Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Aug. 28 for Eric McVicker, 45, Warren, charged with third-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanors of domestic violence and aggravated menacing for allegedly threatening, hitting and strangling a woman in East Palestine on Aug. 15.

A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Aug. 25 for Lillian Simms, 24, Prospect Street, Salem, charged with fourth-degree felony burglary and misdemeanor disorderly conduct for allegedly entering her former apartment the day after she was evicted by going through a back window on Aug. 19 in Perry Township. She also was accused of yelling, breaking and throwing items.

A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Aug. 28 for Jose Diaz, 43, Alliance, charged with fourth-degree felony burglary and misdemeanor resisting arrest for allegedly entering an apartment after an eviction through a window at an apartment in Perry Township on Aug. 19 and then resisting arrest when police placed him into custody.

A pretrial was set Dec. 2 for Brittany Lynn Ruf, 31, East Grant Street, East Palestine, charged with domestic violence for allegedly hitting a man during a domestic on Aug. 14 in East Palestine.

A pretrial was set Nov. 3 for Amanda Hancock, 27, West Perry Street, Salem, charged with receiving stolen property for allegedly possessing stolen items on Aug. 10 in Perry Township. She allegedly admitted she was driving the night another person took the items.

David Lynn, 56, Smock, Pa., was fined $750 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and already completed an educational class. Lynn was accused of responding to an undercover familial ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with two females in exchange for $250, arriving in East Palestine on March 19 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

Akayla Poteet, 20, Vine Avenue, Salem, was fined $250 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 28 days suspended and credit for two days served, for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence. She was accused of being in an argument with a man which turned physical, leaving marks on his arms and the right side of his neck/shoulder on April 15 in Salem.

Tyler Anthony, 24, Vine Avenue, Salem, was fined $250 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service. He was accused of being in an argument with a woman which turned physical, pushing the woman on the bed attempting to take a cell phone from her and causing two small cuts on her fingers. She was pregnant at the time on April 15 in Salem.

A court trial was set Sept. 4 for Lewis Walker, 63, Cannons Mill Road, East Liverpool, charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly being involved in a fight or violent, turbulent behavior on Aug. 12 in St. Clair Township.

A pretrial was set Oct. 14 for Ricky Joe Robinson, 64, Cannons Mill Road, East Liverpool, charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly being involved in fighting or violent, turbulent behavior on Aug. 12 in St. Clair Township.

A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Helmut Purvis, 65, Samuel Street, East Liverpool, charged with drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing two burnt glass pipes during a traffic stop on Aug. 15 in East Liverpool.

A domestic violence case against Adam Douglass, 39, Cain Street, East Liverpool, was dismissed since he was indicted by the county grand jury for domestic violence based on the same incident from March 25 in East Liverpool.

Christopher Stapleton, 39, West Pershing Street, Salem, was fined $150 for criminal damaging for punching the screen and spitting on the screen of a neighbor’s window, causing damage on June 7 in Salem.

A pretrial was set Oct. 6 for Gary Reynolds, 66, Youngstown, charged with drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing three glass smoking pipes, two with burnt residue, during a traffic stop on Aug. 8 in Unity Township.

A pretrial was set Nov. 6 for Bryon Potter, 40, East Perry Street, Salem, charged with driving under suspension and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a plastic bag with residue and two pipes with residue during a traffic stop on Aug. 16 in Salem.

A pretrial was set Oct. 28 for Benjamin Rivera, 27, Cleveland, charged with improper/expired registration.

A pretrial was set Oct. 6 for Ryeasha Jordan, 29, Youngstown, charged with driving under suspension and improper/expired registration.

A pretrial was set Sept. 29 for Abduvoris Abdu Ismailov, no age listed, Pittsburgh, Pa., charged with speeding.

Thomas Sewell, 45, Canfield, was fined $50 for an equipment violation amended from speeding.

Lashay Tucker, 31, Youngstown, was fined $180 for driving under suspension and no seat belt.

Jeromy Echols, 43, State Street, Leetonia, was fined $200 for driving under suspension.

Celeste Lawrence, 45, High Street, Salineville, was fined $100 for speeding and passing on double yellow line.

