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Jason Xavier Monge, 34, Pittsburgh, Pa., was fined $750 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 177 days suspended and credit for three days served in jail, for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools, with 30 hours community service and a prostitution prevention course ordered. Monge responded to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for money through the Cash App, then traveled to East Palestine on March 2 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
Karen Ann Skeins, 33, Youngstown, was fined $250 and sentenced to 60 days in jail, with 58 days suspended and credit for two days served, with 20 hours community service and an education course ordered, for soliciting. She posted an ad offering sex for hire on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with an undercover agent who responded to the ad, traveling to East Palestine on Sept. 23, 2025 for the meeting.
Ammar Omar Zayed, 34, North Olmstead, was ordered to serve 10 days in jail for violating the terms of his probation for a 2023 case of engaging in prostitution and other charges from a sex-for-hire arrangement.
A charge of violation of a protection order against Robert Bortz, 85, Votaw Drive, Lisbon, was dismissed by the state, with the state determining the protection order had expired prior to the incident on June 12 in Hanover Township when he allegedly screamed at a protected person.
A pretrial was set Sept. 15 for Paul Lee Beaver, 36, Wooster Street, East Liverpool, charged with theft for allegedly stealing a pair of sandals from Dollar General in East Liverpool on June 19. Beaver allegedly took off his shoes and hid them, then slid on the pair of sandals and walked out without paying.
A pretrial was set Sept. 21 for Thomas E. Morrison, 55, Marion, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing at Fawcett apartments on July 13 after previously being evicted and trespassed from the property
Chad Vance Lang, 32, Malvern, was fined $150 for disorderly conduct for being intoxicated and breaking items at a residence in St. Clair Township on May 9.
Rozalyn E. Feliciano, 21, Carbon Hill Road, East Palestine, was fined $150 and sentenced to three days in jail, with credit for three days served, for disorderly conduct. She yelled multiple times during an incident over a lost dog in Wellsville on April 2.
Christopher Lee Joy, 41, Avondale Street, East Liverpool, was fined $250 and sentenced to 22 days in jail, with credit for 22 days served, for disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence, with a note on the judgment entry that the alleged victim failed to appear and cooperate with the state. Joy was accused of pushing a man in the shoulder on Feb. 16 in Wellsville.
Competency and sanity evaluations were ordered for Julia Stephanie Jean Scott, 25, Calcutta Smith Ferry Road, East Liverpool, charged with theft for allegedly failing to pay for three items valued at $8.17 at the Calcutta Sheetz on Feb. 18.
Colt A. Heddy, 53, Niles, was fined $150 and sentenced to 21 days in jail, with credit for 21 days served, for disorderly conducted amended from assault. He was accused of striking a woman in the face with a closed fist after first going after her with a knife before throwing the knife in the woods on June 22 in Madison Township.
Diane K. Clarke, 66, North Main Street, Columbiana, was fined $1,065 and sentenced to 90 days in jail for operating a vehicle impaired, with credit for three days served and $500 of the fine suspended for completing a driver intervention program. Her license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.
A motion hearing was set Aug. 26 for Brandy D. Virden, 47, Cleveland Street, Salem, charged with OVI second offense, OVI breath second offense and lighted lights required.
Jessie Frank Hubbard, 44, Midland, Pa., was fined $1,000 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 170 days suspended, leaving 10 days to serve for OVI, no license and open container. Another OVI was dismissed. Hubbard must complete 20 hours community service and his license was suspended for two years.
A pretrial was set Sept. 14 for Antoine Lester Moman, 51, St. George Street, East Liverpool, charged with obstructing official business for allegedly ignoring commands from members of the Columbiana County Drug Task Force while they were executing a search warrant at an East Liverpool residence, refusing to come to the door and staying in the bathroom on April 6.
A pretrial was set Sept. 9 for Josiah Jones, 18, Simmons Street, East Liverpool, charged with theft for allegedly stealing another person's bicycle from Circle K in Lisbon on July 3.
Chad E. Williamson, 45, Perry Grange Road, Salem, was fined $150 and sentenced to five days in jail, with credit for two days served, leaving a balance of three days to serve in jail for theft for placing a radio and a bottle of whiskey in his pants at the Salem Walmart on July 11 and leaving without paying.
Justin A. Larkins, 26, Applegate Road, Salem, was fined $250 for disorderly conduct amended from obstructing official business for refusing to provide police officers with his identifying information in Salem on April 25.
Douglas E. Meadows, 57, East North Avenue, East Palestine, was fined $50 for fishing license required for failing to have a fishing license when he was fishing July 4 at Highlandtown Lake boat ramp.
Bridgette Faith Scheer, 19, Georgetown, Pa., was fined $50 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served, for endangering children, with 40 hours community service ordered. On May 26 in East Liverpool, she knowingly inhaled a narcotic and consumed alcohol while a child was in the vehicle.
A pretrial was set Aug. 4 for Romelo A'ro Harrison, 19, McCoy Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with theft for allegedly stealing someone else's bicycle from Circle K in Lisbon on July 3.
Timothy Monnot, 73, East Beech Street, Alliance, was fined $1,145 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 177 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, with $500 of the fine suspended, for operating a vehicle impaired, left of center and no seat belt. His license was suspended for one year.
A pretrial was set Sept. 14 for Ryan Matthew Hoschar, 29, Lisbon Road, Salem, charged with OVI second offense, marked lanes, OVI third offense, OVI refusal and reasonable control.
A pretrial was set July 22 for Patricia Exline, 48, Honey Lane, Leetonia, charged with OVI, OVI breath, open container and marked lanes.
Clarissie E. Zellers, 44, was fined $500 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, with 20 hours community service, for physical control. Another count of physical control was dismissed.
Sean Glenn Hutton, 37, East Taggart Street, East Palestine, was fined $565 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, with 20 hours community service, for OVI. A charge of failure to control was dismissed. His license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.