Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set May 13 for Victoria Rakel Redman, 20, West Sixth Street, East Liverpool, charged with fourth-degree felony burglary for allegedly trespassing in an apartment in East Liverpool on April 29 and taking items not belonging to her.

A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set May 14 for Hayden J. Hunt, 21, Laurelville, charged with fourth-degree felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanors of OVI first offense and reckless operation. Hunt allegedly fled from Salem police officers attempting a traffic stop and ended up stopping on a dead end road on May 4.

Brett Daniel Shoemaker, 49, Pinconning, Mich., was fined $750 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 70 days suspended and credit for one day served, leaving a balance of 19 days still to serve in jail for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and an education course. He responded to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for money, then traveled to East Palestine on Feb. 26 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

Jackie H. Gu, 44, Dayton, was fined $500 and given a suspended 90-day jail term for possessing criminal tools. A charge of engaging in prostitution was dismissed by the prosecutor due to evidentiary issues. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and already completed an education course. Gu was accused of allegedly responding to an undercover familial ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with women for money to be paid via the Cash App, then traveled to East Palestine on Aug. 8, 2025 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.

Alicia M. Stafford, 43, Fombell, Pa., was fined $100 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for disorderly conduct amended from interference with custody. She was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and to have no contact with two victims. Stafford was accused of harboring a juvenile after the juvenile ran away from home and was refusing to return the juvenile on March 10, 2025.

Carter Thomas Davidson, 19, Manor Drive, Columbiana, was fined $250 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for telecommunications harassment. He was ordered to complete 40 hours community service and to have no contact with the victim or her home. Davidson used social media and phone numbers to send multiple harassing and unwanted messages to a juvenile on Aug. 13, 2025 in Columbiana.

Jose Diaz, 43, Alliance, was sentenced to 18 days in jail, with credit for 18 days already served, leaving zero days to serve in jail for disorderly conduct amended from resisting arrest for an incident Aug. 19, 2025 when he was pulling away from a police officer and refusing to stop in Perry Township.

Joseph Bell, 46, and April Bell, 40, both John Street, East Liverpool, were each fined $2,500 for five counts each of failure to file city income tax return, with the fines suspended as long as they complete their payment plans. One count of failure to file city income tax was dismissed for each of them. They were both accused of failing to file East Liverpool city income tax returns from 2020 to 2023 and for 2025.

Russell Lynn Poling, 29, Steubenville Pike Road, Lisbon, was fined $250 for a miscellaneous wildlife charge, with another miscellaneous wildlife charge dismissed. All evidence seized, including a 10-point buck and carcass, were forfeited to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Poling used a shotgun to shoot a deer outside of Ohio deer gun week on Jan. 31 in Center Township.

A pretrial was set July 7 for Cody Allen Dehoff, 36, Beaver Circle, Columbiana, charged with operating a vehicle impaired third offense and reasonable control.

A pretrial was set July 14 for Brandy D. Virden, 47, Cleveland Street, Salem, charged with OVI second offense, OVI breath second offense and lighted lights required.

A pretrial was set July 7 for Perris Scott, 32, Canton, charged with OVI first offense, left of center and a tail light violation.

Marilyn G. Winters, 65, Riffle Road, Rogers, was fined $615 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a drive intervention program, for OVI and failure to control. Her driver’s license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted. She was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.

A charge of driving under suspension against Jordan Michael Franklin, 31, Main Street, Wellsville, was dismissed without prejudice. A notation on the court judgment said court costs were waived because the citation was never filed. The incident allegedly occurred in St. Clair Township on April 28.

A probation violation hearing was set May 18 for Barry L. Ours, 51, Moore Street, East Liverpool, for a 2022 case of OVI.

Dakota James Stockman, 32, state Route 7, Rogers, was fined $50 for lighted lights amended from a stop sign violation.

Zoee L. Savage, 19, South Green Street, Lisbon, was fined $125 for driving under suspension and reasonable control.

Melissa Marie Puhalla, 47, Youngstown, was fined $150 for lighted lights amended from reasonable control.

