Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. E’deana McBane, Bill Smith Road, Wellsville; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for state Route 45, Lisbon property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. C. Richard Spahr, Annesley Road, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Pennsylvania Avenue, East Liverpool property.

Marcus G. Chestnut, state Route 517, Lisbon, vs. Nichole L. Chestnut, old state Route 344, Leetonia; divorce sought.

American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah, vs. Michael S. Plunkett, McCormick Run Road, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged $17,416 debt.

Kristan L. Travis, Washington Street, Salem, and Eric Curtis Travis, state Route 14, Columbiana; dissolution sought.

Docket Entries

Phoenix Paper, Wickliffe, LLC, vs. Envelope-1, Inc.; case stayed pending bankruptcy case filed in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Richard L. Kroesen vs. Charlene McKnight; default judgment granted to plaintiff as to liability for breach of contract, defendant ordered to execute and deliver deed conveying property to plaintiff, hearing Jan. 28 to determine monetary damages.

Marriage License

Steven E. Griffin, 51, East Liverpool, truck driver, and Lisa A. Johnson, 45, East Liverpool, social service worker.

Grand Jury

LISBON — A Lisbon man accused of firing a shot while a woman was running towards a home in June was served Saturday with a secret indictment for multiple charges, including felonious assault.

Gary F. McCabe, 52, Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon, was secretly indicted by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for the felonious assault charge, a second-degree felony, with a firearm specification, and misdemeanors of assault, aggravated menacing and discharge of a firearm on or near a prohibited premises.

McCabe was accused of allegedly causing or attempting to cause physical harm to a woman on June 28 by means of a deadly weapon, a firearm, the indictment said. County Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino said the charges all stem from the same incident on June 28 when there was an argument and McCabe allegedly directed threats at the woman and fired toward the house.

The case will be heard in county Common Pleas Court.

McCabe is also facing a misdemeanor charge in county Municipal Court of telecommunications harassment related to the same day for continuously calling and texting the woman when she asked him to stop contacting her. A pretrial is set for Jan. 7 in that case.

Also served with secret indictments were:

— Rachel Ashley Hendricks, 25, Jennings Avenue, Salem, illegal use of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits or WIC program benefits, a third-degree felony, and grand theft, a fourth-degree felony for allegedly using SNAP benefits in an unauthorized way from March 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025 in an amount ranging from $7,500 to $150,000 and for allegedly depriving the Department of Job and Family Services of $26,458 from Aug. 1, 2023 to Aug. 31, 2025.

— Spencer M. Weisand, 28, Massillon, aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing bromazolam on April 29, 2023.

— Rachel E. Garnes, 47, Columbia Street, Salem, aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on March 1, 2025.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Avery D. Lee, 40, Pritchard Avenue, Lisbon, were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony strangulation and misdemeanor domestic violence for allegedly putting a woman in a headlock causing her to suffocate on Feb. 26 in Lisbon. The victim was also allegedly punched, her head was slammed into the floor and she was stabbed in the left arm with a sharpened metal nail file.

A case against Tiffiany Lyn Franklin, 34, East Fourth Street, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for burglary, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly striking a man’s apartment door with a hatchet, breaking in the door and entering the apartment and entering his bedroom where she confronted him on Dec. 16 in Salineville.

Cases against Collan M. Craig, 25, state Route 534, Salem, were bound over to the county grand jury for fourth-degree failure to comply and misdemeanors of operating a vehicle impaired third offense, OVI refusal third offense, speeding, marked lanes, traffic control devices, reckless operation and improper turn for failing to comply during a traffic stop on Nov. 27 in Perry Township.

Cases against Anthony Greathouse, 35, Lewis Road, Salineville, were bound over to the county grand jury for obstructing official business and two counts theft, all fifth-degree felonies, and misdemeanor failure to comply for allegedly stealing a total of $1,499 worth of merchandise from Salem Walmart during incidents on July 14 and July 17, for allegedly stealing $1,176 worth of tools and other items from Busy Beaver in St. Clair Township on July 27, and for allegedly fleeing from Salineville police officers attempting to serve a warrant on Aug. 28 by fleeing into the North Fork Yellow Creek, with officers giving pursuit in deep water and rugged terrain, police affidavits said.

A case against James E. Browne, 66, East Clark Street, East Palestine, was bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony failure to verify residence address for allegedly failing to register again for the sex offender registration by Dec. 16 at the county sheriff’s office.

