Common Pleas

NEW CASES

Timothy Geier, Louisville, vs. Elizabeth McCullough, aka Elizabeth R. Hackett, Aetna Street, Salem; damages sought for personal injury claim from 2024 traffic crash.

DOCKET ENTRIES

Credit Acceptance Corp. vs. Christopher Wright; $16,822 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Carrington Mortgage Services LLC vs. Thomas W. Martin, et al.; previous judgment vacated, case dismissed.

NewRez vs.. Zachary Armando Kreidler, et al.; case dismissed.

JPMorgan Chase Bank vs. Jessica L. Savon; $24,069 judgment granted to plaintiff.

Dustin Martsolf vs. Rachel Martsolf; divorce granted.

Equity Financial, LLC vs. Salem Real Properties, LLC, et al.; receivership terminated.

Hancock County Savings Bank vs. Jodee K. Kessler, et al.; case stayed.

Court News

LISBON — A Wellsville man who violated the terms of drug court was ordered to prison for 24 months for drug charges.

Christopher S. McCauley, 47, Lincoln Avenue, appeared in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court recently for a probation violation hearing for a case involving charges of third-degree felony illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto the grounds of a specified governmental facility and fifth-degree felonies of possession of cocaine and possession of a fentanyl-related compound for possessing cocaine and fentanyl and trying to take drugs into a detention facility on Feb. 11, 2022.

He had been placed into drug court as an additional requirement for community control last fall when he previously violated his probation, in addition to serving a term at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center until the program was complete.

After violating the terms of probation again, he was sent to prison. His participation in drug court was dishonorably terminated and he received credit for 409 days already served.

Also in Common Pleas Court:

— Dylon Henderson, 20, Campbell, was sentenced to community control for three years after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fourth-degree felony, with a specification for forfeiture of money from a drug case. He received credit for 27 days served in jail. A charge of trafficking in cocaine, a fourth-degree felony, was dismissed and he was ordered to forfeit $196. He possessed the money and 5 to 10 grams of cocaine on Feb. 25, 2024.

— James L. Cunningham Jr., Clark Avenue, Wellsville, will remain under community control until April 29, 2029 and must serve five days in jail for violating the terms of his probation for nonsupport of dependents, a fourth-degree felony charge from 2022. He failed to pay support from May 1, 2020 to May 31, 2022.

Municipal

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set Aug. 10 for Alvin W. Carnes, 42, West Washington Street, Lisbon, charged with fourth-degree felony theft for allegedly stealing a woman’s 2018 Buick Invision, driving away without the woman’s consent on June 30 in Center Township.

A private review has been reset to July 21 for Kimberly Rexroad, 48, Pennsylvania Avenue Extension, East Liverpool, charged as a fugitive from justice from the state of Pennsylvania for attempted homicide. She had waived extradition last month. The judge noted she was still serving a jail term of 19 days issued on June 15 for charges of obstructing official business and drug paraphernalia in Columbiana County.

A pretrial was set Aug. 31 for Shane Kitzmiller, 50, Midland, Pa., charged with assault for allegedly spitting in a woman’s face, pushing her and scratching her on June 18 in St. Clair Township, with a witness saying he broke the woman’s phone.

A pretrial was set July 20 for Darryl M. Pudder, 53, North Lima, charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly threatening another man, saying he was going to cave his head in at JDE Food and Fuel, South State Street, New Waterford on June 18.

A pretrial was set Aug. 31 for Andrew Guy Quimby, 21, Commerce Street, Wellsville, charged with domestic violence for allegedly kicking a woman in the back and chasing her through the house on July 1 in East Liverpool.