Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Charles A. Slocum Jr., 34, Brookfield Avenue, Lisbon, was bound over to the county grand jury for failure to verify residence address, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly failing to update his current address with the sex offender registration as of Feb. 3. Slocum was fined $1,125 and sentenced to 50 days in jail for operating a vehicle impaired and failure to display valid sticker, along with violating the terms of his probation for a 2024 case involving charges of menacing, assault and resisting arrest.

A pretrial was set March 2 for Arley J. Yerkey, 29, Oak Street, Leetonia, charged with domestic violence for allegedly striking a woman in the face with his elbow during an argument at his Leetonia residence on Feb. 15.

Lance J. Bishop, 20, Glasgow Road, Lisbon, was fined $500 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 158 days suspended and credit for 22 days served, for domestic violence. He was ordered to complete 60 hours community service and to have no contact with the victim. He was accused of kicking a woman during an argument multiple times in the head, face and body on Jan. 27 in Rogers.

Romelo Ka Ron Harrison, 18, McCoy Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $700 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 160 days suspended and credit for 18 days served, leaving two day still to serve in jail for assault amended from domestic violence, obstructing official business and resisting arrest. He was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service. Harrison was accused of spitting in a relative’s face, breaking a window at the relative’s residence with a hammer and threatening to assault him before fleeing on foot on Jan. 28 in St. Clair Township. When police found him, he began walking backwards and wouldn’t follow the orders of officers, then fled on foot when told he was under arrest.

Ashley Elizabeth Geer, 28, Plymouth Street, Hanoverton, was fined $200 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 179 days suspended and credit for one day served, for assault amended from domestic violence. She was also ordered to participate in SCRAM, which is secure continuous remote alcohol monitoring, for 60 days. She was also ordered to complete 80 hours community service. Geer was accused of kicking and striking a man after allegedly drinking all night on Feb. 4 in Hanoverton and also punched another woman in the eye.

Michael A. Hayes, 27, West Ninth Street, East Liverpool, was fined $200 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 27 days suspended and credit for three days served, for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and have no contact with the victim. He was accused of threatening to hit a relative during an incident on Feb. 4 in East Liverpool.

Camren M. Sisco, 20, Pancake Clarkson Road, Rogers, was fined $200 and sentenced to 90 days in jail for aggravated menacing for threatening a juvenile at a bus stop near the Rogers Food and Fuel on Dec. 9, 2025, threatening to shoot him and reaching into a bookbag insinuating that he had a gun, according to the affidavit.

Michael J. Miller, 45, West Third Street, Salem, was ordered to serve 17 days in jail, but with credit for 17 days served, leaving no time to serve for violating the terms of his probation for a 2025 case for domestic violence and disorderly conduct.

David Patrick Miscimarra, 63, Boardman, was fined $200 for disorderly conduct amended from possessing criminal tools, with a charge of engaging in prostitution dismissed. He had been accused of allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity for hire, arriving in St. Clair Township on Oct. 9, 2024 for the meeting. Defense counsel had filed a motion to exclude evidence, claiming the defendant was not provided certain evidence during discovery, with county Municipal Court Judge Tim McNicol granting the motion to exclude all evidence not provided to the defense at the time of the discovery request in 2025. His cell phone was ordered returned to him during the recent plea hearing.

Roy Benny Helmick, 47, Morgantown, W.Va., was fined $900 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for engaging in prostitution, possessing criminal tools and drug paraphernalia. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and an education course. Helmick was accused of responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with women in exchange for $240, then driving to East Palestine on Dec. 23, 2024 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession, along with a meth pipe.

Douglas G. Pridemore, 56, Main Street, Wellsville, was fined $200 and sentenced to 18 days in jail, with credit for 18 days served, for theft. He was ordered to pay $163.73 to the Calcutta Walmart. Pridemore stole 10 items totaling $163.73 from the Calcutta Walmart on Jan. 30.

A pretrial was set April 27 for Anthony Dovell Jiles, 39, Pittsburgh, Pa., charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for currency and providing her with $150 worth of cocaine, then arriving for the meeting on Feb. 17 in East Palestine with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession, along with a plastic baggie with a white powder substance.

A pretrial was set April 20 for David Craig Valent, 53, Rochester, Pa., charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $80, then arriving in East Palestine on Feb. 11 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

A pretrial was set April 28 for Shawn Rodderick Horne, 54, Baden, Pa., charged with two counts of possessing criminal tools for allegedly having the phone used to arrange a sex-for-hire meeting on Feb. 17 in East Palestine.

A pretrial was set April 27 for Nicholas H. Frase, 28, Old state Route 154, New Waterford, charged with endangering children for allegedly hitting a child with a wooden spoon while changing the child’s diaper on Oct. 29, 2025.

A pretrial was set April 28 for Pamela R. Webb, 66, Hillcrest Road, Wellsville, charged with operating a vehicle impaired first offense, marked lanes, possession of a schedule 4 substance and drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a black digital scale and a gray paper fold containing crushed alprazolam during a traffic stop on Nov. 17, 2025 in Liverpool Township.

A pretrial was set April 29 for John A. White, 62, Campbell Road, Hanoverton, charged with theft for allegedly stealing two items totaling $17 from Hull’s Super Duper, state Route 172, East Rochester on Feb. 6.

Devon T. Herring, 31, East Third Street, Salem, was fined $300 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for theft, with a second counts of theft dismissed. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and make restitution of $864 to Salem Walmart. He’ll receive credit off of his fine for completing a theft prevention course. While working at the Salem Walmart, Herring was accused of stealing small amounts of items over a six-month period and not scanning items through the self checkout, with the combined thefts adding up to $865.

