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Grand Jury
LISBON – The Columbiana County Grand Jury issued open indictments Wednesday, including:
-- Robert J. Davis, 41 Lacroft Avenue, East Liverpool, fifth-degree felony theft for allegedly stealing a Stihl saw from Vernon Dell Tractor, East Liverpool on May 27.
-- Norman W. Bender, 52, Aten Avenue, Wellsville, fourth-degree felony grand theft of a motor vehicle and misdemeanors of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them-OVI, driving under suspension and drug paraphernalia for allegedly driving away in a woman's vehicle without permission on June 16 in East Liverpool. The affidavit said she gave him a ride and when she exited the vehicle, he allegedly drove away and then he was stopped for a moving violation and she arrived on scene and reported he stole the vehicle. He was in possession of a metal smoking pipe and torch lighter also.
Common Pleas
NEW CASES
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs Leon N. Sykes Jr., Lori Lane, East Liverpool, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Lori Lane, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Raymond K. Orin, Kountz Avenue, Wellsville; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Kountz Avenue, Wellsville property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Francis W. Briceland II, Diamond, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Brightview Drive, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Robert Lee Freer, Gainesville, Va.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Sprucevale Road, East Liverpool property.
County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Erik Linebaugh, South Middle Street, Columbiana, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for South Middle Street, Columbiana property.
American Express National Bank, Independence, vs. Corey Shofroth, Wildwood Drive, Beloit; collection sought of alleged $11,162 debt.
PNC Bank, Independence, vs. Robert E. McLaughlin, Sunset Court, Columbiana; collection sought of alleged $9,461 debt.
Huntington National Bank, Columbus, vs. Shelly Downey, South Avenue, Columbiana, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for manufactured home and Columbiana County property.
DOCKET ENTRIES
NewRez LLC vs. Jenna Sattler, et al.; mortgage foreclosure ordered for St. Jacob-Logtown Road, Lisbon property.
FBN Finance, LLC vs. Sharon Kay Pidgeon, et al.; default judgment granted to FBN Finance against defendants Sharon Kay Pidgeon and Kendra J. Bordman for $463,572.
U.S. Bank National Association vs. unknown heirs, etc. of Lucille Palmer, deceased, et al.; foreclosure vacated, case dismissed.
Nikki Perry and Damian Perry; dissolution granted.
Aubri Scutt and Kristopher Scutt; dissolution granted.
County Treasurer vs. Alexis Trust; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Boyce Avenue, Wellsville property.
County Treasurer vs. Z. Doris Newton; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Lower Elkton Road, Leetonia property.
County Treasurer vs. Ahmed Alwishah; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. William G. Young III, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Shirley L. Baker, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Greg Mays, et al.; payment plan completed, case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Lisa R. Duncan, now known as McCourt, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed.
Municipal
LISBON -- A Columbiana man was bound over to the grand jury facing potential felony charges for strangulation and domestic violence.
Charles Green, 40, Cross Street, Columbiana, was bound over to the grand jury charged with second-degree felony strangulation, and fourth degree felony domestic violence for allegedly forcing a pregnant woman onto her bed where he held her down, struck her in the face and then used his belt to strangle her until she lost consciousness in Salem Township on June 26.
Stanley Purvis, 51, Hastings, Michigan, was sentenced for 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served and fined $500 for engaging in prostitution, for arranging to meet with an undercover agent from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force in Unity Township for sexual activity in exchange for drugs and currency on Jan. 31 and possessing the cellular device and currency used to arrange the criminal act, as well as suspected crystal methamphetamine, two hypodermic syringes loaded with liquid methamphetamine, a meth pipe, a green snorting straw, other drug paraphernalia, and sexual items. Charges of possessing criminal tools, possessing drug abuse instruments, and drug paraphernalia were dismissed.
David Robertson, 75, Summerland Trail, Poland, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended and credit for three days served and fined $750 for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for arranging to meet with an undercover agent from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force in Unity Township for sexual activity in exchange for $190 and possessing the currency and cellular device used to arrange the criminal act at that time.
Francis Fasline, 35, West Park Avenue, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 88 days suspended and credit for two days served and fined $750 for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools for arranging to meet with an undercover agent from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force in Unity Township on Aug. 28, 2025, for sexual activity in exchange for methamphetamine and possessing the methamphetamine and cellular device used to arrange the criminal act at that time.
