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POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy advised of a Be On the Lookout (BOLO) for a black BMW spotted the vehicle at 7:15 a.m. Monday in a parking lot on state Route 518 in West Point and followed the vehicle, with the patrol requesting the vehicle be stopped. The post arrived and took over the traffic stop. — A white pony was reported loose in the parking lot of the Columbiana County jail on County Home Road, Lisbon, Center Township at 7:57 p.m. Saturday. The owner arrived for the pony. — A deputy was dispatched to Shady Lane Road, Center Township, for a structure fire at an abandoned ...

REAL ESTATE

Columbiana Dominic Italiano III to Firestone Touch Free Car Wash LLC, .731 commercial vacant land on state Route 14; $139,000 East Liverpool James R. Johnson et al to Hayden Jackson, two-family dwelling on Thompson Avenue; $108,000 Fairfield Township David E. Smith to Michael J. and Stephanie M. Wolfe, home on Middleton Township; $460,000 Knox Township Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC to Bonnie Bruno, home on Lake Front Drive; $118,000 Perry Township Salem Real Properties LLC to Rane and Beth Lottinville, manufacturing light assembly, industrial vacant land and commercial ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas New Cases Arley James Yerkey, Oak Street, Leetonia, vs. Karalee Yerkey, also known as Montague, Lorain; divorce sought. Devinne Marie Dietz, North Yuma Trail, Negley, vs. Akshay Gohil, Atlanta, Ga.; divorce sought. Shawn P. Hartman, State Line Road, East Palestine, vs. Kayla B. Hartman, Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; divorce sought. Dynamic Structures, Inc., doing business as Clearcreek Oilfield Solutions, state Route 7, New Waterford and Dynamic Leasing, Ltd., state Route 7, New Waterford, vs. EmilyAnn Paige Dustman, North Price Road, Salem; damages sought for alleged ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A woman from West Pine Lake Road, Salem reported at 8:16 p.m. Tuesday that she lost her .22-caliber long rifle revolver when she was on the Greenway trail near Leetonia five or six weeks ago. — A woman on Alliance Sebring Road, Alliance called at 5:53 p.m. Tuesday to request a welfare check on her brother in Butler Township due to his girlfriend’s ex making threats to harm him. A deputy spoke with the brother and he was fine. — A deputy was dispatched at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday to the 29000 block of U.S. Route 30, Hanover Township for a missing person out of ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set May 26 for Hayden M. Wright, 36, St. George Street, East Liverpool, charged with first-degree felony aggravated burglary and misdemeanors of assault and obstructing official business for allegedly being one of the suspects who showed up at a man’s house in Wellsville on May 7 and sawed through his door to break in to evict him from his home, then once inside, they were allegedly punching him and holding a power saw around his head and neck. On Nov. 27, 2025, he allegedly refused to ...

POLICE

Leetonia — Officers spoke with a person at the police department at 12:10 p.m. May 6 for a report of social media harassment. They advised that a person is making TikTok videos about her, her family, and neighbors and was continuing to do so despite being issued a cease-and-desist order. — Officers responded to the 100 block of Park Street at 4:05 p.m. May 5 for a report of domestic violence. The caller advised that three people were fighting on the porch of a residence. Officers spoke with the resident who advised that she and her two granddaughters had been teasing each other ...