A pretrial was set April 27 for Jeffrey T. McCain, 51, West State Street, Salem, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing a green pipe with burnt residue and a white baggie with a white crystal substance during a traffic stop on Jan. 31 in Salem.

Joseph Michael Oprean, 36, Waynesburg, was fined $815 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served, for OVI, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and failure to control. His driver’s license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted. Oprean had a loaded gun in his vehicle when he crashed the vehicle while driving impaired on Dec. 6, 2025 in Hanover Township.

Brandon R. Moore, 22, Annsley Road, East Liverpool, was fined $300 for driving under suspension and unsafe vehicle. He received no fine but was sentenced to 10 days in jail, with credit for 10 days served, for possession of a schedule 4 substance. Moore was accused of possessing a suspected drug during a traffic stop on May 24, 2022.

A charge of permitting drug abuse against Luke Charles Decker, 23, Pittsburgh, Pa., was dismissed. Decker was accused of allegedly permitted a passenger in his vehicle possess suspended cocaine on Feb. 6 in East Palestine.

Shannon G. Chamberlain, 50, Burtview Drive, Salem, was fined $1,100 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 150 days suspended and credit for 16 days served, leaving a balance of 13 days still to serve for OVI and speeding. Charges of OVI and driving under suspension were dismissed. Her driver’s license was suspended for one year and she was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.

Amber Lynn Olmstead, 45, Martha Street, East Liverpool, was fined $575 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for OVI. Her driver’s license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted, and she was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.

Steven May, 31, Youngstown, was fined $575 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, for OVI. His driver’s license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted, and he was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.

A pretrial was set April 29 for Patricia A. Pray, 61, state Route 45, Lisbon, charged with operating a vehicle impaired first offense.

A pretrial was set April 28 for Brian K. Read, 43, Washington Street, Lisbon, charged with no license, second or more. He was also fined $330 for driving under suspension, a headlights violation, no license and two counts of open container.

A pretrial was set April 20 for Scott Allen Cooper Jr., 43, Seventh Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with two counts of no valid license.

A pretrial was set April 29 for Michael B. Delp, 49, East Eighth Street, Salem, charged with driving under suspension and a lights violation.

A pretrial was set April 29 for Lorelei Grace Logan, 21, Lynchburg Road, Kensington, charged with driving under suspension and improper/expired registration.

A driving under suspension charge against Kevin Mutton, 47, U.S. Route 30, Kensington, was dismissed.

Jackie L. Sarge, 69, Aetna Street, Salem, was fined $350 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for driving under suspension. She was ordered to complete 25 hours community service.

Tomas Alonzo Alonzo, 19, Columbia Street, Salem, was fined $200 for driving under suspension.

Denzil Lee Collins, 62, Camp Boulevard, Hanoverton, was fined $100 for no license.

Thomas M. Redman III, 43, Sprucevale Road, Rogers, was fined $200 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for driving under suspension. His driver’s license was suspended for 30 days and he was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.

Toni Jean James, 48, County Airport Road, Wellsville, was fined $200 for driving under suspension. Charges of driving under suspension and loud exhaust from a 2020 case were dismissed.

Chaali Ali, 30, Orlando, Fla., was fined $150 for an equipment violation amended from speeding.

Common Pleas

New Cases

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Michael R. Reed, Wells Hollow Road, Wellsville, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Wells Hollow Road, Wellsville property.

County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. David F. Jackson, Riverside Avenue, Wellsville, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Riverside Avenue, Wellsville property.

Kris Cunningham, Old Fredericktown Road, East Liverpool, vs. Kandice Cunningham, Old Fredericktown Road, East Liverpool; divorce sought.

ABL Wholesale Distributors, Inc., state Route 14, Columbiana, vs. South Hills Market & Deli LLC, Independence, et al.; collection sought of alleged debts totaling $4,439 and $13,319.

Midwest Veterinary Supply Inc., Lakeville, Minn. vs. Jill R. McNicol and Quaker Dog LTD, both Franklin Avenue, Salem; collection sought of alleged $19,075 debt.

Docket Entries

Joan Marie Shotwell vs. Dean E. Shotwell; divorce granted.

Gary M. Poling and Kayla Poling; dissolution granted.

Grand Jury

LISBON — An East Liverpool woman wanted for charges from two separate cases from 2023 was served with the secret indictments Tuesday.

Crystal L. Christy, 47, West Church Lane, was charged with third-degree felony illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility, fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs, fourth-degree felony illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and fifth-degree felony nonsupport of dependents.

According to the indictments, Christy allegedly possessed methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia and took drugs onto the grounds of a detention facility on Feb. 11, 2022. She also allegedly failed to pay child support from March 7, 2021 to March 5, 2023.

Also served with secret indictments were:

— Hallie J. Delposen, 26, state Route 518, Lisbon, fifth-degree felony aggravated possession of drugs and fourth-degree felony possession of LSD for allegedly possessing amphetamine and LSD on Nov. 13, 2025.

— Ashley A. Harvey, 35, Birch Road, East Liverpool, illegal use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or WIC program benefits for allegedly illegally using the benefits from July 1, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2025.

Court News

LISBON — Michael T. Gbur, 61, West State Street, Salem, was placed on an intervention plan for two years after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court for possessing methamphetamine on Dec. 18, 2024.