Elizabeth Anchondo, 27, Oyster Road, Alliance, was fined $150 for disorderly conduct for using unwarranted and grossly abusive language to a bus driver and teacher for the East Palestine City School District while picking up her daughter on May 15.
Thomas Holman, 45, Hammond School Road, Wellsville, was fined $150 for drug paraphernalia for possessing a smoking device commonly used to smoke methamphetamine in St. Clair Township on July 27.
Daniel Gray, 61, Saltwell Road, Lisbon, was fined $200 for failure to file tax returns for failing to file sales tax returns for the period of January to May 2026.
Liam Campbell, 20, Holiday Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 177 days suspended and credit for three days served and fined $1,065 for OVI.
Ayson Moody, 25, Pennsylvania Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $975 for physical control amended from OVI.
A pretrial was set Aug. 12 for Ronald Shaffer, 33, Salineville Road, Salineville, charged with aggravated menacing, assault, criminal damaging, and domestic violence for allegedly telling the driver of a vehicle picking him up from the Columbiana County Jail on Aug. 4 to kill themselves before grabbing the steering wheel, causing the vehicle to go off the roadway on the eastbound of U.S. Route 30.
A pretrial was set Oct. 26 for Donnie Gay, 33, Smithfield Street, East Liverpool, charged with assault for allegedly punching a man in the face causing his right eyebrow to bleed in West Township on July 25.
A pretrial was set Aug. 26 for Tanner Ewing, 33, Canterbury Lane, Wooster, charged with violating a protection order for allegedly sending a text message to the protected person on July 14.
A pretrial was set Oct. 6 for Jessie Barcus, 29, West Eighth Street, East Liverpool, charged with menacing and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license for allegedly threatening to burn a woman's property on Aug. 31 in Liverpool Township.
A pretrial was set Oct. 14 for Andrew Hunley, 50, Market Street, Youngstown, charged with theft and possession of drug abuse instruments for allegedly taking two items without paying for them from an East Liverpool business on June 17, and allegedly possessing an uncapped syringe when he was taken into custody on Aug. 4.
A pretrial was set Aug. 19 for Elizabeth Coulter, 47, Erie Street, East Liverpool, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly entering a shed on a Harvey Avenue property they had previously been trespassed from on Aug. 4 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Aug. 10 for Dustin Brooks, 38, Vine Street, East Liverpool, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly entering a Vine Street property they were not welcome on in East Liverpool on Aug. 31.
A pretrial was set Oct. 14 for Jeffrey Skidmore, 46, Gromley Road, Salem, charged with OVI, and a turn signal violation.
A pretrial was set Oct. 14 for Rhiley Scheider, 25, Celianna Drive, Strongsville, charged with OVI, reasonable control, and a seat belt violation.
Jacob Dawayne Rochwick, 47, New Castle, Pa., was fined $1,500 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 179 days suspended and credit for one day served on one case and 15 days in jail, with credit for one days served, leaving 14 days to serve on the other case. He was charged for two counts of engaging in prostitution and two counts of possessing criminal tools. Rochwick 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 for the meeting on Oct. 31, 2025, then made arrangements again in answer to an ad and arrived on April 24 this year for the meeting in East Liverpool for sexual activity.
Romello A'Ro Harrison, 19, McCoy Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $250 for theft for stealing a bicycle from Circle K in Lisbon on July 3 and sentenced to 20 days in jail for the theft and for violating his probation for a 2026 case for assault, obstructing official business and resisting arrest.
A pretrial was set Sept. 22 for Megan C. Ripley, 32, East Third Street, Salem, charged with theft for allegedly walking out of Salem Walmart with a cart full of groceries and other items without paying on June 26, with inventoried value of $381.
Meadow M. Anderson, 18, Cleveland Street, Salem, was fined $250 and given a suspended 180-day jail term, with 25 hours community service, for theft for failing to pay for $80 worth of merchandise at the Salem Walmart on May 22.
Brian Scott Noble, 55, Pauls Lane, East Liverpool, was fined $250 for animals at large, with $150 of the fine suspended on the condition that all animals be properly confined. Noble had five goats running loose on May 11 in East Liverpool.
A case against Victor M. Hurst, 32, Auburn Street, East Liverpool, was dismissed for six counts of failure to file East Liverpool city income tax from 2019-2022 and 2024.
