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Court News LISBON — A man accused of discharging a firearm improperly in 2023 was recently sentenced to an indefinite term of two to four years in prison during sentencing for three separate indictments in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Brandon R. Moore, 23, Annsley Road, East Liverpool, received concurrent sentences, meaning all the time will be served at the same time as the two to four years, with credit for 210 days served. Charges for the sentence included improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school zone, a second-degree felony, third-degree ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 400 block of Washington Avenue at 9:15 p.m. Saturday in reference to a vehicle striking a utility pole then leaving the scene. Officers found the vehicle at nearby residence with wood from the pole still lodged in its fender. The owner and her son claimed a friend had been driving, but failed to provide proof of the driver. The vehicle was towed and will be impounded until a driver is identified. — Officers were speaking with a woman on station at 5:59 p.m. Saturday in reference to a domestic dispute and observed a syringe in a pants pocket. The ...

REAL ESTATE

Center Township MMSA Glovbal LLC to Lisbon Extended Stay LLC, motel on state Route 45; $435,000 Adrienne L. Leggett (trustee) to Jordan and Destiny Mixon, home on U.S. Route 30; $275,000 Columbiana Kathy J. Baer and Eric T. Kannal (trustees) to William Motry, home on Manor Drive; $229,000 Annie Bernard to Paul L. Edgar, home on Union Street; $159,100 Russel James Albarado et al to Isabella Bettura, condo on Springfield Road; $155,000 Mary E. West and Terri E. Dickson to Randy and Kim Guy, home on Homestead Drive; $994,750 East Liverpool Raymond F. Beaver to Ryan and ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Lisbon man accused of threatening to kill a woman while choking her and punching her last fall was sentenced to at least nine years in prison after being found guilty of all charges. Frederick E. Krueger, 35, Shelby Road, appeared recently before Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam to receive his punishment after Washam found him guilty during a trial to the court. Washam sentenced him to six years for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, plus an additional three years for strangulation, a third-degree felony, bringing the minimum ...

POLICE

Salem — A suspicious vehicle was located in the 100 block of Continental Drive with its parking lights on and parked in line with other vehicles for sale at 2:23 a.m. Thursday. When the vehicle was illuminated with overhead lights, it pulled out of the lot and fled from officers. A pursuit was initiated through a section of the neighborhood before continuing west on Benton Road. The pursuit was terminated after sight of the vehicle was lost. The vehicle was later recovered by the Ohio State Highway Patrol and found to be stolen out of Trumbull County. — A domestic dispute was ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Salineville man accused of running over a deputy’s foot and fleeing after an incident when he threatened another man in the Spring Valley Road area in 2020 will face sentencing this morning in that case and a nonsupport of dependents case. Scott M. Haines, 52, state Route 164, faced a jury trial last week for the July 19, 2020 incident near Salineville, with jurors finding him innocent or not guilty of first-degree felony felonious assault related to running over the deputy’s foot. Jurors, however, found him guilty of third-degree felony failure to comply ...