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Municipal Court LISBON — A New York man was fined in Columbiana County Municipal Court Monday after attempting to help a federal prisoner escape incarceration with a drone. Nathan Lund, 34, Beach Avenue, Port Jefferson, New York, was sentenced to three days in jail with credit for three days served and fined $150 for criminal trespass for entering the property of the FCI Elkton Prison without permission on June 18, 2026. Lund was found outside of a U-Haul in the facilities entrance wearing a black chest rig with a hand-held control device for a large drone in an attempt to assist ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers checked on a person in the 1100 block of Jennings Avenue at 11:20 a.m. Monday who had allegedly been driving erratically. Officers located the vehicle in question parked in the driveway and spoke with a family member who advised everything was fine. — Officers checked on the wellness of a person sleeping in a vehicle in the 100 block of West Fifth Street at 8:01 a.m. Monday. Officers spoke with the person who advised that he had fallen asleep in front of his residence after working a midnight shift. — A water line leak was reported in the 1300 block of South ...

POLICE

Salem — Jace Dumoulin, North Lincoln Avenue, Salem, was charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after officers responded to the 2700 block of East State Street at 12:38 p.m. Saturday where he was inside a vehicle without permission and started a physical altercation with a woman attempting to enter the vehicle. Officers had dealt with Dumoulin multiple times earlier in the day and the previous night. — Charles D. Willoughby Jr., 47, Canton, was arrested on an active warrant out of Canton following a traffic stop at North Ellsworth Avenue and East Sixth Street at ...

THE COURTS

Court News LISBON — A former Leetonia man committed to a mental health facility for the October 2024 attack against a Leetonia police officer and April 2024 attack against a deputy sheriff was recently granted supervised movement off of the facility grounds. Randy A. May, 48, formerly of Mill Street, remains under continued commitment at Heartland Behavioral Healthcare, but can now leave the facility while under supervision. The entry said Leetonia Police will be notified if he’s going to be in Leetonia. A review of his commitment is set for June 4, 2027 in Common Pleas ...

REAL ESTATE

Columbiana Travis M. and Jennifer R. Burton to Christine and Anthony Horvath, home on East Friend Street; $182,000 James Johnson to John A. and Christine K. McCamon, condo on Timberline Drive; $315,000 East Liverpool Davenda LLC to Gina E. Dunlap to Erik B. Sullivan, home on Vine Street; $86,000 Anthony V. Frank Jr. et al to Mark Clutter, home on Etruria Street; $80,000 Park Place Realty LLC to Gina E. Dunlap and Erik B. Sullivan, two-family dwelling on Pennsylvania Avenue; $71,500 Leetonia Zachary and Alissa Lehn to Caleb B. and Katherine L. Crowl, home on Walnut Street; ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A man on Haiti Road, Washington Township reported at 8:44 p.m. Thursday that he asked his neighbor to turn down the music and the neighbor told him he will assault him. — A woman on Township Line Road, Madison Township reported at 4:35 p.m. Thursday that she bought a dog from a company called Puppy Lovers advertising on the website Zangi. She said the company told her to send them $450 in Apple gift cards, which she did, now the company wants more money and is refusing to deliver the dog from their headquarters in Youngstown. She said she believed this was ...