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LISBON - In Columbiana County Municipal Court, Erica Sprankle, 41, East Fourth Street, East Liverpool, was fined $600 and received credit for four days served for attempted theft, possessing criminal tools, possession of a drug abuse instruments, and drug paraphernalia. Two counts of drug paraphernalia and one count of possessing drug abuse instruments were dismissed. On May 18 in St. Clair Township, she attempted to switch merchandise tickets in Walmart and possessed the tickets, used hypodermic syringes, glass smoking pipe and narcotics. During a traffic stop on May 28 in East Liverpool, she possessed a burnt glass pipe, scale and tray. During a traffic stop on April 2 in East Liverpool, she allegedly possessed suspected narcotics, a burnt glass pipe and metal made shift pipe with residue.
Matthew Scott Rudder, 37, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool was fined $400 and sentenced to five days in jail, with credit for three days served, leaving two days to serve of theft and obstructing official business. On March 26, 2024, in Salem, he never returned a Rug Doctor from Dollar General. On Aug. 6, 2024 in St. Clair Township, he claimed he wasn't driving a vehicle involved in an accident and gave a false name.
Michael E. Walz, 67, Old Fredricktown Road, East Liverpool, was fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from menacing for continuously coming onto or just at the property line of a neighboring property, taking a fighting stance and screaming at the neighbor to come fight him on July 20 in St. Clair Township.
Lori A. Whitman, 56, Vine Street, Salem, was fined $150 and received credit for two days served for obstructing official business amended from felony obstructing justice for harboring a man with an active felony warrant on Aug. 25.
Kylie Elizabeth Kreefer, 30, Kingsridge Road, East Liverpool, was fined $150 and sentenced to three days in jail for theft for stealing items from the Calcutta Walmart on July 25. A charge of drug paraphernalia was dismissed for an incident Feb. 27.
Michael Shane Fowler, 54, Warren, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, with credit for one day served, leaving 29 days to serve for violating his probation for a 2024 case of operating a vehicle impaired and 2025 case of criminal trespass and attempted. He was fined $700, with sentences of nine days and five days to be served at the same time as the probation sentences, for disorderly conduct, inducing panic, aggravated menacing, disorderly conduct and assault amended from domestic violence. Fowler claimed another man hit him on West Clark Street, East Palestine when the other man was the victim, saying the defendant threw items at him, including a plastic trash can, threatened him and attempted other grab him on Jan. 13. On April 12 in East Palestine, he allegedly walked past a residence while intoxicated and antagonized the resident. On April 16, he threatened to kill police officers after exiting an East Palestine residence with a machete and then continued to threaten them during a 90-minute standoff while also armed with a double-edged axe with dozens of residents watching and then evacuated from the area. He was eventually taken into custody with less lethal weapons used to incapacitate him.
Mark Allen Schrecengost, 37, Crosstimbers, Mo., was fined $25 for disorderly conduct, with another disorderly conduct charge dismissed. The incidents occurred May 24 and May 27 this year.
Steven Lightner, 26, Alliance, was fined $150 for criminal trespass, with credit for one day served, for trespassing on a property on Sept. 2 in Wellsville when he climbed on the roof of a trailer and jumped off.
A pretrial was set Nov. 16 for Kassi A. Snay, 28, Malone Street, Salineville, charged with possessing drug abuse instrument and drug paraphernalia for allegedly possessing syringes and a spoon with pinkish residue on Aug. 15 in Salem.
Jonathon L. Maines, 38, Cherry Street, Salem, was fined $50 for drug paraphernalia for possessing a clear pipe with burnt residue and bag with a crystal-like substance during a traffic stop on July 14 in Salem.
Cody Allen DeHoff, 37, Beaver Circle, Columbiana, was fined $800 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 135 days suspended, leaving 45 days to serve for OVI and violating her probation for two 2025 traffic cases. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service and his license was suspended for two years. A charge of failure to control was dismissed.
Bruce J. Wagner, 38, Montana Avenue, East Liverpool, 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 and $500 of the fine suspended for physical control amended from OVI and reasonable control, with 25 hours community service ordered. His license was suspended for 180 days, with driving privileges granted.
Cory Witherow, 39, Rose Drive, Wellsville, was fined $75 for a tail light violation. A charge of operating a vehicle impaired was dismissed at the request of the state due to breath test result and suppression issue.
Christian Law, 34, Massillon, was fined $400 for reckless operation amended from OVI and speeding.
A pretrial was set Nov. 9 for Daniel G. Nolan, 55, Fairfield School Road, Columbiana, charged with OVI third offense, OVI breath third offense, driving under suspension, speeding and left of center.
A pretrial was set Nov. 9 for Benny Schmidt, 59, Oakdale Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with OVI and reasonable control.
A pretrial was set Nov. 23 for Adam Stephan Magnuson, 26, state Route 45, Salem, charged with OVI second offense and improper backing.
A pretrial was set Nov. 17 for Gabrielle E. Reinhardt, 26, St. George Street, East Liverpool, charged with OVI and a turn signal violation.
A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Sept. 21 for Gordon G. Appel, 30, Main Street, Wellsville, charged with fifth-degree felony breaking and entering and misdemeanor obstruction official business for allegedly breaking into an unoccupied space on Main Street, Wellsville on Sept. 14 and when police arrived, did not stop when ordered to stop running.
A pretrial was set Nov. 16 for Michael Myers, 55, state Route 45, Lisbon, charged with assault for screaming at another man and striking him on Aug. 5, 2025 in St. Clair Township.
