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POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — A woman on Shelton Road, Butler Township reported at 10:08 p.m. Saturday that her ex-boyfriend of Sebring followed her while she was driving her vehicle from Salem back to her residence and also said that he’s encouraging people to assault her, when she sees him out in public places. — A caller at 7:11 p.m. Saturday reported a man in the roadway on Church Hill Road, Elkrun Township, yelling get an ambulance. Deputies spoke with the man, who was from New Waterford and said he was lost and tired of walking. EMT Ambulance checked him out and he declined ...

REAL ESTATE

Butler Township Courade LLC to Jonhajo Holdings LLC, commercial warehouses on U.S. Route 62; $170,000 Center Township D. Kay Ferguson to Kenneth A. and Nancie P. Burbick (trustees), home and other residential structures on state Route 164; $154,000 Columbiana Beau B. Ice to Sean J. and Mariah Congemi, home on Walnut Street; $159,000 East Liverpool Allan G. and Rowene A. Dingey to Michael Rogers, home on Cleveland Avenue; $89,000 East Palestine Jodi L. Fertsch to David E. and Devin P. Lee, home on North Avenue; $184,900 INPA LLC to William M. and Barbara L. Wendell, home ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON — In Columbiana County Municipal Court, a Salineville man has been bound over to the grand jury for multiple felony charges. Jonathan Messenger, 31, West Street, Salineville, was bound over to the grand jury charged with second-degree felony felonious assault, third-degree felony intimidation, and a first-degree misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing for allegedly striking a woman in the back of the head with a metal baseball bat at least three times and in the right hand when she raised their arm to protect herself. Messenger also allegedly told the victim that ...

POLICE

Salem — Officers responded to the area of state Route 14 and Lisbon Road at 12:16 a.m. Friday to assist the Goshen Township and Washingtonville police departments with a traffic stop in which the occupants was actively fighting with officers. When officers arrived the person in question was already in custody. — Officers responded to the 100 block of Woodland Avenue at 8:34 p.m. Thursday for a wellness check on a juvenile. The caller advised that they received a text from the juvenile stating that he was going to harm himself with a dagger. Officers spoke with the juvenile and ...

THE COURTS

Municipal LISBON – A Wellsville man who came behind the counter and punched a woman in the face at the East Liverpool Dairy Queen at West Eighth Street was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 suspended recently in Columbiana County Municipal Court. James Wicker, 62, Main Street, was also fined $500, placed on two years of probation and ordered to undergo anger management for the incident that took place on April 30 after Wicker became upset over a food order and had words with the employees. A preliminary hearing was set for Oct. 2 for Robert A. Riggs, 55, East Ninth Street, ...

POLICE

Sheriff’s Office — Deputies served a protection order at 7:12 p.m. on Prospect Street in Lisbon on Wednesday. — Deputies responded at 5:38 p.m. to the area of state Route 45 in Center Township at the request of the Ohio State Highway Patrol to look for a vehicle on Wednesday. The vehicle was not located. — Deputies conducted a welfare check with Leetonia Police at 5:50 p.m. at Cherry Street in Leetonia on Wednesday — Deputies responded at 3:21 p.m. to U.S. Route 30 in Center Township on Wednesday to a report of a stolen trailer. Deputies advised the complaint on how to ...