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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a case against Jaminlee David Morris, 25, Oakwood Street, East Liverpool, was bound over to the county grand jury for theft, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly removing cash from the register totaling $1,236 between Oct. 24 and Nov. 8 while working at the Calcutta Walmart. A pretrial was set Feb. 24 for Josiah Rance Jones, 18, Broadway Avenue, Wellsville, charged with possessing criminal tools, obstructing official business and attempted for allegedly attempting to shoplift, stuffing items in a book bag and refusing to ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 600 block of Deming Street at 9:43 a.m. Tuesday for a reported domestic in progress. Officers determined that two roommates had been involved in a verbal dispute that had turned physical where one had thrown the other to the ground. Officers were unable to identify the primary aggressor while on scene, but took the man, whose name was not listed, into custody and transported them to the Columbiana County Jail. — Officers responded to the 1200 block of Cedar Ridge Drive at 1 a.m. Tuesday for a reported dispute. Officers spoke with the parties ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LIBSON — A Stark County man is facing felony charges for allegedly having a loaded handgun in his possession at the scene of an auto accident where it was determined he was intoxicated on state Route 172 on Dec. 6. Joseph M. Oprean, 36, Waynesburg is charged with fifth-degree felony improper handling of firearms, OVI and reasonable control. A preliminary hearing is set Jan. 26 in Columbiana County Municipal Court. Crystal R. Hodkinson, 34, Lundy Avenue, Salem, was bound over to common pleas for felony-five receiving stolen property and misdemeanor use or possession of ...

POLICE

Patrol — April Kraft, of Georgetown Road in Homeworth, was cited for left of center at 1:10 p.m. Nov. 16 in Knox Township, after her westbound vehicle traveled left of center on CR400 and struck a vehicle driven by Tera Cook, of Malvern. — Susan Kiewall, of Hanoverton, was cited for overtaking at 11:45 a.m. Nov. 14 in Hanover Township, after she struck Brandon Rose, of Knox School Road, as he attempted to turn north from U.S. Route 30. — Jolene Gambey of Winona was cited at 6:26 p.m. Nov. 15 in Hanover Township for a yield of way violation, after she struck Zaira Sica Perez, ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Sevakeen Country Club to Sevakeen Country Club, home on Ridge Road; $245,000 KDC Properties V LLC to Premier Homes Inc, three three-family dwellings on Meadow Wood Drive; $1 million Marian L. McVey to Vance and Lindsay Samblanet, home on Georgetown Road; $440,000 Columbiana Michelle Leigh DiBartolomeo et al to James R. Priddy and Stacie K. McMAnnis, home on Edgewood Drive; $290,000 East Liverpool Shirlene V. Doland to Gloria and Jerald Williams, home on Avondale; $24,475 Mitchell E. and Sandra M. Wilson to Joseph Mills, home on Cadmus Street; ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — David Heck, 20, Shadylane, East Liverpool, was bound over from Columbiana County Municipal Court recently to face felony-five complicity charges. Heck is accused of driving a van that served as the getaway for a woman who fled Walmart in Calcutta with 471 items, totaling $5,363 on Nov. 12. Randall Clutter, 36, Bell Road, Lisbon was bound over to the grand jury, charged with felony theft charges for trying to steal 144 items worth $1,637 by failing to scan them at the self checkout at the Walmart Calcutta. Martel M. Selig, 41, Toledo, was fined $1,450 for ...