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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Zachary Edward Perry, 30, Dresden Avenue, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and fourth-degree felony domestic violence for allegedly throwing chicken wings at the wall, grabbing a steak knife and pointing it at another man and making a lunging motion toward him on Jan. 3 in East Liverpool. The police affidavit said the victim grabbed the knife in self-defense, then the defendant allegedly grabbed a solid glass world globe and threw it at the ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the area of North Howard Avenue at 2:32 a.m. Monday for a trespass complaint. The caller advised that they did not want their wife’s friend present while gathering belongings out of a storage unit. Both the caller and the person in question departed prior to officers’ arrival. — Officers observed a person on the hood of a vehicle pulling into the police department parking lot at 1:25 a.m. Monday. After separating both parties and verifying there were no injuries, it was found to be a dispute between a married couple over property. Both parties ...

REAL ESTATE

Columbiana EAS Mangement of the Valley to Shelly Logan, home on North Pearl Street; $182,000 Yankee Holdings LTD to Sonny Rose Investments Company, home on South Cross Street and three-family dwelling on Union Street; $350,000 East Liverpool Chase K. Klein to John Eric Bay, home on St. Clair Avenue; $110,000 First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. to Patrick and Carrie King, full service bank and parking garage on Broadway; $132,000 NCST Owner LLC to NATS Real Estate Inc., other commercial structures and commercial vacant land on Fifth Street (former New Castle School of Trades ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Jan. 14 for Preston Lamar English, 32, Densmore Avenue, East Liverpool, charged with first-degree felonies of aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery, fifth-degree felony having weapons while under disability and two counts of misdemeanor aggravated menacing. English was accused of allegedly climbing through the window of an East Liverpool residence on Dec. 9, 2025, brandishing a firearm toward a man and woman, making several threats while pointing the firearm toward them and taking ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A man on state Route 45, Center Township, reported at 8:09 p.m. Thursday that his neighbor from Black Road, Center Township, was in his vehicle in the roadway in front of the man’s house, revving the engine, waving his middle finger at the residence, yelling and causing a disturbance while the man was inside. — A woman on Black Road, Center Township, reported at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday that she heard a loud explosion at the neighbor’s residence, saying she was scared for her life, her residence shook and she felt this was a way of harassment from the ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas New Cases PennyMac Loan Services LLC, Westlake Village, Calif., vs. Donnie Michael Mergenthaler, Maryland Avenue, Salem, et al.; mortgage foreclosure sought for Maryland Avenue, Salem property. Docket Entries Buckeye Mechanical vs. Thomas Monaghan, care of Adrian Holdings, LLC; $8,081 judgment granted to plaintiff, plus $750 attorney fees. County Treasurer vs. George E. Rock, et al.; TotalEnergies E&P USA Inc. dismissed as defendant. Grand Jury LISBON — An East Liverpool man accused of allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old child last year ...