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Court News LISBON — Two men caught in sex-for-hire stings in East Palestine entered guilty pleas recently in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court. Randy T. McCauley, 40, Canton, pleaded guilty to third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fifth-degree felony possessing criminal tools and misdemeanor engaging in prostitution for allegedly responding to an undercover familial ad on a known prostitution website of an adult female and a minor female and arranging for sexual activity with both females in exchange for $260, then arriving in East Palestine on Nov. 28, 2025 for the meeting ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — An alarm was reported at 8:26 p.m. Wednesday at AG-PRO, U.S. Route 62, Knox Township. A deputy responded and found all doors and windows secure at ground level and all security cords on equipment secure also. — A man from Depot Road, Hanover Township, reported at 1 p.m. Wednesday that three years ago he gave a nephew a 1982 Chevy El Camino as a gift titled in the nephew’s name. He learned that the nephew passed away a week ago in Youngstown and his mother took the El Camino from where he lived, possibly to this county. He was told it’s a civil matter that ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A caller at 12:04 a.m. Saturday from Waterford Road, Unity Township reported hearing loud noises in the back yard. A deputy responded and checked the premises and the neighbor’s property. Nothing suspicious was located. — David A. Heddleston III, 51, and Heather Lee Sluss, 42, both listed as homeless, were taken into custody on charges of breaking and entering after a deputy was dispatched at 10:02 p.m. May 29 to a state Route 39, Yellow Creek Township property for a breaking and entering in progress at a vacant home. Both were taken to the Columbiana ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Columbiana man accused of possessing images of child pornography has again been found competent to stand trial. Richard Braham, 27, West Park Avenue, had previously been found competent and without serious mental issues last fall, but his defense attorney Charley Kidder requested another evaluation in February, which was ordered but wasn’t completed. On April 20, Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam again ordered the evaluations be done by the Forensic Psychiatric Center of Northeast Ohio. Braham was charged last year with one count of ...

POLICE

Salem — A suspicious person was reported in the 400 block of Reilly Avenue at 2:21 a.m. Tuesday. Officers spoke with the person and advised them of track hours and that they needed to leave. — Loud people were reported at the tennis courts at Waterworth Memorial Park at 12:16 a.m. Tuesday. Officers spoke with several people playing pickleball and advised them of the park’s hours. — Officers on patrol located two vehicles parked at Waterworth Memorial Park after hours at 11:36 p.m. Monday. The vehicles were unoccupied and nobody was located in the area. — A juvenile ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas NEW CASES Scott J. Yuhanick, North Vine Street, Columbiana, vs. Taylor R. Yuhanick, North Vine Street, Columbiana; divorce sought. Brian Noble, Pauls Lane, East Liverpool, vs. East Liverpool City Health District, East Liverpool Board of Health and Housing Director Amy Grossen, all West Sixth Street, East Liverpool; motion to stay execution of administrative order to vacate pending appeal over declaration of home on Pauls Lane, East Liverpool as uninhabitable. Snap-On Credit LLC, Chicago, Ill., vs. Edwin P. Schmidt, North Market Street, Lisbon; collection sought of ...