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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a man who was found hiding in the attic insulation of a woman who had a protection order against him on Aug. 4 and tried contacting her again four days later was sentenced to 71 days in the county jail. James Elliott, 34, West Sixth Street, East Liverpool, pleaded no contest and was found guilty of two counts of violation of a protection order, one count of domestic violence and one count of obstructing official business by Judge Kelly Linger. He was fined $700, ordered to complete 100 hours community service and have no ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 100 block of North Ellsworth Avenue at 11:57 a.m. Friday for a reported assault. The caller advised that they had been assaulted the night prior between approximately 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. by a known person who had begun yelling at her due to past issues when they entered the business. The caller advised that she had told the person to get away from her and while they initially had, they returned about 10 minutes later and began trying to provoke an altercation before allegedly grabbing the caller by the throat in a choking manner and attempting to ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Christopher Micha Burns, 41, Glassport, Pa., were bound over to the county grand jury for third-degree felony tampering with evidence and misdemeanors of engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools. Burns was accused of allegedly responding to an undercover familial ad on a known prostitution website of an adult mother trafficking her daughter and arranging for sexual activity with the daughter for $140, sending $60 of the fee to an undercover account through a Cash App, then arriving in East Palestine ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A man in Hanover Township called at 8:51 p.m. Tuesday to request a welfare check on his son, who lives on Shady Lane, Center Township, due to not being able to reach him by phone. A deputy spoke to the son, who was fine and said he doesn’t have a working telephone at this time. — A man in Perry Township reported at 8:31 p.m. Tuesday that he rented a residence he owns on Lisa Lane, Center Township, to another man, alleging that the other man moved out and allegedly took items that were to stay inside the residence. He was advised to take the other man to ...

THE COURTS

New Cases Pembrooke Villa Condominium Association, Cleveland, vs. Greg Whip, by and through Margaret Ketchum, guardian of Gregory Whip, Sunset Drive, Lisbon, et al.; foreclosure/lien sought for Pembrooke Drive, Salem property related to unpaid property maintenance fees. Docket Entries Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Christopher Russell; $23,380 judgment granted to plaintiff. Michael Bettross vs. Veterans Energy Group LLC; defendant’s motion to dismiss granted for breach of contract claim against Kevin Kerr personally; motion denied regarding rest of case. Knickerbocker ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 800 block of Pennsylvania Avenue at 4:18 a.m. Wednesday for multiple 911 hang-up calls. — Officers responded to the 200 block of East Eleventh Street at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday for a reported suspicious vehicle. The caller advised that vehicle was parked on the road outside his house and sounded like it hit something. Officers spoke with the occupants and observed that the vehicle did not hit anything, The occupants advised that everything was fine and they were just talking. — Officers on patrol in the area of South Howard Avenue and West ...