New Cases

Pembrooke Villa Condominium Association, Cleveland, vs. Greg Whip, by and through Margaret Ketchum, guardian of Gregory Whip, Sunset Drive, Lisbon, et al.; foreclosure/lien sought for Pembrooke Drive, Salem property related to unpaid property maintenance fees.

Docket Entries

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Christopher Russell; $23,380 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Michael Bettross vs. Veterans Energy Group LLC; defendant’s motion to dismiss granted for breach of contract claim against Kevin Kerr personally; motion denied regarding rest of case.

Knickerbocker Russell Co., Inc. vs. Stumpmakers Inc.; $23,535 judgment granted to plaintiff.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., vs. Anita Beatty; $37,458 judgment granted to plaintiff.

County Treasurer vs. Rachel Ashby, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Sekely Industries, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for West Third Street, Salem property.

County Treasurer vs. Riverview Acres Inc.; payment plan entered, case stayed.

County Treasurer vs. Mark Altomare; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Pearl Street, Leetonia property.

County Treasurer vs. Andrew Schrack, et al; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Gipner Avenue, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer vs. Elizabeth Sweely, et al.; payment plan completed, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Douglas Riley, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Tracy Marshall, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Phyllis Ferrare, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Newgarden Avenue, Salem property.

County Treasurer vs. unknown heirs etc. of James Mays Jr.; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Chester Street, East Liverpool property.

David Baughman Jr. vs. Brianna Shaw; divorce granted.

Jason Fick and Ashley Grimm; dissolution granted.

Court News

LISBON — A Wellsville man accused of assaulting three people during a Valentine’s Day incident was ordered evaluated for competency to stand trial and sanity at the time of the offense.

Timothy Reaggle, 19, Y & O Road, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court before Judge Scott Washam who issued the order for the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio to conduct the evaluation. Reaggle’s defense attorney had filed motions asking for the evaluations, which Washam granted.

Reaggle was indicted earlier this year with first-degree felony aggravated burglary, felonious assault, which is a second-degree felony, fourth-degree felony failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, and misdemeanors of aggravated menacing and two counts of assault.

Reaggle was accused of assaulting the three people during the Feb. 14 incident in St. Clair Township, first allegedly headbutting a woman in the face after she told him to leave, then tackling and assaulting a man outside the residence. Another man reported that when Reaggle first came into the residence and began fighting with everyone, he held a knife to the man’s neck, threatening him. When responding, St. Clair Township police passed Reaggle’s vehicle and then attempted to make a traffic stop, with Reaggle allegedly fleeing and then eventually pulling over.

A status hearing was set for Oct. 7.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— A Wellsville woman who entered a guilty plea to drug charges was sentenced to seven months in prison, but to be served at the same time as the three to four and a half years she’s already serving in prison for another case.

Indya Spann, 24, Commerce Street, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for the drug case, pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, possession of a fentanyl-related compound and possession of heroin, all fifth-degree felonies. A misdemeanor charge of possession of drugs was dismissed.

Spann possessed cocaine, fentanyl and heroin on Nov. 1, 2024.

At the end of July, she was sentenced to the indefinite term of three to four and a half years in prison for violating the terms of her probation for charges of complicity and driving under suspension.

The indefinite term was issued for the second-degree felony of complicity in the commission of an offense, meaning she must serve a minimum of three years, then the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections can determine whether she stays longer, up to another year and a half, bringing the maximum to four and a half years.

She was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail for driving under suspension, but the term was ordered served at the same time as the prison term. She received credit for 261 days already served.

Spann was accused of being the driver for two others accused of breaking into a woman’s garage in East Liverpool and taking several items on Nov. 11, 2024.

— A Steubenville man accused of preparing marijuana for sale and arranging a sex-for-hire meeting in East Palestine entered guilty pleas recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court as part of a plea deal.

James R. Lemmon, 42, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony trafficking in marijuana and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution, with sentencing set for Oct. 20. Charges of fourth-degree felony attempt to commit an offense and misdemeanor possessing criminal tools were dismissed.

Lemmon was accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual acts with a female in exchange for drugs, traveling to East Palestine on Nov. 25, 2024 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession. He also allegedly possessed 14 individually packaged baggies of marijuana at the scene and on Nov. 27, 2024 he allegedly contacted a woman to factory reset his cell phone and walked her through the steps to do it, which was considered an attempt to tamper with evidence.

— Larry Maglicco, 47, Dayton, was placed under community control for three years for two counts third-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs and misdemeanors of engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. Charges of improperly handling firearms in a vehicle and drug paraphernalia were dismissed. He received credit for eight days served in jail. Maglicco was accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a female in exchange for methamphetamine, arriving in East Palestine on April 29, 2024 for the meeting. He had in his possession methamphetamine, two meth pipes and a cell phone used to make the arrangements, along with a loaded gun he failed to disclose to officers. He also possessed psilocyn.

