Common Pleas

New Cases

Cardinal Financial Company, Fort Mill, S.C., vs. William Wiley, Salem Grange Road, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought.

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Coral Gables, Fla., vs. Matthew William Bigelow, East Liverpool Road, East Liverpool, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Mesa, Ariz., vs. Matthew Young, Trinity Church Roa, Lisbon; repossession of leased 2022 Ford Explorer sought.

Docket Entries

County Treasurer vs. Kory Herron, et al.; Dale Pennsylvania Royalty LP dismissed as defendant.

County Treasurer vs. Jean Phillipson also known as Jean Pastor, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Colleen D’Amico, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Janelle Koontz, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Two drug defendants were served Tuesday with secret indictments issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury, including:

— Knight Salyers, 32, Newell, W.Va., aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Nov. 11, 2024.

— Katrina Clarke, 33, St. Clairsville, aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, and misdemeanor illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on Aug. 23, 2023.

Court News

LISBON — The sentencing entry for a Wellsville man sentenced to six and a half years in prison for charges related to a 2023 crash which injured four people has been corrected to reflect a license suspension of 33 years.

Thomas Trevor, 73, Fife Coal Road, appeared for sentencing recently before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam. The original entry listed the total driver’s license suspension as 35 years, but it was actually 33 years. He was also fined $375 and ordered to pay $1,800 restitution to Sally Lykens, one of the victims in the accident, who was injured, along with her three grandchildren who were her passengers.

Trevor received consecutive sentences of 30 months each for two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, and 12 months and six months respectively for two counts of vehicular assault, a fourth-degree felony. A three-day jail term for misdemeanor operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of both was ordered served concurrent, or at the same time. The grand total was 78 months.

The charges all stemmed from a Feb. 14, 2023 traffic crash that occurred on Fife Coal Road in Yellow Creek Township. A previous published report about the accident said a Chevy Silverado driven by Trevor traveled left of center and struck a vehicle driven by Lykens, Salineville, injuring her and her three grandchildren. Trevor was also injured and later determined to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Ashley Culp, 39, West 10th Street, Salem, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft, with sentencing set for May 8. She was originally charged with fourth-degree felony grand theft for depriving the Social Security Administration of $29,189 from March 1, 2019 to May 31, 2023.

— Zachary Paxson, 47, Main Street, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence, with sentencing set for June 6, for striking a woman in the face, pushing her against a wall causing injury to her face and forehead and choking her, causing her to almost lose consciousness on Aug. 21, 2024 in Wellsville. A felony charge of strangulation was dismissed.

— George Taylor, 46, state Route 14, East Palestine, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence, with sentencing set for June 5, for attempting to harm a woman on June 18, 2024 by pushing a kitchen table into her abdomen in Unity Township.

— Logan Winters, 29, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, was ordered to serve 307 days in the county jail, with credit for 207 days already served, leaving a balance of 100 days still to serve in jail for violating the terms of drug court for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. His participation in drug court was dishonorably terminated. The charge stemmed from his possession of MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, on Jan. 28, 2021.

— Dillon Corfee, 24, Dyke Road, Negley, was placed under community control for 18 months after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on Aug. 27, 2023.

— Jessica Morris, 47, Anderson Avenue, Wellsville, was placed under community control for three years and ordered to serve 30 days in the county jail, with credit for eight days served, leaving a balance remaining of 22 days to serve in jail for fifth-degree felony harassment with a bodily substance. Misdemeanors of resisting arrest, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct will be dismissed. Morris was accused of spitting on the arm of a police officer after being taken into custody and taken to the police station in East Liverpool for being severely intoxicated on Aug. 18, 2024 and refusing to get into a police cruiser for a ride home.