Common Pleas

New Cases

Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC, Buffalo New York vs. Edwin St. Clair, Meese Road, Louisville; foreclosure sought.

Keith Smith, West Martin Street, Eats Palestine, vs. Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, appeal of license suspension.

Hancock Savings Bank, Carolina Vaenie, Chester, vs. Unknown heirs of John A. Headlund, Mort Drive, East Liverpool; repayment of $58,338 promissory note sought.

Farmers National Bank of Canfield, South Broad Street, Canfield, vs. Michael Garden, Garden Landscaping and Tree LLC, Copley; judgement for $82,689 sought.

Hancock Savings Bank, Carolina Avenue, Chester, vs. Eric and Sara Eisler, East Taggart Street, East Palestine; foreclosure sought.

Timothy Henry, Heck Road, East Palestine and Cheynee Henry, Bye Road, East Palestine; dissolution of marriage sought.

Mindy Crooms, East Main Street, Salineville, vs. Ray Crooms, Clarks Mill Road, Hammondsville.

Docket Entries

Janess Howard vs. Jack Howard; divorce granted

Ford Motor Credit vs. Aaron Dunray, judgement of $12,766 awarded to plaintiff.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Brennelle O’Donnell; judgement of $30,898 awarded to plaintiff.

Capital One vs. Nicoholas Varagliotti, judgement of $15,806 awarded to plaintiff.

Leslie Pitts vs. Atlas Gas; judgement for ownership of surface and mineral rights is granted to the plaintiff for parcels in West Township.

US Bank vs. Rickie Burnette, et al; dismissed for lack of prosecution.

Court News

LISBON — Joshua Gallimore, 37, East Liverpool Road, Lisbon, recently entered a guilty plea in Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas for fourth-degree felony escape and fifth-degree felony violating a protection order. Gallimore allegedly ran from deputies after being handcuffed behind his back on a warrant for a felony protection order violation on April 5 in Madison Township. An affidavit from a deputy said Gallimore jumped down a steep embankment into a river with the handcuffs, with one deputy continuing after him and injuring his right knee. Gallimore ignored multiple commands to stop running. Felony-five obstructing official business and misdemeanor resisting arrest charges were dismissed. Gallimore faces sentencing on Aug. 7.

Also entering guilty pleas were:

— Mary K. Alt, 35, Rose Drive, Lisbon, for possession of fentanyl-related compound and possession of cocaine, both fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly possessing fentanyl and cocaine on Jan. 14. She will be entered July 16.

— Donald C. Fiore, 58, North Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, for third-degree felony domestic violence and fourth-degree felony strangulation for allegedly grabbing a woman by the neck and squeezing, then striking her, causing a laceration on her lip and red marks to her neck, then throwing her to the ground in Salem on Nov. 28, 2024. He will be sentenced on July 9.

Grand Jury

LISBON — April Carter, 45, Warren, was recently served a secret indictment by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for fourth-degree felony illegal possession of a drug document. According to the indictment, Carter allegedly did make, utter, sell or knowingly have in her possession a false or forged written order for percocet on or about Oct. 29, 2022 through Oct. 31, 2022.