A sentencing hearing was set Sept. 21 for Brock Ray Ward, 43, East Sixth Street, East Liverpool, who pleaded guilty to domestic violence for smacking a woman in the face on Sept. 13 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Nov. 23 for April Dawn Allen, 50, Jennings Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with domestic violence for swinging and punching at the victim in East Liverpool on Sept. 15.
A pretrial was set Sept. 28 for Alex Eugene Farnsworth, 33, Ephriam Street, East Liverpool, charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly harassing a woman and threatening to burn her house down on Aug. 30 in St. Clair Township.
Daniel Lee Shoaff, 66, North Howard Avenue, Salem, was fined $100 and given credit for one day served in jail for public indecency expose private parts for being in a lit pavilion at Centennial Park with his pants around his ankles on May 28 in Salem, with officers advised by dispatch that surveillance video showed him touching himself, the affidavit said.
A pretrial was set Oct. 5 for Ryan J. Faulkner, 31, Y & O Road, Wellsville, charged with violation of a protection order for allegedly violating a protection order on Sept. 16 in Madison Township.
Joseph Dantonio, 51, Weirton, W.Va., was fined $600 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 150 days suspended and credit for one day served, leaving 29 days still to serve for engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools, with 40 hours community service ordered and completion of a prostitution prevention course. He was ordered to have no contact with minors outside of church services. He also must forfeit $180 to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. Dantonio responded to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranged for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $180, then arrived in New Waterford on Sept. 13 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements and the money.
A pretrial was set Nov. 9 for Shaun J. Evans, 49, Freedom, Pa., 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 money for one hour, agreeing to bring the woman a pepperoni roll with sauce, and then coming to the meeting site in New Waterford on Sept. 15 with the money, pepperoni roll with sauce and the phone used to make the arrangements.
Jeffrey Paul Schriner, 47, McDonald, was fined $500, sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 89 days suspended and credit for one day served, and ordered to complete a prostitution prevention course and 20 hours community service for possessing criminal tool. A charge of engaging in prostitution was dismissed at the request of the prosecutor due to problems with discovery. Discovery is the providing of evidence. Schriner was originally accused of allegedly responding to an undercover ad on a known prostitution website and arranging for sexual activity with a woman in exchange for $80, then arriving in East Palestine on March 2 for the meeting with the phone used to make the arrangements in his possession.
A pretrial was set Nov. 4 for Christina Michelle Bechter, 23, Wilbert Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle for taking a man's vehicle without consent and being involved in an accident on Aug. 21 in East Liverpool.
A pretrial was set Oct. 20 for Cassandra R. Manley, 38, West Fourth Street, East Liverpool, charged with obstructing official business for allegedly failing to listen to police commands to stop running during an incident in Wellsville on Sept. 14.
A pretrial was set Nov. 18 for Isaiah J. Carl, 18, Youngstown, charged with criminal trespass and open container after having an open container of alcohol during a traffic stop on Aug. 29 in Lisbon and trespassing at a Perry Township residence on Sept. 12.
James L. Huckle Jr., 61, Grant Street, Salem, was fined $50 for disorderly conduct amended from aggravated menacing at the request of the prosecutor after further facts were provided regarding the April 9 incident.
A pretrial was set Nov. 3 for Anthony Phillip Cook, 62, Prospect Street, East Liverpool, charged with criminal trespass for allegedly sleeping on the ground on a property in East Liverpool on Sept. 13.
Wayne Michael Woolley, 34, Penn Avenue Extension, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 15 days in jail, with credit for one day served, leaving 14 days to serve for violating the terms of his probation for a 2025 case for drug paraphernalia.
A pretrial was set Nov. 16 for Erica B. Sprankle, 41, Aliquippa, Pa., charged with possession of a drug abuse instrument, drug paraphernalia and no license for allegedly possessing eight used syringes, three cut straws and two glass pipes and other paraphernalia during a traffic stop on Sept. 13 in East Liverpool.
Skylar T. McGee, 23, Struthers, was fined $1,350 and sentenced to 20 days in jail for two merged operating a vehicle impaired counts and child endangering for having a baby in the vehicle while driving impaired and stopped in Salem on July 17. Her license was suspended for two years.
Robert Peter Gomola Jr., 56, Bear Hollow Road, Lisbon, was fined $715 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, with 170 days suspended, leaving 10 days to serve, for OVI, with 20 hours community service ordered. Charges of OVI refusal and left of center were dismissed. His license was suspended for two years.
Kyle Smith, 67, Eagleton Road, Lisbon, was fined $650 and sentenced to 390 days in jail, with 27 days suspended and credit for three days served in a driver intervention program, with $500 suspended, for reckless operation amended from OVI, assured clear distance and driving under suspension. He was ordered to complete 20 hours community service.
Lucas M. Andric, 44, Wooster Avenue, East Liverpool was fined $500 for no license amended from driving under suspension. Charges of OVI and OVI breath were dismissed at the request of the prosecutor due to the age of the case from 2012.
Anthony Mark Carosiello, 40, Hillcrest Road, Wellsville, was fined $675 and received credit for three days served in a driver intervention program for OVI and reasonable control. His license was suspended for one year.
A pretrial was set Nov. 30 for Cameron Carson Colwell, 24, Salem Alliance Road, Salem, charged with OVI, use of unauthorized plate and expired license.