Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set Jan. 7 for Brandi J. Glover, 39, East Liverpool Road, Lisbon, charged with assault for allegedly punching another woman in the face in Salineville on Dec. 12.

A pretrial was set March 18 for Connor William Ramsey, 24, 17th Street, Wellsville, charged with operating a vehicle impaired first offense, OVI breath first offense and reasonable control.

A pretrial was set March 10 for Daniel Lee Marriotti, 29, Pancake Clarkson Road, Rogers, charged with OVI second offense and slow speed.

A pretrial was set March 18 for Richard Parks Putnam Jr., 52, Warren, charged with OVI second offense.

Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Mark W. Loy, Lacroft Avenue, East Liverpool; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Lacroft Avenue, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Nathaniel Freeman, Lorain; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Ohio Avenue, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Melissa Simballa, Lisbon Street, East Liverpool; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Lisbon Street, East Liverpool property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. James R. Hill, Oakhill Avenue, Alliance, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for North Market Street, East Palestine property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Timothy P. Williams; Gardendale Street, East Liverpool; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Gardendale Street, East Liverpool property.

Donald R. Lutz, Ellwood City, Pa., vs. Monro, Inc., Fairport, N.Y., and Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus; appeal of claim denial for additional injuries.

Walter L. Smith, Hammondsville, vs Ohio Valley Waste Service Inc., Grove City, Pa., and Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus; appeal of claim denial for additional injuries.

Court News

LISBON — A New Waterford woman accused of threatening to cut another woman and then shooting at her residence two days later was found competent to stand trial.

Rebecca Lynn Simpson, 54, state Route 7, appeared recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for a competencyhearing. Judge Megan Bickerton’s finding of competency was based on an evaluation by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio.

Simpson was indicted earlier this year for second-degree felonies of felonious assault and improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or a school safety zone, both with firearm specifications, fifth-degree felony improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and misdemeanors of using weapons while intoxicated and aggravated menacing.

Bickerton gave Simpson’s defense attorney, Ron Yarwood, 30 days to inform the court the name of a doctor being retained to complete a second evaluation. She denied the defense attorney’s oral motion to reduce the bond. The bond remains $500,000 cash or surety.

According to a police affidavit filed in county Municipal Court, Simpson allegedly contacted the other woman’s daughter to say she was going to harm her mother with a box cutter style knife on June 12. On a video sent to the other woman from her daughter, a female called “Becky” could be heard saying she was going to the residence and telling the woman her grandchild was killed so she’ll open the door, then she said she will cut the woman’s forehead with the box cutter style knife, then cut her legs, mouth and cut her tongue out.

The police affidavit for the June 14 incident in Liverpool Township said that the victim looked out the side window near her front door and saw Simpson allegedly standing outside a grey car pointing a gun at the residence in the direction where the victim was standing and then the victim heard gun shots ring out. Officers found two spent shell casings and one live round in the driveway in the area where the grey car had been parked. They found the spent rounds, with one on the sideway area and one in the ashtray on the front porch. One round grazed the wood trim around the top of the porch and struck the brick above the front door where the victim had been standing. The other round went through a lawn chair and struck the brick.

Simpson allegedly fled the area, but crashed her vehicle on Sprucevale Road and was taken into custody by St. Clair Township police. An officer located a black 9 mm handgun underneath the driver seat of her vehicle with a live round in the chamber and additional rounds in the magazine.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Donna Aber, 32, Maine Boulevard, East Liverpool, was placed on a treatment plan for two years after pleading guilty to complicity in the commission of an offense, a fifth-degree felony, and misdemeanor possession of drugs. A charge of complicity in the commission of an offense, a third-degree felony, was dismissed. Aber was accused of participating in a scheme with two other defendants to obtain illegal narcotics and sneak them into the Columbiana County jail on Sept. 13, 2024. She also possessed buprenorphine.