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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against George S. Feezle III, 50, Enon Valley, Pa., were bound over to the county grand jury for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, fourth-degree felony burglary and misdemeanors of criminal trespass and violate a protection order for an incident that occurred Jan. 18 in Salem. Feezle was accused of joining in the assault of a man by another man who used a pair of channel locks to assault the victim. Feezle had allegedly fled the scene, then officers were called back to the East Third Street, Salem property ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A deputy at 5:53 p.m. Monday conducted a welfare check at a residence on Butcher Road, Leetonia and made contact with the person involved. The person advised they were ok. — A deputy was dispatched at 3:41 p.m. Sunday to Gorby’s in Negley regarding an ATV complaint, checked the area, but made no contact with any vehicles. — Deputies responded at 8:15 p.m. Saturday to Italo’s in Lisbon, state Route 45, regarding a suspicious vehicle. Deputies made contact with the driver and learned he works at Italo’s and accidentally fell asleep in his truck. He ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Feb. 2 for Ethan Mickel Hill, 22, state Route 154, Lisbon, charged with fifth-degree felony strangulation, fourth-degree felony domestic violence and misdemeanor endangering children. Hill allegedly struck a woman in the face numerous times, picked her up off the ground by her throat and pushed her while she had a child in her arms on Jan. 27 in East Palestine. She also said she was pregnant and that he backhanded her several days previous to this incident. A preliminary/pretrial hearing ...

POLICE

Salem —Omar Witherspoon, Salem, was cited for failure to yield after his vehicle attempted to pull out of a private drive and struck a vehicle driven eastbound on Pennsylvania Avenue near Allen Road by Susan Owen, Salem, at 6 a.m. Tuesday. No injuries were reported. —Officers responded to the 700 block of Newgarden Avenue at 12:18 a.m. Tuesday to speak with a person about retrieving their property from another person. Officers advised the person with the property that it needed to be returned in the next few days, and both parties agreed to this. —Officers responded to the ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A Youngstown man convicted for soliciting sexual conduct from an undercover agent in 2022 had his motion for judicial release denied. Jerry Granberry, 46, has been serving time at the Columbiana County jail since May 2025 while his appeals were pending. He was sentenced by county Common Pleas Court Judge Scott Washam to 15 months in prison after Washam found him guilty on Nov. 7, 2023 based on what he heard during a trial to the bench in August 2023. Granberry was found guilty of third-degree felony compelling prostitution, fourth-degree felony attempted ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 300 block of West Eighth Street at 3:33 a.m. Monday for a reported barking dog complaint. The caller advised that a dog was on the front porch of a neighbor’s home barking as if it needed inside. Contact was made with the owner by phone who immediately responded to the house to get the dog back inside. — Officers responded to the 700 block of Summit Street at 12:09 a.m. Sunday for a menacing report. The caller advised that they had received a call from an unknown person who stated they were going to shoot their house if they did not get ...