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Common Pleas New Cases Jamie Mash, Lisbon Road, Salem, vs. Bobby Allen Bernstein Jr., Idaho Avenue, Salem, et al.; damages sought for personal injury/negligence claim from 2024 traffic crash. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Raymond Franklin Shahan Jr., Stephen Drive, Minerva, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for Stephen Drive, Minerva property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Raymond W. Koch, state Route 644, Salineville, et al.; delinquent property tax foreclosure sought for state Route 644, Salineville property. County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. Raymond Franklin ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies responded at 9:49 p.m. Sunday to Grant Street, Lisbon for one to be removed and spoke to people inside the residence and identified them, learning that one of them gave a false name and had an active warrant out of Alabama. Christopher Henderson, 39, Grant Street, Lisbon, was taken into custody on a charge of obstructing official business. He appeared in Columbiana County Municipal Court on Monday, with a pretrial set for June 1. An affidavit said the active warrant out of Alabama was for failure to register as a sex offender. A woman identified at the ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Jessy Paul Lee, 35, Chester, W.Va., was bound over to the county grand jury for felonious assault, abduction and grand theft auto for allegedly holding a woman against her will, punching her in the face multiple times then holding a knife to her throat while they were traveling in a vehicle in East Liverpool on Feb. 17. During a preliminary hearing, Judge Tim McNicol found probable cause to send the case to the grand jury. The affidavit said the victim was able to pull the vehicle over on West Fifth Street ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 2500 block of Bentley Drive at 4:46 p.m. Monday for a report of a possible assault. The caller advised they had been hit by a motorized wheelchair. Officers spoke with the other party who advised he asked the caller to move multiple times as he was trying to get away from another incident taking place. The caller advised they did not want to pursue any possible charges. — Officers responded to the area of East State Street and North Lincoln Avenue at 4:14 p.m. Monday for a wellness check. The caller advised there was a juvenile standing on the ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set March 30 for Caleb Austin Hoggard, 23, St. Clair Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with assault and aggravated menacing for allegedly punching another man in the face and brandishing a knife on Jan. 19 in East Liverpool. A pretrial was set April 1 for Shawn Robert Watson, 25, Dogwood Circle, New Waterford, charged with aggravated menacing, endangering children, failure to stop after an accident and reasonable control. After an alleged physical dispute on March 13 in New Waterford, a woman said she was going ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 200 block of West 16th Street at 5:02 a.m. Monday for a wellness check. The caller advised they heard a loud bang the night before and when they went to check on their neighbor, nobody answered. Officers spoke with the person in question, who advised that they were okay. — Officers responded to the 1600 block of Southeast Boulevard at 9:59 p.m. Sunday for a reported person to be removed. The caller advised that the person in question was causing problems. Officers spoke with the person and were able to calm them down for the night and advised ...