William Lee Michaels III, 37, Youngstown, was fined $800 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 160 days suspended, leaving a balance of 20 days to serve in jail for operating a vehicle impaired. Charges of OVI and failure control were dismissed. His license was suspended for two years and he must complete 20 hours community service.
Cora M. Donovan, 24, East Michigan Avenue, Sebring, was fined $1,115 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 two merged OVI charges and marked lanes. Her license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.
Jonathan David Smith, 29, Penn Avenue, East Liverpool, 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, for OVI, with 20 hours community service. A speeding charge was dismissed and his license was suspended for one year, with driving privileges granted.
Debbie Lipply, 70, Metz Road, Columbiana, was fined $1,065 and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with 27 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, with $500 of the fine suspended, with 25 hours community service, for physical control amended from OVI. Another OVI charge was dismissed. Her license was suspended for 180 days, with driving privileges granted.
A pretrial was set Oct. 6 for Deven Ethen Neal, 28, West 13th Street, Salem, charged with OVI and expired license.
Deborah Willimet, 63, Fredricktown Clarkson Road, Negley, was fined $150 for failure to control, with an OVI charge dismissed at the state's request due to evidentiary issues.
Laverna Marie Virden, 53, Wayne Drive, East Liverpool, was fined $350 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served, with 20 hours community service ordered, for endangering children and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia for using drugs and having drugs where children could access them in the bathroom on July 19 in St. Clair Township, with an uncapped syringe, a spoon and liquid and large torch lighter out in the open, with more spoons, another syringes, two crack pipes, a meth pipe and multiple tear offs in an open cabinet, an affidavit said.
A pretrial was set Oct. 5 for Joshua Michael Scott Watkins, 38, Warren, charge with theft for allegedly stealing $15 worth of items from the Dollar Tree in East Liverpool on Aug. 1.
Matthew P. Landsberger, 52, Pancake Clarkson Road, Rogers, was fined $150 and given a suspended 30-day jail term for disorderly conduct amended from obstructing official business for giving false information to troopers about a car crash on Jan. 1 by saying he was driving the car when it was someone else.
Victoria Rakel Redman, 20, West Sixth Street, East Liverpool, was fined $150 for criminal trespass for trespassing at Oddfellow Apartments on June 2 in East Liverpool. A charge of drug paraphernalia was dismissed. She was accused of possessing a burnt metal pipe during a traffic stop on June 13 in East Liverpool. Probation violation hearings were set for Nov. 10 for cases from 2024 for theft, domestic violence and assault. She was fined $75 for driving under suspension.
A pretrial was set Aug. 12 for Shane A. Aflame, 25, Ravenna, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing at Fernangel's Tavern in Salem on Aug. 1 after previously being trespassed from the property.
Symone K. Flowers, 29, Maple Street, Lisbon, was fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from theft for taking a beverage from a man's car in Lisbon on May 6.
Jason K. Gorby, 41, Heacock Road, Sebring, was fined $250 for drug paraphernalia, expired registration and failure to display for possessing a smoking pipe with residue during a traffic stop on Nov. 10, 2025 in Knox Township.
A pretrial was set Oct. 13 for Alexander C. Converse, 56, Hilltop Drive, Lisbon, charged with drug paraphernalia and left of center for allegedly possessing a burnt glass pipe with residue during a traffic stop on July 23 on Parkview Drive near Depot Road, Lisbon.
A pretrial was set Aug. 10 for Ariel L. Durham, 37, Duck Creek Road, Salem, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly trespassing at the Foundry on Aug. 1 in Salem after being told just prior to that she wasn't permitted on the property.
Brandice L. Bettura, 51, North Market Street, Lisbon, was fined $250 and sentenced to 60 days in jail, with 59 days suspended and credit for one day served, with 20 hours community service, for criminal damaging. She was ordered to have no contact with the victim. Bettura punched through a window screen at a woman's property in Salem on Oct. 25, 2025.
A pretrial was set Aug. 5 for Randall C. Culler, 46, Bell Road, Lisbon, charged with possession of drug abuse instrument for allegedly possessing two hypodermic syringes during a traffic stop on July 28 in East Liverpool.
Five counts of failure to file city income tax return against William Brown, 51, Vine Street, East Liverpool were dismissed due to the defendant taking care off all the East Liverpool city income tax returns from 2019-2023.