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POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy was dispatched at 6:44 p.m. Sunday to Graham Street, Lisbon for an animal-related incident, making contact with the animal upon arrival. The animal hid under a shed in the yard. The homeowner was notified and was put in contact with a trapper. The homeowner was also advised to call if any other issues arose. — A domestic dispute was reported at 6:09 p.m. Saturday at a residence on Walnut Street, Rogers. Contact was made with the caller, who was advised how to proceed. — A call was returned to a person who reported a case of criminal mischief at ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a psychological examination by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio was ordered for Jonathan D. Cook, 42, Oak Street, Leetonia, for competency and sanity. Cook has three separate criminal cases pending, including the latest for menacing for alleging making credible threats to seriously injure or cause the death of a woman and her family by saying he would take a hatchet to them, an affidavit said. The threat occurred April 23 during a group counseling session at the Columbiana County jail where Cook has been ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set May 4 for Shawn L. Paulin Sr., 47, Van Buren Drive, Salem, charged with fourth-degree felony assault on a police officer and misdemeanors of theft, domestic violence, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. On April 23 in Perry Township, Paulin allegedly pushed a woman down onto a bed and she fell off the bed and onto the floor and then he fled. The woman said she was punched in the chest and having chest pains. Paulin was contacted and was refusing to come back to the scene, ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Columbia Gas called at 6:13 p.m. Thursday to request a welfare check on an employee, East Lake Road, Hanover Township, due to a motion alert on his company vehicle and being unable to make contact with him. A deputy spoke with a family member who said he wasn’t at the residence, but they would contact him and said this was an ongoing problem with his company vehicle. — A woman from Waterford Road, Unity Township, reported at 4:20 p.m. Thursday that she received a call allegedly from Walgreens that her debit card was charged and she needed to send a picture ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Jeffrey L. and Bilynda J. Linam to Caleb B. and Katherine L. Crowl, home on Hartley Road; $367,500 Gail L. Brown et al to Kaiden McCulley, mobile home on Slater Road; $213,000 Sevakeen Country Club to Sevakeen Country Club, home on Buck Road; $135,000 Columbiana Total Generation Services LLC to KDC Properties V LLC, .356 acres commercial vacant land; $75,000 East Liverpool Kenneth S. and Lisa A. Cain to John A. McCartney and Jamie L. Koontz, home on St. Clair Avenue; $40,000 John A. McCartney and Jamie L. Koontz to John A. McCartney, home on St. Clair Avenue; ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 1300 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 12:47 a.m. Friday for a report of suspicious activity. The caller advised that they were leaving their friend’s apartment to go home, and an unknown person had begun following her. Officers checked the area, but nobody was located. Officers advised the caller to call back if needed. — Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on South Lincoln Avenue for a traffic violation at 12:07 a.m. Friday. Officers determined the driver, Travis Milliron, 40, Salem, was determined to be under the influence of ...