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Salem — Officers responded to the 500 block of Walnut Street at 12:52 a.m. Friday for a reported person to be removed. The caller wanted his family member removed from the house and began to scream at officers when they advised that the family members would have to be evicted. Officers advised all parties to cease contact for the night and sober up. — Officers responded to the 200 block of Continental Drive at 12:49 a.m. Friday for a report of stolen morphine. Officers spoke with several staff members to collect information, and it was later found that no theft had occurred and ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas New Cases U.S. Bank National Association, Owensboro, Ky., vs. Edwin D. Mercer Jr., Commerce Street, Wellsville, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Columbiana County property. Docket Entries Eliahu Elkobi vs. Joseph F. Yurich, M.D., et al.; case dismissed. JPMorgan Chase Bank vs. Virginia K. Daniels, et al.; case stayed due to bankruptcy filing. Christopher L.R. Vesey vs. Kelli Vesey; divorce granted. County Treasurer vs. Craig Smith, et al.; delinquent property taxes paid, case dismissed. County Treasurer vs. Warren F. Louden, et al.; delinquent property ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — At 9:34 p.m. Monday, a deputy was dispatched to a Walnut Street address in Leetonia for a possible domestic and spoke with the parents of the juvenile involved, learning their 14-year-old was throwing a tantrum, possibly due to a bipolar diagnosis. The juvenile broke the fish tank causing water to go across the floor. The juvenile was now under control and the parents did not want further assistance They advised no assault or domestic occurred. — A woman on Lakewood Drive, Unity Township spoke with a deputy at 9:13 p.m. Monday regarding a custody issue with ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a pretrial was set May 18 for Timothy L. Neal, 24, Independence Square, Wellsville, charged with domestic violence for allegedly headbutting a woman in the face on May 3 in Lisbon. A pretrial was set May 18 for Michael Anthony Young, 31, College Street, East Liverpool, charged with aggravated menacing for allegedly threatening to kill a man while clanking two aluminum pipes together during an incident May 5 in East Liverpool. Police had been called to the property for a fight with shots fired. After Young made the threat, a ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy was dispatched at 8:36 p.m. Tuesday to Sprucevale Road, Middleton Township for a welfare check on a juvenile. The report was forwarded to Child Protective Services. — A woman on U.S. Route 30, West Township reported at 7:28 p.m. Tuesday that a man in Canton has her blood pressure medication in his vehicle and will not give it back to her. — A woman on Boston Street, Salem Township reported at 5:12 p.m. Tuesday that her soon-to-be ex-husband of Youngstown harasses her and threatens to take her to court and get a protection order on her during ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary hearing was set May 13 for Victoria Rakel Redman, 20, West Sixth Street, East Liverpool, charged with fourth-degree felony burglary for allegedly trespassing in an apartment in East Liverpool on April 29 and taking items not belonging to her. A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set May 14 for Hayden J. Hunt, 21, Laurelville, charged with fourth-degree felony failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and misdemeanors of OVI first offense and reckless operation. Hunt allegedly fled from Salem ...