Marlaina R. Rogers, 34, Crawford Road, Wellsville, was fined $25 for illegal plates.

Alexander W. Merdich, 38, Firestone Avenue, Columbiana, was fined $50 for lighted lights amended from failure to move left for public safety vehicle.

Mary Andrea Trunick, 74, Freedom, Pa., was fined $150 for lighted lights amended from reasonable control.

Lisa R. Goodrich, 41, Lake Milton, was fined $150 for lighted lights amended from driving while texting.

Common Pleas

New Cases

Amber Douglass, Lower Elkton Road, Leetonia, and Dylan Douglass, Lower Elkton Road, Leetonia; dissolution sought.

PNC Bank, Independence, vs. Betty Watson, McKinnon Avenue, East Liverpool; collection sought of alleged $11,409 debt.

Donald J. Slaven Jr., care of Zuzolo Law Offices, LLC, Niles, vs. James Allen Duncan II, Salem Grange Road, Salem; damages sought for personal injury and negligence claims from 2024 traffic crash in Salem.

Docket Entries

Samantha Bailey and Nathaniel Monigold; dissolution granted.

Abigail Wright and Justin Wright; dissolution granted.

Capital One, N.A. vs. Amy J. Olloman; $7,007 judgment granted to plaintiff.

County Treasurer vs. Brian J. Egli, et al.; defendant EOG Ohio, LLC dismissed from complaint.

County Treasurer vs. Dillon T. Green, et al.; defendant EOG Ohio, LLC dismissed from complaint.

County Treasurer vs. Christian T. Kinder, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.

Grand Jury

LISBON — Bruce A. Dawson, 62, Youngstown, was served recently with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing cocaine on Feb. 23, 2023.

Court News

LISBON — A Lisbon man accused last year of possessing images of minors in a state of nudity was recently sentenced to five years in prison.

William Kiehl, 67, West Spruce Street, was sentenced in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court to nine months each for six counts of fourth-degree felony pandering obscenity involving a minor or impaired person to be served consecutively, or one after another, and six months each for three counts of fifth-degree felony illegal use of a minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material or performance to be serve concurrent to each other but consecutive to the pandering charges, bringing the total to 60 months in prison.

He received credit for 283 days served in jail and was designated a Tier II sex offender, which will require him to register his information for the sex offender registration once he’s released from prison.

The sentence was issued by Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam.

According to an affidavit filed in county Municipal Court by an agent with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, Kiehl was accused of downloading one image of what appeared to be child sexual assault material on April 10, 2024 and when interviewed on July 18, 2025, admitted to uploading the image and that he had obtained other images and child sexual assault material. On July 18, 2025, the task force executed a search warrant at his Lisbon residence and found images stored on a computer which depicted minors in a state of nudity.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Douglas A. Davis, 54, Walnut Ridge Road, Salineville, was sentenced to at least three years in prison with a possibility of a maximum 4 1/2 years for a lesser offense of second-degree felony failure to provide notice of change of address. He was originally charged with a first-degree felony. A misdemeanor falsification charge was dismissed. He received credit for 111 days served in jail. Davis was accused of falsifying his address on the sex offender registration on Nov. 3, 2025, with the sheriff’s office learning on Jan. 8, 2026 that he had not been living at the address for several months.

— Brandon Huff, 31, Steubenville, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing methamphetamine on May 22, 2024. He received credit for 5 days served in jail.

— Jaminlee David Morris, 26, Oakwood Street, East Liverpool, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree felony theft for stealing $1,236 from the cash register while working at the Calcutta Walmart from Oct. 24, 2025 to Nov. 8, 2025. For his sentence, he was placed under community control for two years and ordered to pay restitution of $1,236 to the Calcutta Walmart.

— Jessica L. Hart, 49, Leake Street, East Palestine, was ordered to serve 60 days in the county jail for violating the terms of her probation for four counts of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing the drugs lisdexamfetamine, oxycodone, hydrocodone and methamphetamine on July 31, 2023. Her community control was dishonorably terminated.