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NEW CASES
Keith A. Crewson, Georgetown-Damascus Road, Damascus, vs. Susan B. Crewson, Georgetown-Damascus Road, Damascus; divorce sought.
Jillian M. Lockwood, Eric Drive, Lisbon, vs. Joseph Frank, Grant Street, Lisbon; divorce sought.
Jo Ann Smith, Purinton Avenue, East Liverpool, vs. Marvin Stewart, Dakota Street, East Liverpool, and Columbiana Metropolitan Housing Authority, Moore Street, East Liverpool; damages sought for claims of negligence and negligent hiring, training, retention and supervision related to 2024 traffic crash.
DOCKET ENTRIES
Huntington National Bank vs. Keith A. Stryffeler, et al.; case stayed.
Stephan D. Kadar and Allison N. Kadar; dissolution granted.
County Treasurer vs. Rodney Herron, et al.; payment plan entered, case stayed.
County Treasurer vs. Lloyd P. Clark Jr.; payment plan of taxes completed, foreclosure case dismissed.
County Treasurer vs. Alexandra M. Brandt, now known as Elliott; payment plan entered, case stayed.
County Treasurer vs. Donna Lee Austin; delinquent property tax foreclosure ordered for Price Street, East Liverpool property.
Court News
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Common Pleas Court, Ronnie Jackson, 69, Rose Drive, Lisbon, was ordered to prison for nine months for violating the terms of his probation for aggravated assault, a fourth-degree felony, for choking a woman and knocking her to the ground on Nov. 20, 2025. He received credit for 114 days served in jail.
-- Joshua J. Fayak, 44, Steubenville, was placed into drug court and ordered to serve a term at the Eastern Ohio Correction Center until the program is complete after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, with credit for 119 days served in jail. He possessed cocaine on March 22, 2024.
-- Michael R. Craig, 47, Allison Street, East Palestine, was ordered to serve 346 days in the county jail, with credit for 166 days already served, for violating the terms of his probation for possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. He possessed tramadol on July 5, 2022.
-- Michael L. Reinhold, 31, Ravine Street, East Liverpool, was sentenced to 81 days in the county jail, but received credit for 81 days already served in jail, leaving no time to serve after pleading guilty to domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony. A charge of obstructing official business will be dismissed. He attempted to harm a woman on Aug. 13.
-- Robert L. Byrd Jr., 46, Canton, was placed under community control for three years after pleading guilty to nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony, for failing to pay support from Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 28, 2025.
-- Nicholas O'Hanlon, 28, Crestview Drive, East Liverpool, was placed under community control for 36 months for three counts of possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for possessing cocaine on Nov. 11, 2025, Jan. 9, 2026 and April 2, 2026.
Municipal
LISBON -- In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Nov. 18 for James D. Spencer, 34, Garner Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with fifth-degree felony theft and misdemeanor criminal damaging for allegedly going from car to car cutting off and taking catalytic converters from multiple vehicles at Kufleitner Columbiana Dodge in Columbiana on Oct. 17, then allegedly selling a catalytic converter in a Lisbon parking lot on Oct. 18.
A pretrial was set Nov. 10 for Russel Howard Yoho, 41, Yates Road, Salem, charged with illegal use of a tracking device or application for allegedly placing a GPS tracking device on the underside of a woman's vehicle without her consent, with the victim advising he made it known to her that he knew her exact location, then she discovered the device and allegedly had video surveillance of him searching for and removing the device from her vehicle, according to a police affidavit, after an investigation started Oct. 27 in Salem Township.
A status conference hearing was set Nov. 10 for Kayla Denise Clingerman, listed as homeless, for aggravated menacing, obstructing official business and disorderly conduct for allegedly threatening a police officer after being transported to the Columbiana County jail, County Home Road, Lisbon on Sept. 26 for a disorderly incident in Salem on Sept. 25. She had been indicted by the county grand jury this week, with the case returned to Municipal Court since the charges are all misdemeanors.
A sentencing hearing was set Nov. 16 for Calvin G. Wilson, 49, West Pershing Street, Salem, who pleaded no contest and was found guilty of telecommunications harassment for knowingly contacting the victim on Nov. 6 in Perry Township, sending a photo of him holding a gun and stating it would be settled in a week and his family member will need a tow and ambulance.
A sentencing hearing was set Dec. 2 for Forrest L. Nicholson, 67, Lincoln Avenue, East Liverpool, who pleaded no contest and was found guilty of menacing for threatening to murder another man and advancing towards him on Nov. 4 in East Liverpool, according to an affidavit.
A pretrial was set Jan. 5 for Susan Ileen Pritt, 42, Cricket Lane, East Liverpool, charged with theft for allegedly stealing multiple items from TJ Maxx in St. Clair Township, removing the items from the packaging and then attempting to return items. The theft was reported Oct. 28 and according to loss prevention occurred on Oct. 20, involving eight items totaling $93.
A pretrial was set Nov. 16 for David J. Welch, 48, West Perry Street, Salem, charged with illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under suspension.
A pretrial was set Jan. 4 for Myissa Joy Clark, 34, U.S. Route 30, Lisbon, charged with operating a vehicle impaired, driving under suspension, endangering children and resisting arrest for allegedly having two children in the vehicle when she arrived at United Local Schools impaired and while being placed under arrest, pulled away, tensed up and grabbed the handcuffs on Nov. 5 in Hanover Township.
A pretrial was set Jan. 6 for Robert Keith Jennings, 66, Rose Drive, Lisbon, charged with OVI, use of unauthorized plate and faulty exhaust.
A pretrial was set Jan. 6 for Jon Michael Rea, 41, Steubenville, charged with OVI and marked lanes.
A pretrial was set Dec. 2 for Timothy Bryan Carey, 59, South Washington Street, East Palestine, charged with OVI, OVI breath, driving under suspension and improper/expired registration.
James C. Bollinger, 36, West Martin Street, East Palestine, was fined $750 and sentenced to 60 days in jail, with credit for 19 days served, leaving 41 days still to serve in jail for criminal damaging and two counts of disorderly conduct amended from domestic violence, along with violating his probation for two 2024 cases and a 2025 case for attempted and two counts of violating protection orders. On March 2, 2026, he had a physical altercation with a woman in her car in East Palestine, spitting at her and striking her in the side of the face. On Aug. 18, 2026 in East Palestine, he trashed a woman's house and caused injury to her leg before fleeing.
Brandon S. Gust, 28, West Washington Street, Lisbon, was fined $650 and sentenced to 90 days in jail, with 83 days suspended and credit for seven days served, for possession of drug abuse instrument, driving under suspension and disorderly conduct, with 20 hours community service ordered. A charge of failure to yield was dismissed. Gust possessed a used needle syringe when he was placed into custody for an arrest warrant on Oct. 1 in Salem. On June 22, 2026, he was intoxicated and kicked the door of a business, alarming the shop owner in Salem.
Meghan McElroy, 33, Maple Hill Road, Salineville, was fined $530 and sentenced to 20 days in jail, with credit for six days served, leaving 14 days to still serve for obstructing official business, resisting arrest, no seat belt and two counts of driving under suspension. On Oct. 29 in Washington Township, she fled into the woods when deputies approached the vehicle she was in and when they found her, she attempted to pull away.