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Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Ayden Elijah Keith Moore, 19, Franklin Street, Salem, were bound over to the county grand jury for second-degree felony burglary and misdemeanors of domestic violence, telecommunications harassment and resisting arrest for allegedly entering a residence in Salem uninvited and slapping a woman multiple times across the face, wrapping his hands around her neck and shoving her to the ground on Oct. 25. He would not stop contacting the victim and kept texting her after she asked him to stop. When Salem police officers ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the 600 block of North Howard Avenue at 4:24 a.m. Thursday for a report of suspicious activity. The caller advised that a man on a motorized bicycle was sitting in the roadway in front of their home not moving. Officers located the man who advised that he was taking his time pushing it back to his home as he could not ride it. — Officers responded to the 1700 block of South Lincoln Avenue at 8:53 p.m. Wednesday for a reported private property accident between two semi trucks. Officers collected information from both drivers and documented the ...

THE COURTS

Common Pleas New Cases Brittany Star Hamilton, Hampton Court, East Liverpool, vs. Steven Michael Hamilton, Hillcrest Road, Wellsville; divorce sought. Sara Hawkins-McElroy, North Benton, and Robert McElroy, East Third Street, Salem; dissolution sought. Capital One, N.A., Independence, vs. Curt D. McAfee, state Route 518, Lisbon; collection sought of alleged $8,012 debt. NewRez LLC, Greenville, S.C., vs Jessica M. Melchionne, Seventh Street, Columbiana; mortgage foreclosure sought for Seventh Street, Columbiana property. Docket Entries American Express National Bank vs. Eric ...

POLICE

Perry Township —Officers spoke to a person by phone at 9:50 p.m. Sunday for a report of telecommunications harassment regarding a social media post. The officer noted that juveniles were involved in the complaint, and the incident is under investigation. —Officers responded to the 1800 block of North Lincoln Avenue at 5:55 p.m. Sunday for a wellness check. The caller advised that there was an elderly woman wearing a pink bath robe walking in the roadway. Officers were able to locate the woman at her residence, and she advised that she was OKand did not need anything. There was a ...

Municipal Court

LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, cases against Julius J. Vajda, 58, Canfield, were bound over to the county grand jury for fourth-degree felony fleeing and eluding from a police officer and misdemeanors of operating a vehicle impaired first offense and OVI breath first offense. Vajda fled from police attempting a traffic stop in Lisbon on Oct. 25. A preliminary/pretrial hearing was set Nov. 13 for Philip M. Kelly, 38, North Lincoln Avenue, Salem, charged with second-degree felony burglary and misdemeanors of obstructing official business and resisting arrest for ...

Police

SALEM REPORTS —Officers responded to the 800 block of East Third Street at 5:35 a.m. Tuesday for a reported domestic in progress. Officers spoke with a woman who advised that she was sleeping and that nobody else was at the residence. —Officers responded to the 900 block of West State Street at 3:03 a.m. Tuesday for a reported suspicious person. The caller advised that a person had asked them for a ride. Officers spoke with the person and asked them if they needed help getting anywhere or needed a phone which they denied. —Officers responded to the 1000 block of Newgarden ...