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LISBON -- A man who solicited others and conspired with others to bring drugs into the Columbiana County jail was ordered to serve nine months in prison consecutively to the 4 to 6 years he's already serving for another case.
William D. Barrett, 45, Grant Street, Lisbon, pleaded guilty recently to one count of complicity in the commission of an offense, a third-degree felony, with a second count for the same charge dismissed. The conspiracy occurred April 22, 2025 to April 24, 2025 to bring drugs into the county jail.
The sentence in the previous case occurred in December 2025 for a second-degree felony charge of burglary for breaking into a woman's garage in East Liverpool on Nov. 11, 2024.
Also in Common Pleas Court:
-- Christopher Paul Maher, 42, Canonsburg, Pa., pleaded guilty to third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution for responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website of an adult mother trafficking her minor daughter and arranging for sexual activity with the females, including the minor, in exchange for money, traveling to East Palestine on Dec. 26 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession. Sentencing was set for Oct. 29.
Grand Jury
LISBON -- A woman accused of creating a risk of harm to a 3-year-old child was served Monday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury.
Tammy J. Manley, 27, Riley Avenue, East Liverpool, was charged with third-degree felony endangering children for an incident that occurred on March 5, 2022. According to the indictment, she allegedly created a risk to the health and safety of the child by violating a duty of care, protection or support.
Also served with a secret indictment was Thomas C. Joy Jr., 32, Avondale Street, East Liverpool, charged with aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine on Aug. 31, 2025.
Common Pleas
NEW CASES
Capital One,, N.A., Independence, vs. Kristin N. McCourt, Buck Road, Beloit; collection sought of alleged $2,015 debt.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Pamela Boratyn, Director, Ohio Department of Transportation, vs. unknown heirs, etc. of George W. Ward Sr., deceased, et al.; appropriation of two parcels along U.S. Route 30, Columbiana County, of 0.020 acres and 0.109 acres for $493 for repairs/improvement of road granted in default judgment.
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC vs. Joshua K. Thomas, et al.; case stayed.
County Treasurer vs. Tammy L. Daggy; TotalEnergies E&P USA dismissed as defendant.
Velocity Investments, LLC vs. Benji Perry; case stayed due to bankruptcy filing.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, Wesley B. Hackney, 26, 10th Street, Wellsville, waived extradition while charged as a fugitive from justice on Aug. 17. He's wanted in the state of Tennessee on a warrant for aggravated sexual battery, two counts of rape and sexual battery for alleged incidents in 2015 while he was a juvenile. The charges were filed in juvenile court in Maury County in Columbia, Tenn. in 2015.
Tina Piatt, 54, Newell, W.Va., was fined $650 and sentenced to 10 days in jail for drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor falsification amended from felony tampering with evidence, and criminal trespass and for violating her probation for a 2026 case of obstructing official business and two counts of possession of drug abuse instrument and a 2026 case of theft. While detained when waiting for an active warrant to be confirmed, she tossed a cigarette pack with two burnt glass pipes inside on Aug. 8 in East Liverpool. On June 12, she trespassed in a garage in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Sept. 2 for Sean N. Barrett, 32, Weirton, W.Va., charged with violation of a protection order for allegedly showing up at a protected person's property in East Liverpool on Aug. 15.
Frederick Lamar Betts I, 32, Liberty Township, was fined $750 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools, with 40 hours community service and completion of a prostitution prevention course ordered. He was also ordered to forfeit $80 to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. Betts responded to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $80, then traveled to East Palestine Aug. 18 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
A status conference hearing was set Oct. 20 and a court trial was set Oct. 28 for Hunter Willis, 23, McCann Road, Salem charged with public indecency expose private parts for allegedly standing beside his car at a gas pump urinating with his genitals out at Circle K on South Lincoln Avenue, Salem on May 3. Three men who saw this yelled at him, saying it's not okay to be doing that, when he replied "it's okay to pee at the pump."
A bond hearing was set Oct. 14 for Danny J. Shultz, 29, Cliff Drive, Salem, charged with obstructing official business. Shultz failed to appear for a pretrial hearing in June, with his bond reset to $5,000 cash or surety. He was accused of denying being in a vehicle a Perry Township police officer saw pulling from a suspected drug location on March 30. The officer pulled behind the vehicle which was parked, with the occupants walking away on Newgarden Avenue. When they were stopped, they denied being in a vehicle or leaving it behind, saying they were just out for a walk.
A pretrial was set Oct. 19 for Courtney A. Rudolph, 45, Liberty Street, Salem, charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct for allegedly entering someone else's property and entering and searching a vehicle not belonging to her for a backpack while allegedly intoxicated on prescription medication on Aug. 18. Perry Township police had been called to Liberty Street for a suspicious person.