— Edward Erhardt, 43, Poland, was fined $250 after pleading guilty to a lesser offense of illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for possessing drug paraphernalia on April, 20, 2024. He was originally charge with aggravated possession of drugs.

— Bryan Gipson, 41, Youngstown, was placed under community control for three years for fifth-degree felony possession of cocaine and two counts misdemeanor engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. On Jan. 10, 2024 in East Palestine, Gipson showed up for an arranged meeting for alleged sexual activity with a female in exchange for cocaine after responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and had cocaine in his possession.

— Jimmy Anderson, 35, Pine Hollow Road, Lisbon, was ordered evaluated by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio for sanity at the time of the events and competency to stand trial. Judge Megan Bickerton granted the motions filed by Anderson’s defense attorney to request the evaluations. Anderson was charged with fourth-degree felony menacing by stalking and fifth-degree felonies of two counts violating a protection order for allegedly stalking a Leetonia family on May 11 after being told to stay away from them. He was also charged for allegedly purposely speaking to the victim, who has a protection order against him, after completing a hearing before county Municipal Court Judge Tim McNicol on May 19. He had a past conviction for violation of a protection order in January.

— Cassandra Badini, 36, Rootstown, was sentenced to nine months in prison for having weapons while under disability, a third-degree felony, and fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs. Badini was accused of possessing methamphetamine and having a gun on Nov. 16, 2023 when she was prohibited from having a weapon due to a previous conviction. The prison term was ordered served at the same time as the 12 months she’s already been serving since April for third-degree felony tampering with evidence, fifth-degree felonies of aggravated possession of drugs and unauthorized use of a vehicle and misdemeanor driving under suspension for possessing methamphetamine, tampering with evidence and using a 2005 Chevy Colorado belonging to someone else without permission on Dec. 23, 2023.

— Tiyler Tataseo, 25, Holiday Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for third-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanor endangering children for striking a child in the face with his open hand on Feb. 18 in East Liverpool. He had two previous domestic violence convictions. He received credit for 59 days already served in jail. The prison term was ordered served at the same time as the 17-month sentence he received in April for violating his probation for fourth-degree felony domestic violence and using weapons while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. He was accused of attempting or causing harm to a woman and possessing a 9mm handgun on Dec. 9, 2022 in East Liverpool.

— Lacey Riley, 32, Youngstown, was placed under community control for three years, but also ordered to serve 30 days in jail, for third-degree felony failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer for fleeing from police attempting a traffic stop in Salem on Aug. 9, 2024. Her driver’s license was suspended for five years.

— Ciara White, 25, Campbell Road, Hanoverton, pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, with sentencing set for Oct. 20. White possessed methamphetamine on Jan. 27, 2024.

— Raymond Briskey, also known as Mitch, 39, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to three fifth-degree felony counts of trafficking in drugs, a lesser-included offense, with sentencing set for Oct. 24. The charges were originally fourth-degree felonies. He was accused of selling or attempting to sell less than 5 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of heroin on Dec. 22, 2025 and less than 5 grams of cocaine on Jan. 26, 2016.

— Alan Jakes Jr., 44, Main Street, Wellsville, pleaded guilty to attempted having weapons while under disability, a lesser-included fourth-degree felony offense. Sentencing was set for Oct. 10. He was originally charged with third-degree felony having weapons while under disability. Jakes was accused of possessing a weapon on April 2, 2022 while prohibited from having one due to a felony conviction.

— Alysha Fairbanks, 35, state Route 45, Lisbon, was placed under community control for three years for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on July 16, 2023.

— Phillip Cline, 51, Prospect Street, Salem, was placed under community control for three years after pleading guilty to trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present, a fourth-degree felony. He received credit for two days served in jail. Cline was accused of trespassing in a property on April 29.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Two men accused of soliciting others and conspiring with others to bring drugs into the Columbiana County jail were served recently with secret indictments for felony charges.

William Barrett, 44, Grant Street, Lisbon, and Joseph DeSarro, 31, last known address Cadmus Street, East Liverpool, were each charged with two counts of complicity in the commission of an offense, a third-degree felony, with one count dealing with them soliciting or procuring other people to bring the drugs into the jail and the other count dealing with conspiring with others to bring the drugs in.

The dates of the offenses were April 22-April 24 this year, according to the indictments.

Also served with secret indictments were:

— Robert Mack, 46, Ohio Avenue, Salem, aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on May 22, 2024.

— Caleb Haggard, 22, McKinnon Avenue, East Liverpool, possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing fentanyl on Feb. 14.

— Tyler Corbisello, 31, Cannons Mill Road, East Liverpool, was charged with possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing fentanyl on Nov. 13, 2023.

— Timothy Klondik, 56, North Canton, was charged with aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Jan. 10, 2025.