644 acres on state Route 30; $100,000 Columbiana Brandon and Sara Papa to Hunter and Megan Spitz, home on Homestead; $815,000 Martin W. Tellman to Witmer Family Properties LTD, condo on Timberline Drive; $260,000 Robert J. and Alisha L. Auer to Derek James Bable, home on South Vine Street; ...