Kayla R. Baker, 33, South Broadway Avenue, Salem, was fined $300 and sentenced to five days in jail, with credit for four days served, leaving one day still to serve for obstructing official business, no license and a tail light violation for failing to provide her license, registration and insurance multiple times during a traffic stop and also failing to exit the vehicle after being ordered out multiple times on April 10 in Salem.
A pretrial was set Oct. 14 for Robert Michael Palmer, 38, Hadley Road Extension, East Palestine, charged with operating a vehicle impaired, OVI breath and unattended vehicle.
Michael W. Saltsman, 64, Second Street, Hanoverton, was fined $1,125 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 OVI, with 30 hours community service. His license was suspended for two years, with driving privileges granted.
Douglas L. Ritchie, 61, Bears Den Road, Leetonia, was fined $350 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 179 days suspended and credit for one days served, for misdemeanor assault amended from third-degree felony domestic violence for striking a juvenile several times in the face during an argument when he was allegedly antagonizing and in the victim's face trying to get the victim to hit him on July 14 in Leetonia. He must complete 25 hours community service.
A pretrial was set Oct. 21 for Melissa J. Seltz, 55, East Main Street, East Palestine, charged with domestic violence for allegedly grabbing a man by the throat during an argument Aug. 14 in East Palestine.
A pretrial was set Oct. 26 for David A. Davis, 59, South Mahoning Avenue, Alliance, charged with domestic violence for allegedly threatening to kill a woman after learning she called the police following a domestic disturbance on Aug. 16 in Knox Township. An affidavit said he began destroying the house after an argument, then followed the victim up the road when she left to call the police.
A sentencing hearing was set Aug. 26 for Shane Michaels Shreve, 30, Duke Vodrey Road, East Liverpool, who entered a guilty plea to domestic violence for punching a woman in the leg after an argument on June 27, 2024 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Oct. 19 for Izaiah S. Smith-Gladson, 19, Creek Road, New Waterford, charged with assault for allegedly grabbing a woman by the hair and striking her in the left side of the face and head three times on Aug. 15 in New Waterford.
Charles N. Gough, 28, Echo Dell Road, East Liverpool, was fined $350 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 177 days suspended, leaving three days to serve in jail for assault, with 35 hours community service ordered. Gough was ordered to have no contact with the victim and to make restitution of $3,538. Gough was accused of pinning another man between his door and car and then punching him in the face, head and neck on March 8 in Salem. He was also ordered to serve five days in jail for violating the terms of his probation for a 2024 case of drug paraphernalia, with the term to be served at the same time as the sentence for the assault case.
A pretrial was set Aug. 31 for Kevin Scott Neely, 44, Ohio Avenue, Salem, charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly threatening to kill a man while pointing a firearm at him on Aug. 16 in St. Clair Township, with police finding a replica firearm on the porch at the suspect's mother's house, where he was detained.
A pretrial was set Oct. 20 for Stefan McLane Kutney, 31, Marysville, 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 $200, then traveling to Unity Township on Aug. 16 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
A pretrial was set Oct. 27 for Kevin C. Robinson, 43, Austintown, charged with weapons while intoxicated for allegedly having a loaded firearm in his vehicle during a traffic stop for reckless operation on Aug. 17 in Liverpool Township. The affidavit said he admitted to taking two Gabapentin that night.
Charles Ira Shupp, 67, Eighth Avenue, East Liverpool, was fined $50 for disorderly conduct amended from obstructing official business for refusing several times to identify himself during an incident in East Liverpool on April 9.
Gage M. Gillespie, 18, Fisher Avenue, East Liverpool, was ordered to serve 30 days in jail for violating the terms of his probation for a 2026 case for theft and criminal damaging related to damage to a stolen motorcycle on April 19 in East Liverpool
A pretrial was set Oct. 19 for Sandra P. Schotsch, 43, Campbell, charged with theft for allegedly failing to scan and pay for 13 items valued at $119 at the Calcutta Walmart on July 23.
Gregory Alan Virden, 35, Wayne Drive, East Liverpool, was fined $925 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 168 days suspended and credit for 12 days served for endangering children, possessing drug abuse instruments, drug paraphernalia, loud exhaust, turn signal violation and two counts of no license. Virden was found unresponsive on a floor after a suspected drug overdose on July 19 with a child present and several items found out in the open in the bathroom, including an uncapped syringe, spoon with liquid and large torch lighter. An open door under the mirror contained more spoons with residue, another syringe, two crack pipes, a meth pipe and multiple tear-offs.
Michael Skrinjar, 44, 16 School Road, Wellsville, was fined $1,100 and given a suspended 180-day jail term for physical control amended from operating a vehicle impaired and left of center. Another OVI charge was dismissed. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and his license was suspended from 180 days.
A pretrial was set Oct. 5 for Nicholas M. May, 25, Foundry Hill Road, Hanoverton, charged with OVI second offense, driving under suspension and reasonable control.
A pretrial was set Oct. 27 for Kevin C. Robinson, 43, Youngstown, charged with OVI and marked lanes.