Costs were taxed against Cassie Ramsey, 36, MIneral Ridge, who was charged with driving under suspension and not fined.

Common Pleas

Docket Entries

JPMorgan Chase Bank vs. Richard Crosfield, et al.; Chesapeake Exploration LLC; dismissed as defendant.

Carrington Mortgage Services LLC vs. Nicklas Brown, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for East Seventh Street, Salem property.

Sandio Resolution Company LLC vs. Scot Oliver; dormant judgment revived in amount of $21,325 plus interest of $32,057.

Samantha Harper and Roger Paige; dissolution granted.

County Treasurer vs. Melanie Scott; sheriff sale set aside, case dismissed.

County Treasurer vs. Kimberly Rinestine, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed, taxes for four parcels paid, with those parcels dismissed from complaint.

County Treasurer vs. Ebury RE LLC; payment plan entered, case stayed.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Amanda Ryan, 32, Mentor, was served Tuesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Aug. 11, 2024.

Court News

LISBON — The resentencing of a woman charged with escape, car theft and felonious assault in Lisbon in 2023 has been reset again, this time for 9 a.m. Sept. 5.

Ashley Croley, 39, Youngstown, was supposed to be resentenced last month via video from prison, but due to technical issues with the video connection, Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam pulled the plug on the hearing and recently set the new date.

Croley will appear remotely through the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections video connection.

Croley had her case remanded back to Common Pleas Court for resentencing after the 7th District Court of Appeals ruled the trial court miscalculated the maximum sentence, saying the maximum sentence should have been 11 years, not 12 years. The case had already been set for resentencing back in January, but then she filed an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court, which was denied along with a motion for reconsideration.

She had been sentenced to a total of eight years minimum in prison. The sentence for the felonious assault should have added three years to the grand total for a maximum of 11 years: two years plus the six years plus three years. Whether or not she serves the additional three years will be up to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections.

On the sentencing judgment entry, the maximum was listed as 12 years, which the appellate court said did not comply with sentencing law.

The charges against Croley stemmed from an incident Aug. 5, 2023 when she was serving some time at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center, a community-based facility for women, located in Lisbon, for a probation violation and climbed the fence and escaped. She then stole a car and ran over the owner’s foot when he attempted to stop her.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Jaime Rickerd, 38, Ravine Street, East Liverpool, was found competent to stand trial and entered a guilty plea to charges from two separate indictments, including two counts of fourth-degree felony assault, with a charge of harassment with a bodily substance dismissed. She was sentenced to 15 months in prison, with credit for 121 days served in jail. The charges stemmed from incidents in June 2024. According to court records, police responded to a report of a female freaking out on people trying to check on her. When officers asked her what was going on, she started getting agitated and started walking away, then she threw a partially filled Gatorade bottle at one officer and punched another officer in the chest. After being taken to East Liverpool City Hospital, she started kicking and flinging her arms, striking several nurses and also spit in the face of a doctor and spit towards an officer.

— Nancymarie Garwood, 41, Park Drive, Salem, was placed on an intervention plan for two years after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on Feb. 13, 2024.

— Luke Worden, 44, was sentenced to nine months in prison for third-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanor aggravated trespass, which was amended from first-degree felony burglary. He received credit for 90 days served. He was accused of trespassing and attempting to harm another person on July 24, 2022, with three previous convictions on his record for domestic violence offenses.

— Devin Earich, 30, West Third Street, Salem, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for violating his probation for a fourth-degree felony domestic violence charge, with credit for 317 days already served in jail. His participation in drug court was dishonorably terminated. Earich caused physical harm to a woman on June 14, 2023 in Leetonia .

— Robert Johnson, 38, Cuyahoga Falls, pleaded guilty to failure to provide notice of change of address, a third-degree felony, with sentencing set for Oct. 20. Johnson failed to provide notice of his change of address for the sex offender registration on Oct. 21, 2024.

— Jamila Cameron, 27, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to endangering children, a third-degree felony, with sentencing set for Nov. 20. Cameron was accused of violating a duty of care for a child who was a little over 1 month old, resulting in physical harm to the child.