A preliminary hearing was set Dec. 29 for Emma R. Weyand, 45, Samuel Street, East Liverpool, charged with robbery, a second-degree felony, for allegedly attempting to pass all points of sale without rendering payment with a shopping cart full of miscellaneous items at the Salem Walmart on Dec. 20 and then using the shopping cart to push an employee trying to stop her out of the way, a police affidavit said. She made her way out of the store with the shopping cart.

A preliminary hearing was set Dec. 29 for Dorin T. Lowrey, 50, Enon Valley, Pa., charged with violating a protection order, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly violating a protection order by being on a protected person’s property, sitting in her car inside the garage in Unity Township on Dec. 20.

A preliminary hearing was set Dec. 29 for Andrew James Warneke, 27, Camelot Drive, Columbiana, charged with failure to verify residence address, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly failing to verify his address for the sex offender registration by Dec. 18 with the county sheriff’s office. A probation violation hearing was also set for Dec. 29 for a 2024 case involving three counts of sexual imposition.

A pretrial was set Jan. 7 for Jada Cheri Pack, 39, Erie Street, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for allegedly yelling at a woman, grabbing her by the hair and pulling it and punching her in the face on Dec. 20 in East Liverpool.

A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Joshua W. Francis, 44, Park Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with two counts of violation of a protection order, along with possession of drug abuse instrument and drug paraphernalia for allegedly violating a protection order by continuing to message a protected person and being at the residence yelling through a door on Dec. 14 in East Liverpool and then being in a vehicle honking the horn and yelling at the protected person on Dec. 20 in East Liverpool. During a traffic stop by a police officer who knew there was an active warrant for his arrest on Dec. 21 in East Liverpool, Francis allegedly possessed suspected narcotics and a used syringe with residue.

Tricia A. Watson, 42, Jones Drive, Salem, was fined $750 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 169 days suspended and credit for 11 days served in jail for theft, failure to vacate dwelling, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct. On Dec. 9 at Walgreens in Salem, she allegedly opened several packages of merchandise and left without rendering payment, leaving the opened merchandise in the store and unable to be resold. On Sept. 1, 2022, she allegedly failed to vacate a property on Olive Street, Salem which had been declared unfit for human habitation. On Dec. 28, 2024, she allegedly walked in the road in the 1700 block of Depot Road in Perry Township and continued walking in the road as a police officer attempted to talk with her, then took off running and was tazed.

A pretrial was set Jan. 7 for Eric Michael Hebb, 54, Market Street, East Liverpool, charged with theft and possessing criminal tools for allegedly using a box cutter to cut open a two-pack of two-way radios, putting a pack of batteries in his pocket and switching tags for a box of AT&T cordless phones, paying 35 cents for the phones and walking past all points of sale without paying for the other items. He allegedly failed to pay for three items totaling $120.

A pretrial was set March 17 for Ashley A. Painter, Newgarden Avenue, Salem, charged with theft for allegedly attempting to leave the Salem Walmart with $75 worth of unpaid items on Nov. 30.

A sentencing hearing was set Jan. 12 for Alecia M. O’Hanlon, 39, Dunn Road, East Liverpool, who pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct for allegedly threatening another woman and getting in her face and screaming at her on Dec. 21 in Madison Township.

A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Barbara A. Light, 48, Lisbon Road, Lisbon, charged with drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a snort straw and a paper fold with white residue during a traffic stop on Dec. 21 in Columbiana.

A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Justin W. Ingledue, 37, Fairfield School Road, Columbiana, charged with resisting arrest, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct for allegedly jumping in front of oncoming traffic on South Broadway in Salem on Dec. 19 and yelling when contacted by police officers. He was told to calm down and allegedly did not comply and started to walk away, grabbing a pink umbrella and attempting to swing it at officers. He was ordered to the ground at taser point and continued to resist, attempted to stand up and was tased by an officer.

A pretrial was set Jan. 7 for Jesse M. Jackson, 46, Lorain, charged with resisting arrest for allegedly interfering and resisting a warrant arrest attempt on Dec. 20 in Lisbon.

A probation violation hearing was set Jan. 5 for Robert Allen Uyselt, 55, First Street, Beloit, for a 2024 operating a vehicle impaired and driving under suspension.